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r/gamedesign
Game Design: The Art of Crafting Rulesets
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For topics related to the design of games for interactive entertainment systems - video games, board games, tabletop RPGs, or any other type. /r/GameDesign is not a subreddit about general game development, nor is it a programming subreddit. This is a place to talk about Game Design and what it entails. Use this community to network, discuss crafting rulesets and general game design, and share game design tips with other game designers. Designers of all experience levels are welcome!
Game Design is a subset of Game Development that concerns itself with WHY games are made the way they are. It's about the theory and crafting of mechanics and rulesets.
If you're confused about what game designers do...
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Total Submissions
40,253
Total Comments
462,165
Earliest Submission
October 28, 2009
Earliest Comment
October 30, 2009
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Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 12,109 | 15,673 | 2257.0 | 0.1 | 17269.86 | |
| #2 | 3,001 | 18,105 | 559.4 | 0.2 | 3705.10 | |
| #3 | 5,962 | 63,092 | 1111.3 | 0.5 | 2112.27 | |
| #4 | 3,263 | 82,045 | 608.2 | 0.7 | 888.99 | |
| #5 | 3,047 | 251,967 | 567.9 | 2.1 | 270.31 | |
| #6 | 4,228 | 463,924 | 788.1 | 3.9 | 203.71 | |
| #7 | 338 | 37,092 | 63.0 | 0.3 | 203.69 | |
| #8 | 261 | 35,226 | 48.6 | 0.3 | 165.62 | |
| #9 | 2,979 | 488,126 | 555.3 | 4.1 | 136.42 | |
| #10 | 93 | 15,728 | 17.3 | 0.1 | 132.17 | |
| #11 | 526 | 100,141 | 98.0 | 0.8 | 117.41 | |
| #12 | 220 | 43,039 | 41.0 | 0.4 | 114.26 | |
| #13 | 176 | 38,467 | 32.8 | 0.3 | 102.27 | |
| #14 | 105 | 23,000 | 19.6 | 0.2 | 102.05 | |
| #15 | 83 | 19,331 | 15.5 | 0.2 | 95.97 | |
| #16 | 177 | 43,220 | 33.0 | 0.4 | 91.54 | |
| #17 | 65 | 17,067 | 12.1 | 0.1 | 85.13 | |
| #18 | 38,876 | 10,408,215 | 7246.1 | 86.8 | 83.49 | |
| #19 | 202 | 55,013 | 37.7 | 0.5 | 82.08 | |
| #20 | 3,787 | 1,109,983 | 705.9 | 9.3 | 76.26 | |
| #21 | 136 | 40,351 | 25.3 | 0.3 | 75.34 | |
| #22 | 2,991 | 897,566 | 557.5 | 7.5 | 74.49 | |
| #23 | 73 | 22,022 | 13.6 | 0.2 | 74.10 | |
| #24 | 103 | 32,384 | 19.2 | 0.3 | 71.10 | |
| #25 | 514 | 166,231 | 95.8 | 1.4 | 69.12 | |
| #26 | 136 | 44,564 | 25.3 | 0.4 | 68.22 | |
| #27 | 361 | 118,311 | 67.3 | 1.0 | 68.20 | |
| #28 | 297 | 98,252 | 55.4 | 0.8 | 67.57 | |
| #29 | 47 | 15,798 | 8.8 | 0.1 | 66.50 | |
| #30 | 55 | 18,633 | 10.3 | 0.2 | 65.98 | |
| #31 | 241 | 82,684 | 44.9 | 0.7 | 65.15 | |
| #32 | 3,202 | 1,121,710 | 596.8 | 9.4 | 63.81 | |
| #33 | 3,837 | 1,443,502 | 715.2 | 12.0 | 59.42 | |
| #34 | 161 | 61,708 | 30.0 | 0.5 | 58.32 | |
| #35 | 7,491 | 2,934,966 | 1396.3 | 24.5 | 57.05 | |
| #36 | 71 | 28,122 | 13.2 | 0.2 | 56.43 | |
| #37 | 169 | 67,474 | 31.5 | 0.6 | 55.99 | |
| #38 | 68 | 28,256 | 12.7 | 0.2 | 53.79 | |
| #39 | 220 | 92,743 | 41.0 | 0.8 | 53.02 | |
| #40 | 2,985 | 1,322,901 | 556.4 | 11.0 | 50.44 | |
| #41 | 44 | 19,703 | 8.2 | 0.2 | 49.92 | |
| #42 | 578 | 263,625 | 107.7 | 2.2 | 49.01 | |
| #43 | 50 | 23,103 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 48.38 | |
| #44 | 44 | 20,387 | 8.2 | 0.2 | 48.24 | |
| #45 | 35 | 16,588 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 47.16 | |
| #46 | 39 | 18,981 | 7.3 | 0.2 | 45.93 | |
| #47 | 1,061 | 524,180 | 197.8 | 4.4 | 45.24 | |
| #48 | 54 | 27,377 | 10.1 | 0.2 | 44.09 | |
| #49 | 3,056 | 1,586,998 | 569.6 | 13.2 | 43.04 | |
| #50 | 32 | 16,706 | 6.0 | 0.1 | 42.82 |