Don't let techies design game user experience
Today I had some 20 minutes spare time and I wanted to try games my co-workers had recommended for me. Heartstone First off was Heartstone - Heroes of warcraft. I had opened the game day before, and was in the middle of the tutorial story. Opening the game again got me slowly to the same tutorial spot… except when I clicked “Play” I got this: Smells like an american engineer. Three hour maintenance break is looong, but I can live with that; there might be a valid reason (like earthquake or tsunami or blown up data center). Instead, what irritated me, was that ...