Having tried to get on board with and use paper prototypes for digital games I’d largely disagree with this. Unless the mechanics are complementary to a board game then you’re largely not going to learn anything useful working this way. I’ve found that even in the case of digital games that do have good parity you learn a lot more as soon as you ditch paper and start working in the native format. With the reflex case this just gets worse, as the prototype medium gets ever further from any congruence to what you want to make.
There’s just too much missing in what it feels like to play the game. From the affordances digital games have, to the feedback and automated book keeping.
There’s just too much missing in what it feels like to play the game. From the affordances digital games have, to the feedback and automated book keeping.