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GET THE NICHE GAME BRIEF.
A practical worksheet for deciding whether your community, practice, place, or shared story contains a real game.
The Niche Game Brief walks through the six-question test and turns the answers into four useful outcomes:
- a named intended audience;
- a one-paragraph game concept;
- the core decision the player will repeat;
- an honest answer about whether the idea is ready for a prototype.
Who would notice first if the game got your world wrong?
If that question produces a name, role, or room immediately, start there. If it produces “everyone,” narrow the world before spending money.
For a team, ask everyone to answer the six questions separately before discussing them. The disagreements are usually more useful than early consensus.
When one person thinks the pressure is money and another thinks it is reputation, you have found the design conversation. The prototype should resolve that argument through play.