Rampant Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In the fiction, November 6, 2022 was the launch day for the game “ Sword Art Online ,” chronicled in the books, manga, and anime series of that name. Thanks to a crazy head engineer with a god complex, ten thousand players are now playing an ultra-realistic fantasy game in a virtual world with real-world stakes.

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Keith Burgun

JUNE 18, 2022

Framed as almost more like a sport / abstract strategy game, and therefore light on narrative. unlocking better cards etc) – the game is always fair and basically just gets harder the better you get, to match your skill level and keep you at 50% winrate. Auro and Gem Wizards Tactics meet these criteria quite well, I think.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 7, 2023

Games have undergone a similar sense of discovery and pioneering since the days of Pong, with a similarly evolved mantra. Perhaps the most important thing you can learn about designing games is the natural evolution of “show, don’t tell” - “Do, don’t show.” The best games never forget this.

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The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In the first part , I went on about the lack of family in video games and the danger of paying attention to critics. Now I'll talk about the actual game. This is a really fun game. It skips from action to pvp games to puzzles to boss fights with blinding speed. TL;DR: It's really good. It's exhilarating.

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Keith Burgun

JANUARY 27, 2023

This might have some very light spoilers, but… honestly, one of my main criticisms is that there isn’t much to spoil in this game, at least not in the 27 or so hours that I played. The opening cutscene literally made me cry. But the rest of the game that I saw, was not like this intro at all. It’s awesome.

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Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

Over the years, I have loved games in all of these categories. This is a huge one, and arguably it’s important to many kinds of games, and other forms of art as well. That kind of thing sets the brain going: what else is this game keeping track of that I don’t realize? Sense of wonder.

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The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Writing a video game with a good story is easy! Players will forgive your game for having a story as long as you allow them to ignore it." - Vogel's 2nd Law of Video Game Storytelling I recently wrote a blog post about writing good, clear stories that progress logically and make sense. But I'm a video game guy.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

This post is written by the fantastic Game Bakery substack team of Chase, Zixuan, Haiyin, Caitou, Fish, Amy, Chow, Jing, Wanzi and edited by Caitou, Rob. When we talk about MMO, many may relegate this game category to “old-school” or “niche.” Amazon Games has finally made its name after the tough launch of New World.

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