Data visualization · Academic · Games

When
Jan to May 2026
Practice
Service design
Status
Published

How I Play Games

In short

A map of my own reasons for playing games. I defined 15 motivations and 7 player types, then noticed the pattern that mattered: what I want from a game changes with whom I play. The final poster overlays four radar charts, playing alone, with my partner, with a younger sibling and with a friend, and compares each with how I play alone. Critique pushed me to cut layers; my architecture training makes me prone to over-layered diagrams.

  • 15motivations
  • 7player types
  • 4relationships compared
STARTYR 2YR 3YR 45 months on a shared four-year dialNo counts recorded yetNO COUNTS RECORDEDResearch: not part of this workRESService design: practicedSVCProduct design: not part of this workPRDStrategy & PM: not part of this workSTRGame design: not part of this workGAMEThe turn: what kind of player am I to my motivations change with whom I play
Ring: time on a 4-year dial · Stations: practice · Field: evidence · Red: the turn · Dashed: set aside · End mark: where it landed
The turn

what kind of player am Imy motivations change with whom I play

My role
Solo.

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