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Quest Feedback

Grumpy Gamer

1) You have options on how to act and what to do after you acted, (2) these choices impact the game and future choices, both in the near future and far future; and (3) when playing for the first time I didn't feel like I had a choice, there was only thing my character would have done. different outcomes for people or places.

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I really liked your recent answer about math in game design, but im curious what KINDS of math game designers should learn. Like, what is geometry useful for vs., say, calculus? Are there any fields of math that aren’t useful in game design?

Ask a Game Dev

This math is necessary for understanding and answering one of the fundamental questions in game development:How long will this take? How long should one match in my fighting game take? Are there any fields of math that arent useful in game design? Note that this is by no means exhaustive.

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Staying alive is all the victory you can hope for in The Forever Winter by Fun Dog Studios

PreMortem.Games

Video games are no stranger to the power fantasy of a lone hero who single-handedly turns the tides of war and saves the day, world, or universe. In this game, war is definitely hell, and all you can do about it is… well, nothing. Players take on the role of scavengers, or scavs, that have no allegiance to the fighting factions.

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The Forgotten City (2021) revisited

Radiator Blog

I've written previously about murder in Skyrim , epic Skyrim fan game Enderal , and a very bushy Skyrim mod called The Forgotten City. From a game dev perspective, it's been fascinating to play. The game plays with this a little: there's a treasure door that opens only during the fail state. (A The Forgotten City (2021).

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Deathloop deconstruction / design thoughts

Radiator Blog

This is similar to my tactics games writeup and Enderal (huge Skyrim mod) writeup where I spoil some interesting game designer / systems design things. I don't discuss much of the game narrative. I assume general game design knowledge but minimal Deathloop-specific knowledge. Not that you should ever talk to a game dev.

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Another question about NPC’s I will sometimes see players just let the NPC kill enemies which usually goes with them struggling to kill them or they take a long time to even getting killed themselves. I’m assuming the same stuff you said in your last post applies to these NPC’s?

Ask a Game Dev

Instead, we want them to look like they're fighting and take a while so that the player can be the hero. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ We rarely want AI allies to overshadow players - doing so will break the power fantasy.

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Star Nomad 2 Patch Notes (v 2.22.07)

Half Geek

More info here: The problem with making games for Mobiles. Originally, the game was designed with only Roguelike mode as the default, with the additional two difficulty modes (Normal & Hard) added from beta testing suggestions. NPC Flight AI updated to take advantage of the larger flight area.

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