Rather, I think it’s borne of necessity to onboard you to the game mechanics. We certainly have a bird brained instinct to catch the worm / win a round, so a go

Rather, I think it’s borne of necessity to onboard you to the game mechanics. We certainly have a bird brained instinct to catch the worm / win a round, so a good game design cuts you some slack to begin with, so you can have a little dopamine as a treat From there, difficulty should scale up so you don’t always win, giving you that “intermittent reinforcement“ that makes games addictive