Vernacademia Season 2.7: Complexity

The first part of our exploration of Complexity. Here we dig into the concept of Barrier of Entry and how it interacts with Level of Depth

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Cliff Notes:

00:06 Introduction
00:28 What is Complexity
01:24 The Four Types of Complexity
02:12 Comprehension Complexity
02:56 Situational Complexity
03:41 Three parts of Situational Complexity
04:04 Strategic Complexity
04:24 Strategic Complexity in Pokemon
05:49 Executional Complexity
06:31 What does Complexity do for Games?
06:59 Barrier of Entry
07:32 Barrier of Entry in Chess
08:10 Depth as Positive Complexity
09:19 Managing Complexity
09:58 Barriers of entry as Doors
10:19 How to identify your Barriers of Entry
11:05 Keep new players in mind
11:54 Depth in Depth
12:08 Depth as rooms in a building
13:27 Barrier of Entry ratio to Level of Depth
14:02 Mark Rosewater and Lenticular Design
14:36 Wrap Up
14:54 Sign Off