"To use this lens, stop thinking about your game, and start thinking about what basic human needs it fulfills. Ask yourself these questions: 1. On which levels of Maslow’s hierarchy is my game operating? 2. How can I make my game fulfill more basic needs than it already is? 3. On the levels my game is currently operating, how can it fulfill those needs even better? It sounds strange to talk about a game fulfilling basic human needs, but everything that people do is an attempt to fulfill these needs in some way. And keep in mind, some games fulfill needs better than others — your game can’t just promise the need, it must deliver fulfillment of the need. If a player imagines that playing your game is going to make them feel better about themselves, or get to know their friends better, and your game doesn’t deliver on these needs, your player will move on to a game that does. "

"Different isnt always better but better is always different. - Scotty MeltzerTo ensure that you harness the powerful motivation of novelty, ask yourselves these questions:1. What is novel about my game ?2. Does my game have novelties throughout or just at the beginning ?3. Do I have the right mix of novel and finiliar ?4. When the novelty wears off, will my players still enjoy my game ?"

"To decide if your game is a good judge of the players, ask yourself these questions: 1. What does your game judge about the players? 2. How does it communicate this judgment? 3. Do players feel the judgment is fair? 4. Do they care about the judgment? 5. Does the judgment make them want to improve? "

"Every player has a complex ecosyatem of motivations. To examine them more closely, ask yourselves:1. What motivations do players have to play my game2. Which motivations are most internal ? Which are most external ?3. Which are pleasure seeking ? Wich are pain avoiding ?4. Which motivations support each other ?5. Which motivations are in conflict ?"

"People love to play games with friends. To make sure your game has the right qualities to let people make and keep friendships, ask yourself these questions: 1. What kind of friendships are my players looking for? 2. How do my players break the ice? 3. Do my players have enough chance to talk to each other? Do they have enough to talk about? 4. When is the moment they become friends? 5. What tools do I give the players to maintain their friendships? "

"When players get a chance to express themselves, it makes them feel alive, proud, important, and connected. To use this lens, ask yourself these questions: 1. How am I letting players express themselves? 2. What ways am I forgetting? 3. Are players proud of their identity? Why or why not? This lens is important and overdue. It works very well in combination with other lenses, such as Lens #63: The Lens of Beauty and Lens #80: The Lens of Status. "

"To make sure your game fosters strong community, ask yourself these questions: 1. What conflict is at the heart of my community? 2. How does architecture shape my community? 3. Does my game support three levels of experience? 4. Are there community events? 5. Why do players need each other? "

"To make sure griefing in your game is minimized, ask yourself these questions: 1. What systems in my game are easy to grief? 2. How can I make my game boring to grief? 3. Am I ignoring any loopholes? "