I analyzed 100 games to see why they are fun!

Gosh, can you imagine a better way to spend a birthday?

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My own games mentioned:
Golden Treasure: The Great Green: https://store.steampowered.com/app/10...
Cake Maker (available to patrons): https://zanzlanz.com/patreon-bonuses/...
Mine Blocks 1 (2D Minecraft): https://mineblocks.com/1
Mine Blocks 2 (a prettier 2D Minecraft): https://mineblocks.com/2
Bouncerz (available to patrons): https://zanzlanz.com/patreon-bonuses/...
My Collector's Bundle: https://zanzlanz.com/collectors
Left and Right (not able to be run)
Snowman Slide: https://zanzlanz.com/g/Snowman_Slide
Broken Cloud: https://zanzlanz.com/g/Broken_Cloud

All background music is my own :D
• (00:00) Intro music made specifically for this video (available to patrons)
• (01:07) "Trinketmonger": https://open.spotify.com/track/48R5Ka...
• (04:05) A WIP from 2022
• (04:49) A WIP from 2018
• (06:03) It's the track that references "Stadium Rave" later on (available to patrons)
• (07:18) "Harder Better Faster Stronger" bootleg made specifically for this video (available to patrons)
• (08:06) "A Feeling of Tread":    • A Feeling of Tread - Full track (Henry Sti...  
• (08:50) "Sad song" WIP from 2015
• (09:22) "Mirror Road":    • Zanzlanz - Mirror Road (full music video c...  
• (11:44) "Shale Soup" WIP from 2015
• (13:32) "Shorph": https://open.spotify.com/track/693TdS...
• (14:22) The "Stadium Rave" reference was a WIP from 2020 (available to patrons)
• (15:29) "March Piano 9": https://zanzlanz.bandcamp.com/album/m...
• (15:54) "Cicade": https://open.spotify.com/track/1ptyxx...

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:38 Philosophy - Schwartz
03:30 Philosophy - Octalysis
04:46 Psychology - Self-Determinism
05:07 Psychology - Autonomy
07:17 Psychology - Competence
10:09 Psychology - Relatedness
11:48 Physiology - Neurochemicals
14:31 Physiology - Chills
15:53 Finale: launching the cake!

Some references:
Schwartz's Value Theory: https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/vie...
The Octalysis Framework: https://octalysisgroup.com/framework/
Self-Determinism Theory: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
Wild mice/slugs running on exercise wheels: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do...
List of frisson triggers: https://link.springer.com/article/10....

Thanks so much for watching! :D
Btw, the cake was VERY delicious! Just... now I have a random catapult in my apartment that I don't know how to get rid of.

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