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game balance
the proper set of features to ensure a good level of fairness, challenge, and interest in a game. Three types of balance need to be considered:
- equality between players, so that no one has an unfair advantage
- match between a player’s skill and game difficulty, so that players’ achievements are based on skill not luck and advanced players continue to be challenged
- balance between options in a game, so that no option is obviously preferred, and no option is useless because it’s never chosen
