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DECISION ANALYSIS · GUIDE

From Question to Answer: Using Decision Analysis

Learn how to find a game, scan the full catalog, compare the same analysis layers, follow displayed links, and read baseline changes accurately.

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Three-Minute Quick Start

Choose a question, open a validated example, then replace the game or baseline with your own context.

  1. 01
    Choose a question

    Start with finding, scanning the full catalog, comparing, tracing, or reviewing change.

  2. 02
    Open an example

    Use Palworld to separate current and historical analyses and their baselines.

  3. 03
    Make it yours

    Change the game or baseline and save the address to reopen the same view.

Start with Palworld

Start with one of five questions

Each view answers a different question. Starting with your purpose makes the result faster to read.

01

What is the current decision structure of one game?

Find a game, separate current and historical analyses and their baselines, then read five analysis layers.

  1. Search for a game.
  2. Confirm current or historical analysis and its baseline.
  3. Read the five analysis layers from top to bottom.
How to read it
Each result is an independent analysis edition fixed to one baseline.
If you get stuck
Remove active conditions or return to all analysis editions.
Find Palworld
02

How can I scan the full catalog at a glance?

Scan 106 analysis editions across five aligned layers for 105 games, then continue to detail or comparison.

  1. Narrow the catalog by game or public pattern.
  2. Confirm each edition’s current or historical state and baseline.
  3. Read across five layers, then open detail or add the edition to comparison.
How to read it
One row represents one analysis edition. Current and historical analyses of the same game remain separate rows.
If you get stuck
Remove conditions one at a time or clear all conditions to return to the full overview.
View all 105 games
03

What differs between two editions on the same analysis layer?

Align two to four editions and read differences in pattern types and analysis-item composition.

  1. Choose two to four editions.
  2. Read columns on the same analysis-layer row.
  3. Describe one meaning or pattern-type difference.
How to read it
Item counts show analysis scope; make the decision from meaning differences on the same layer.
If you get stuck
Open the example comparison, learn the reading pattern, then replace the games.
Compare Cookie Run: Kingdom and Honor of Kings
04

Which analysis links connect a bottleneck to a solution composition?

Follow only displayed links across bottleneck, contradiction, solution mechanism, and solution composition.

  1. Choose an edition marked ‘Path available’.
  2. Select a starting bottleneck.
  3. Describe the continuous link across four analysis layers.
How to read it
The repeating structure is entry context; read the path from the bottleneck through the solution composition.
If you get stuck
Choose another starting bottleneck or open the AFK Journey example.
Trace an AFK Journey path
05

How did the analysis configuration change between two baselines of one game?

Read changes in analysis items, pattern types, and links from a historical baseline to the current analysis.

  1. Choose a game with edition comparison.
  2. Confirm the historical and current baselines.
  3. Read key changes and all items under added, retained, and removed.
How to read it
This view explains analysis-configuration change between two baselines.
If you get stuck
Use the Palworld example to identify the baselines and scope first.
Review Palworld edition changes

Reading current analysis, historical analysis, and baseline

Current analysis
The latest public analysis edition opened from the game’s stable route.
Historical analysis
An independently preserved analysis configuration from an earlier baseline.
Baseline
The date that distinguishes the decision structure represented by an edition.

Five Essential Terms

Repeating structure
How play keeps cycling
Bottleneck
Where a decision or progression gets stuck
Contradiction
Two values that are difficult to preserve together
Solution mechanism
A design principle that works on the two values together
Solution composition
An execution structure combining several solution principles

When a result or complete path is not immediately visible

Remove active conditions one at a time or return to all editions. In Paths, choose an edition marked ‘Path available’ or open the AFK Journey example first.

Reopen and share the same view

The selected view, game, and baseline are reflected in the address. Save or share it to reopen the same selection state.

Open Decision Analysis