====== Lens Of Approachibility ======

===== Focusing Questions =====
  * Do players know how to play my game immediately, or do I need to explain it?
  * Does my game share similarities with other games that I can highlight?
  * Does my game encourage exploratory trial and error?

===== Can be instantiated by =====
=== Lenses ===
  * [[lenses:lens_of_difficulty|Lens of Difficulty]]
  * [[lenses:lens_of_experimentation|Lens of Experimentation]]

=== Patterns ===


===== Examples =====

=== Cogs ===
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[[http://www.cogsgame.com|Cogs]] is a puzzle game that uses a timer and move counter to give players restrictions on their solutions. Before throwing players into the puzzle, they show a help screen to give players an idea of what to expect.

===== Considerations =====

===== Tool =====
At the current time, there are no available tools.

===== Metrics =====
At the current time, I am not aware of any metrics.

===== Validity =====
The lens is **industry standard**.

===== Categories =====
[[:Motivations:goal-setting| Goal-setting]]

===== References =====
  * Schell, J. (2008). The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann.

===== Authors =====
[[about:contributors:danieljost|Daniel Jost]]