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A friend of mine wants to become a game designer without learning any other disciplines in game dev, he seems very sure this is possible but his confidence comes off as “idea guy” to me. I like thinking about design as well and how it could all fit together cohesively but I’m worried he’s setting himself up for failure by not learning another discipline to go along with it. Am I correct in this thought or am I being an jerk?

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If he wants a career in AAA games, he will need specialized expertise. That might mean working on combat, quests, cinematics, narrative, itemization, UX, enemies, levels/environments, or any of a number of other specialties. There's just too much work to be done without enough hands to do it within a small team.

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Flavored by Authenticity: How Personal Experiences Amplify Narrative

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Juliana Loh Juliana Loh is an independent Producer/Artist whose background includes branded entertainment, UX and art direction. His latest book is Gaming SEL: Games as Transformational to Social and Emotional Learning (bit.ly/GamingSEL). GamingSEL). For more, please visit MatthewFarber.com.

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Upcoming CIMFest Keynote: Flavored by Authenticity

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Juliana Loh Juliana Loh is an independent Producer/Artist whose background includes branded entertainment, UX and art direction. His latest book is Gaming SEL: Games as Transformational to Social and Emotional Learning (bit.ly/GamingSEL). GamingSEL). For more, please visit MatthewFarber.com.

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The Forgotten City (2021) revisited

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Interesting approachability / accessibility UX here. Still, overall this was a very impressive achievement for just 3 indie developers. Even AAA has given up on immersive sim RPGs , so any dev deserves praise just for attempting this genre I think.

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Open world RPG design notes from Enderal, a big long Skyrim mod

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It's probably not worth the hassle for a solo indie. It is much better than the boring shot reverse-shot cutscene stuff going on in AAA RPGs these days, and makes Skyrim's "sit" mechanic more meaningful. Sit and listen. Whenever an NPC is about to dump backstory and exposition on you, they'll ask you to take a seat.