Remove Cutscenes Remove Dev Remove Open World
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Open world RPG design notes from Enderal, a big long Skyrim mod

Radiator Blog

WE SHOULD ALL DO THIS / STEAL THIS: Dev-owned wiki. The dev team "SureAI" operates the official Endreal strategy guide and lore wiki. This is a convenient diegetic way of locking the player in-place for a cutscene, while also priming the player for an extended cutscene. Anyway, here's my notes. Money sink.

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Sandbox vs themepark

Raph Koster

If you follow that link, you’ll see open world events occurring as the quest proceeds, done without zone or quest locking, etc. We used the term actively on MUD-Dev back in the day, making the distinction between simulation and “stagecraft.” It famously only added any crafting because the dev team saw it in UO during beta.

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