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Alanah's Puzzle Overthinking Experience
- Alanah often overthinks puzzles and builds overly elaborate solutions.
- This happens because she assumes puzzles should be harder than they actually are.
Puzzle Design's Core Challenge
- Puzzle design must tell players it's okay to choose the easier solution.
- Current design mostly focuses on guiding players to the intended challenge, but fails to ease overthinking.
Use Visual Cues for Player Guidance
- Use bright colors or visual cues like yellow tape to guide player interaction.
- Iteratively test and add cues if players miss key puzzle elements.