Game Designers' Note

Tutorial Levels

Layout can be an effective, natural tutorial

Passive tutorial

Let players trigger mechanics accidentally.

E.g. Super Mario L1

Mimicing

Players naturally imitate the behaviors they observe

NPCs and enemies can be designed to model the actions we want players to learn.

Pre-teaching

Use mobs to pre-teach boss mechanics.

Level Design Workshop 2012 GDC China

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