Chapter 15: Determining How Long Powerup Effects Should Last

Now that Power-ups are being added time to determine how the power-ups effect gameplay. Looking at things like the impact, pacing, consistency and player skill level. These 4 things can be more important than the other depending on what type of games being made. Impact could be affected by duration of the power-up. Power-ups dealing with Pace could be affected depending on the speed of the game. The Consistency on how often the power-ups show up can affect the difficultly of the game on both sides of spectrum. These things could have a great effect on the players outlook on the game whether it's a causal or experienced gamer. Because you want the games and powers-ups in it to be base around that players skillset.

Even things like different type of power-up depending on the game need to be carefully placed. Don’t want tons of shield power-ups lying around or having the power-up have a long duration time turning the player into a bulletproof maniac and don’t want bunch of speed boost or long duration of a speed boost in a racing game turning the player into an unbeatable speed force. Even going the other routes with these 2 examples can Besmirch the game! The goal is to get the player to want to obtain these boosts for the short dopamine hit whenever acquired. Always got to remember make the game fun but challenging. Even when Power-ups are involved!