Common Balance Pitfalls — Roadmap Step & Resources
Dominant strategies, feel-bad moments and other frequent balance mistakes
- Level: beginner
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: Game Design (Systems & Narrative)
Before this step
Interview questions
- How would you go about rebalancing a weapon that playtesters say is overpowered?
Study resources
- Extra Credits (Video) — A well-known YouTube series breaking down game design concepts and case studies. Background reading/viewing for: Common Balance Pitfalls.
- Game Developer (Article) — An industry publication covering game balance practice. Relevant to: Common Balance Pitfalls.
Part of
- Game Balance and Tuning — section
- Game Design (Systems & Narrative) roadmap — the full learning path