26 Bob Bates: Player Empathy - Play from the User Perspective

He has written, designed, produced over 45 games, with over six million units sold. He has written the book Game Design: The Art of Business of Creating Games, IGDA honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, and he was the Chief Creative Officer at Zynga. Now he works as an independent consultant.

Player Empathy - put yourself in the player shoes and figure out what you need to tell them to play your game. It's so important to play from the user perspective. We also talk about going through h