Meaning of skill floor | Babel Free

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The minimum amount of skill required to be considered competent at some game or activity.

Examples

“Coordinate term: skill ceiling”

“Hey, I like⟳ all the VS, it's just the skill ceiling may not be as high as on some other games. But I feel⟳ the difference is far enough from the floor that it provides a decent spread⟳ among players in the area. The problem comes in when the skill ceiling is close⟳ to or even ON the skill floor.”

“Yeah, just you. If we set⟳ 3-ball cascade as the skill floor of juggling, 5 ball cascade is not an extremely low level.”

“There's an old game design⟳ maxim: good games take⟳ minutes to learn⟳ but a lifetime to master. Another way to say⟳ this is "low skill floor, high skill ceiling."”

“Enter⟳ Gnar, Azir, Kalista and the upcoming Rek'Sai. These are champions with considerably elevated skill floors – they’re simply difficult to play⟳ any kind of competently.”

“There may be no better example of how low the skill floor can go than getting literal toddlers to play⟳ Mario Kart and actually exercise a modicum of control⟳ over what's happening on screen: Kinect is the only other platform for which I can imagine⟳ that happening.”

“Designing a game with a high skill ceiling (where players must invest⟳ significant time and effort to achieve⟳ maximum skill) often results in a game with a relatively high skill floor as well.”

“This is to say⟳ that I'm not predisposed to sticking to Valorant due to its genre. I'd tried my hand at both Counter-Strike and CS:GO and found that between the aesthetics and a high skill floor, neither of them really got their hooks into me.”

“I'm always here for lowering the skill floor while preserving a high ceiling. Many developers have⟳ tried to make⟳ unwelcoming genres like⟳ real-time strategy and fighting games friendlier, and I want⟳ to see⟳ devs continue⟳ to try⟳.”

“[…] we're also working on lowering the skill floor for our game by providing easier ways to take⟳ certain actions, such as building our equivalent of a barracks.”

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