That's one thing I've noticed about this advice (which I constructed yesterday). It's at least useful for figuring out which wants are most important. And that's useful for prioritizing what to explore/research/work on first.

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Make something that you'd use even if someone else made a poor version of it

The biggest barrier is honestly time, and whether it's a good use of my time.  I think if I wanted to lean into teaching 100%, without all my little side projects and research, then I'd definitely go for it.

> If I were building this, I'd recommend defining the parts that are independent of your vision first. 

That's good advice.  The graphical style and story/setting are probably optional.  The less negotiable parts are probably what curriculum is covered, difficulty progression of the levels, how the challenges in the game relate to the economic concept being taught.

Now that I think about it, probably what matters more even than the topics covered, is *how tightly the game's mechanics fit into the economic concepts*.  I think that would be my biggest hangup.  