Principles in Game Design: Hearthstone

Game Design Author Name Institution Affiliation Hearthstone is an online digital collectible card game that has come with a UI and is capable of enhancing the UX. Blizzard Entertainment developed and published this game in March 2014. It is best known for its cross-platform play and allows players to compete with one another without any restriction of geographical location or IP address (Türkay & Adinolf, 2017). Players are required to use pre-constructed decks of thirty cards along with a hero of their choice who possesses unique powers. One of the most exciting characteristics of Hearthstone is that it allows the player to use a range of crystals during play. A crystal is used to attack the opponent and aims to help the player destroy the hero of the opponent. In order to win the match, the pl...