Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

But without any meaningful code access to upgrade terrain engines or lighting systems, that mostly means spamming set dressing and clutter everywhere. Loot RPGs need to carefully balance the player dilemma of "this would be useful" vs. "this is better to sell" and this tips that balance too much toward the latter. Money sink.

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Open World NPC Cutscenes Terrain 52

Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

Rampant terrain destruction is awesome, by the way ;). Of course this change comes with significant balance repercussions, which we’ll cover when we get to discussing that topic further below. The numbers used are based on a wealth of player run stats, in combination with the desired balance for these new Garrisons.

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Beta Content Balance Mechanics 52

Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Here we’re primarily talking about the player revisiting earlier floors on their journey, rather than backtracking within a single map (though I’ll cover that topic a bit separately at the end), and our discussion focuses on roguelikes of the dungeon delving variety, since open world games generally allow backtracking by default.

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Point and Click Mechanics Feature Open World 52

PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 1, 2023

“What interested us as game makers is the idea of building worlds that have depth and substance to them. Where players can navigate the terrain and feel a sense of history beneath their feet.” Transdimensional portals Nightingale is a first-person, PVE, open-world survival crafting game played solo or cooperatively online.

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Balance Games Technology Fantasy 118