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===Puzzles are Story=== Unwritten always comes back to ‘fiction first’ and that includes puzzles. The best puzzles are those that are both interesting to solve and support the game in some way. Your puzzle can say something about the setting, the narrative, or the characters. For example, the D’ni had an underlying fascination with puzzles and intellectual pursuits, so using a puzzle-based lock in place of something more secure says a lot about the D’ni. The right puzzle can encourage the sort of play you want to see in the game. If you want players to think on their feet, add time pressure to the puzzles. If you want to emphasize teamwork, everyone has to have a part in the solution. Puzzles can also support the themes of the game. Yeesha’s Journeys required players to explore and in doing so, encounter evidence of the D’ni’s folly. Guild training Ages were explicitly tests, so they can emphasize a character pursuing expertise as a personal goal.
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