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Engagement Traps Entry #0685

The reason a caught-up screen still suggests more

A screen that announces completion and then immediately offers more content redefines done as a pause rather than an end, preventing the user from experiencing closure.

December 29, 2017 Master

The hidden part #0685

Caught up is not an ending — it is a checkpoint. The suggestions below redefine done as “done with the mandatory, ready for the optional.”

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Competition Design Entry #0667

Why the gap to the next rank keeps you in one more round

Displaying the exact distance to the next rank converts a vague aspiration into a specific, closable gap that the player feels compelled to close before stopping.

October 27, 2017 Adept

The hidden part #0667

A visible gap converts “maybe later” into “one more round.” The number is information; the compulsion is design.

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