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Parallel Experiment by Eleven Puzzles: “Put your heart into it and players will notice”

PreMortem.Games

We throw ideas around, different puzzle mechanics, narrative elements and unique interactions,” Olczyk says. We love exploring different styles of puzzles, logic, pattern recognition, environmental interactions and even experimental mechanics like cooperative dialogues.” “We never run out of puzzle ideas! .

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Anima Flux is a co-op Metroidvania with a retro-futuristic visual flair

PreMortem.Games

The game employs hand-drawn animated cutscenes to enhance its narrative, providing players with a detailed, dark world. “The hand-drawn animated cutscenes are crucial to the main storyline. ” Ironic dialogues The game’s setting is carefully crafted, with each scene contributing to the overall dark cosmic atmosphere.

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How Drama and Fake Ads Convert To Real Profits

Deconstructor of Fun

Introduction I remember as a young product manager, working on major releases at Disney and Rovio how excited I was for the cutscenes. After release I was responsible for analyzing churn and sharing the results with the team: the cutscenes were driving users out of the game. The team poured their hearts into the work.

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VR Storytelling in Games

Played with Fire

2⃣ Mechanics Over Story in VR Games VR game design prioritizes motion controls, physics, and realism , often at the expense of narrative. Unlike traditional games, where cutscenes or dialogue drive the story, VR relies more on player interaction , making storytelling a challenge.

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Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons | Why I Love

GamesIndustry.biz

However, while Metal Gear Solid had many other instances of breaking the fourth wall, mostly through dialogues or in cutscenes, none felt as impactful to me as that one boss fight mechanic. For a while, I just thought of it as a great example of breaking the fourth wall. Read more

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Game-Changing Storytelling: How To Integrate Narrative Elements in Mobile Games

Game Refinery

However, these storytelling elements go far beyond the main narrative, with cutscenes and dialogue seamlessly integrated throughout the experience to build a truly immersive world. Goddess of Victory: NIKKE features high-quality anime cutscenes. Despite the dark setting of the story, dialogue is peppered with humor.

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The joys of the anti-farm sim: "Before the Green Moon" by turnfollow

Radiator Blog

The game also hides a bigger unexplained mechanic: a relationship gifting system. The game never says "each NPC has a favorite type of gift item type, and you should equip it and talk to them", you have to guess that this mechanic exists from playing previous farming games or just out of sheer luck.

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