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Increasing a stat decreases the others, so you have to increase them back if you want to keep them balanced.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Each time you level up, you get a few points to spend in five stats of your choice. Increasing the first one, power<\/em>, will reduce the other four a little. They are related to the precision of your shots and can even go negative. Increasing power<\/em> is presented as the long term goal, but you cannot leave the other stats untouched if you want to keep them at the level you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Level up screen prompting you to spend 5 points<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Upgrading power creates un unbalance that you then seek to re-balance. That system is comparable to the game loop of balance -> upgrade -> unbalance -> re-balance often found in management games where improving any part of the system creates unbalance (building a new industrial zone in sim-city means you’ll have to re-balance residential and commercial zones).
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Increasing a stat decreases the others, so you have to increase them back if you want to keep them balanced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[38],"tags":[47,62,46],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7TL8k-d6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":860,"url":"https:\/\/david-bailly.com\/portfolio\/860-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":812,"position":0},"title":"Progress Feedback in Mario Maker 2’s Story Mode","date":"2019-07-12","format":false,"excerpt":"Progress in Story mode is marked by two metrics, which both come from completing levels. It makes completing levels feel more rewarding at a low development cost. 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