The Puzzle Forecast: Tutorial Analytics Predict Trial and Error
Dennis Vet, Riemer van Rozen · 2024
Puzzle tutorials are designed to teach puzzle-solving skills. For game designers, the difficulty is predicting if puzzle challenges will present players with opportunities for learning with trial and error. We aim to empower designers with tools and techniques for making those predictions by analyzing the goal chains inherent to good designs. We study PuzzleScript, an online game engine that has made the source code of high-quality puzzle tutorials available.