Contextual Tutorial

Teaching a mechanic at the exact moment it becomes relevant in gameplay, rather than in an isolated pre-game tutorial sequence.

In games, this means

Instead of a tutorial room explaining wall-jumping before players enter the game, the first wall-jump opportunity appears naturally in level one, with a hint triggered by proximity. Contextual tutorials have dramatically higher retention rates than front-loaded sequences because the mechanic is immediately relevant and the player has a reason to use it.