A few years ago, I wrote an article for Gamasutra.com (”The Theory of Game Relativity“) about classifying potential players of a game and then using that to help assess how much your game will appeal to them. It’s more or less a mental exercise, but can help remind you to include some features that will reach a wider audience, or at least your intended audience.
The original article featured a few HIDEOUS illustrations that I made, thinking at the time that the vast Art Department at Gamasutra would certainly pretty them up. Imagine my horror when the illos appeared in the article.
Recently, a very talented artist named Jeff Simpson redrew the player pie, so I thought I’d share. Read the article if you’re interested in what ’tis all about!







you missed an important one
The time waster, the person who wishes for a mild hypnotic distraction to make their time go away. Probably someone pretending to work…