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summary: Consider the player's actual devices and body.
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  Original editorial explanations and review questions based on the
  user-selected Schell notes and attributed primary references. External
  concepts and source material retain their rights.
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# Physical Interface

id: schell-060
type: lens
key: lens/schell-060
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/lens/schell-060/

Consider the player's actual devices and body.

## Principle

Consider the player's actual devices and body.

## Review questions

- Is a frequent action comfortable on the intended device?
- How do grip, effort or fatigue affect available controls?

## Attribution and limits

Jesse Schell · Schell: 113 second-edition lenses

The concise explanations and review questions are original gamemechanics.pro wording. This is an independent reference, not a translation of the cards or a substitute for the book. Names, concepts and external material remain their authors’ work.

## Connected materials

- Apply this lens: [Basic accessibility across a play session](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/lessons/game-accessibility/) (key: lesson/game-accessibility)
- Apply this lens: [Game verification](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/learn/game-verification/) (key: path/game-verification)

## Sources and provenance

Original editorial explanations and review questions based on the user-selected Schell notes and attributed primary references. External concepts and source material retain their rights.

- [Schell: 113 second-edition lenses](https://schellgames.com/art-of-game-design) (id: source-a5287443699910bb)
- [Physical Interface](https://deck.artofgamedesign.com/) (id: source-f546a7168effffbb)

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