Cognitive Maps (CM)
A good map has to map the environment in the mind of the user, not to faithfully represent the terrain. The map is not the territory.
When the map does not match the territory (or the environment), users get lost. They usually quit the game.
10
116 reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
Life-long learner. Passionate about leadership, entrepreneurship, philosophy, Buddhism & SF. Founder @deepstash.
Maps are important in designing any game. This resource helped me understand how to think about designing them.
“
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about videos with this collection
How to analyze churn data and make data-driven decisions
The importance of customer feedback
How to improve customer experience
Related collections
Similar ideas to Cognitive Maps (CM)
It's Mostly Mental
Your confidence can't be at the whims of every point, game or set lost. Knowing how to remain calm, not feeling discouraged or frustrated throughout a match can make all the difference.
Nothing is more unnerving than playing someone who can not be discouraged, and refuses to lose no mat...
Click here, click there
Tutorials of products where you have to click or tap certain areas to advance are quite innefective. The game may be advancing but the user does not learn anything.
A better approach is to give users challanges. Teach some systems but let the user fill in the gaps. These small achivements ...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates