What is POWER CREEP? (And How to AVOID IT!) | Game Design

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Today on Draw 5 Move 5, we're discussing POWER CREEP at the suggestion of a viewer! What is power creep, and how to avoid it? It's a game design question many developers have to face, as power creep feels inevitable, especially if we don't plan ahead in our designs. By knowing what power creep is, we can dissect how it occurs and lay plans to avoid it while still creating new, interesting content for our games!

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Music:
Far Away by MK2
Candlepower by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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Nimbus by Eveningland

Chapters:
0:00 - 2:25: Skit / Intro
2:26 - 3:31: What is Power Creep?
3:32 - 6:28: How Does Power Creep Happen?
6:29 - 11:27: Ways to Avoid Power Creep!
11:28 - 13:43: Conclusions / Outro

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