Design for Communication: Puzzle Design of Kiko’s Apple Adventure, a Communicative Puzzle Game

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School of Arts, Design and Architecture | Master's thesis
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2024-12-30

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Game Design and Development

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Master's Programme in Art and Media

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en

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36

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This thesis explores the idea of communicative puzzle design: how to design a puzzle game focusing on communicating with players rather than challenging players with difficult puzzles. The study is done by making a Sokoban variant puzzle, Kiko’s Apple Adventure. A puzzle communication model was built during the game development. This model describes the puzzle design and solving process as a communication loop, and provides a new perspective to see the relationship between a designer and a player.

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Kemppainen, Jaakko

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puzzle, communication, game design, level design, sokoban, video game

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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-202501241664

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[master] Taiteiden ja suunnittelun korkeakoulu / ARTS