Vernacademia 07 -- Complexity: Depth and Barrier to Entry

The first part of our exploration of Complexity. Here we dig into the concept of Barrier of Entry and how it interacts with Level of Depth

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Cliff Notes:

00:06 Introduction
00:28 What is Complexity
01:24 The Four Types of Complexity
02:12 Comprehension Complexity
02:56 Situational Complexity
03:41 Three parts of Situational Complexity
04:04 Strategic Complexity
04:24 Strategic Complexity in Pokemon
05:49 Executional Complexity
06:31 What does Complexity do for Games?
06:59 Barrier of Entry
07:32 Barrier of Entry in Chess
08:10 Depth as Positive Complexity
09:19 Managing Complexity
09:58 Barriers of entry as Doors
10:19 How to identify your Barriers of Entry
11:05 Keep new players in mind
11:54 Depth in Depth
12:08 Depth as rooms in a building
13:27 Barrier of Entry ratio to Level of Depth
14:02 Mark Rosewater and Lenticular Design
14:36 Wrap Up
14:54 Sign Off