I’m into the design of puzzle video games currently (particularly tile-matching video games) and was making an attempt to evaluate Candy Crush’s gameplay.

I’m a bit torn on how a lot success within the sport relies on luck and the way a lot on talent. Obviously the entire design could be very excessive, with sturdy emotional reinforcement and suggestions for even the simplest actions. But once you strip all that away and look solely on the mechanics, I ponder what the true proportion between talent and luck is and easy methods to assess it. I’ve by no means discovered an excellent, well-argued analysis of this, not to mention empirical information to again it up. All think-pieces on this matter boiled all the way down to opinions. Anybody know extra?