While looking at Pixels I keep coming back to one thing.
The system looks well designed. The loops make sense. The incentives are clearly thought through.
But none of that really matters if player behavior shifts.
Because in most game economies it’s not the mechanics that break first it’s how people start using them.
And Pixels is already built around behavior more than anything else.
So I’m wondering
If players in Pixels start optimizing more than engaging does the system still hold.
or does it slowly start working against itself?