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You Have No Idea How Hard It Is To Run A Sweatshop, Part 2

Designer Notes

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Strangely, the best example I can think of is a game trying to recreate a situation MUCH more difficult to simulate than baseball, life as a border agent in a totalitarian country. The game puts you in difficult situations as a border agent processing immigrants who have compelling stories for why they are trying to cross the border.

Simulation

Simulation Agent Game Designer Game Design

Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

For balance purposes, I limit the number of voyeurs in the maze, otherwise it can enter a deadlock where there's only voyeurs but no one for them to watch. However, Zugzwang is about interacting with a maze full of people, so here I simulate the police as distinct in-person agents who walk around.

Code

Code Education Educational Prototyping

You Have No Idea How Hard It Is To Run A Sweatshop, Part 2

Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

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