Grid Sage Games

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Despite its relatively small item pool and low emphasis on random variants, Brogue has an even greater emphasis on terrain factors that really help support the dynamic gameplay in a way that keeps repeated runs interesting. Brogue’s trippy colors come from impactful terrain features like water, lava, and gases.

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Data Terrain Balance Mechanics 52

Designer Notes

AUGUST 31, 2021

By Civ 3 , veterans had mastered the art of rearranging citizens each turn to avoid wasting a drop of growth or production. This part of the system had merit to it; balancing multiple vectors that limit each other is solid game design. Furthermore, if the system was bad for casual players, it was actually worse for the hardcore.

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Filmustage

JULY 31, 2023

You are not merely narrating a tale; you're molding perceptions, delving into depths of empathy, and beckoning audiences to journey with you through unexplored emotional terrains. It’s not just about being a creative powerhouse, but also mastering the art of managing a crew, maintaining budgets, and navigating production constraints.

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Film Cinematics Scripting Terrain 52

Radiator Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

CONTENT WARNING: This post contains discussion of gay sex acts and some screenshots with obscured pixel art nudity. Balancing the weight of each system was difficult. Afterwards, Bud doesn't reciprocate, mostly because I didn't want to pixel art yet another sex scene and I think I hate doing pixel art.

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Pixel Film Art Prototyping 130

Radiator Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Naked simulated AI people ("peeps") arrive and flow across the terrain. And traditionally, Architecture with a capital A has looked down on landscape architecture as a lesser art, neglected beneath the "great men" erecting skyscrapers. It's a zoomed out perspective, it's not immersive, it's a simulation.

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Simulation Art Internet AI 130

Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

Balancing relies heavily on gear, maps are crowded with question marks, Boss fights feature repetitive mechanisms. Battle: Simplified skill point system and amazing visual effects The core of the skill system relates to balancing and mechanisms. Mediocrity means there is no obvious innovation in art and graphic design.

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Cutscenes Art Content Mechanics 52

Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

These offer very little control over direction, although based on their rules if you’re aware of the surrounding terrain you can possibly get a decent idea of where one might send you given your current position. TR & NEM So the first and primary form of teleportation is the original alien tech, Transdimensional Reconstructors.

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Mechanics Concepts Balance Terrain 52