World
What place, organization, culture, or situation is specific enough to recognize?
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The Hyper-Niche Game Test
Use one concrete answer per question. A promising world usually clears at least five.
People
Which roles or characters naturally want different things?
Pressure
What is scarce, late, expensive, awkward, risky, emotional, or consequential?
Decisions
What choice would an insider recognize as characteristic of this world?
Consequences
How does that choice change what happens next?
Recognition
Who would notice first if the game got the world wrong, and what would they challenge?
Five or six concrete answers: there may be a prototype here. Fewer answers usually mean the world needs another pass before it needs a budget.