iHobo

JUNE 28, 2023

Not only do most game designers not appreciate the tremendous power of this aspect of human experience, but there is very little recognition of the intensity of the emotions that can be brought into play through curiosity. Morrowind did this, and unfortunately a great many players were turned off by the vertiginous freedom of the game.

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DameDev.tv

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

(*Rick has more than 14 years experience in the game dev industry, working on IP's that include Mario, Transformers, Captain America and Mortal Kombat. He's done it all, from Game Designer, Producer, Creative Director and Executive Producer to GameDev.tv's 's very own Instructor extraordinaire).

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iHobo

JULY 12, 2023

Conversely, Ultima placed the agency motive above the narrative motive - the play itself creates stories from the toy box the game provides. It is the model that all contemporary open world games follow. Yet the agency motive has more to offer.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 23, 2023

However, creating a realistic gaming world needs planning, storylines, aesthetics, characters, visuals and sound design, as well as meticulous attention to detail and a thorough understanding of specific gameplay mechanics. But before that, let’s first understand what an immersive games world means.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

supports advanced global illumination techniques such as lightmapping (including SH lightmapping), Voxel GI (which is fully real-time) and SDFGI (which is a single click, open world GI solution). Creating games this way is, as a result, more challenging. Additionally, Godot 4.0

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Big Games

MARCH 28, 2025

Game Genres Ideal for puzzle games, visual novels, and platformers that require simplicity and style. Popularly used for RPGs, action-adventure, and open-world games, which demand realism and extensive features. Which Animation Style is More Resource-Friendly & Effective for Game Development?

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The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In my last post about Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Z:TotK for short), a very popular game, I suggested that people would be interested in thoughtful criticism of slightly older games, once the dust has settled and people had the chance to calmly reflect about them. Most people don't actually care about deep dives into game design.

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 22, 2024

There's a lot of small details and choices that combine together to make a world feel big. Each small thing isn't enough to do it on its own, but with enough details working together the player will feel that sense of "bigness".

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The world of video games has undergone a remarkable transformation over the years, evolving from simple pixelated screens to immersive, open-world environments with complex narratives and stunning graphics. Let’s explore how game testing has evolved and how modern QA teams navigate today’s complex gaming landscapes.

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Big Games

JANUARY 31, 2024

Dive into a heartfelt tale and witness how your choices shape the narrative before Your Eyes offer a distinctive and emotional gaming experience on your mobile device. Genshin Impact Genshin Impact has set new standards for open-world RPGs on mobile.

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iHobo

JULY 5, 2023

The genius of The Chinese Room's ground-breaking ghost story was to see that a game world is a canvas upon which stories are painted just as much in a walking simulator as in a so-called open world game.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

I used GenoTerra to research and reflect about the design process using procedural generation in the creation of base shapes that the designer/s in a studio can use to create a more coherent game world. Using such techniques can cause problems in the coherence of the worlds that adversely affect the game experience.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

If you follow that link, you’ll see open world events occurring as the quest proceeds, done without zone or quest locking, etc. And the biggest reason why the themepark line has dominated is because it tackles mostly solved problems, compared to building a true alternate world. These were absolutely “rides” the player went on.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

I completed the main campaign in Redfall ( official site, Steam , also on Game Pass), a 4 player co-op open world shooter by Arkane Austin, who's mostly known for detailed single player story-filled action games. In this sense, playing a 75% finished game is more useful than playing a 100% finished game.

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

I wrote about this factor in my recent article on game design philosophy. While some players enjoy puzzling out creative ways to get ahead, at the extreme end it eventually devolves into optimal tedium which is overall harmful to the experience.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In a past era of game design, we complained when combat games had obligatory stealth sections -- now we have story games with obligatory combat sections. Before you begin the zombie-filled Palace quest, the game UI helpfully advises, "if you're not a fan of action or horror gameplay, feel free to decline this quest."

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iHobo

JUNE 8, 2022

Suzuki-san and his colleagues often try to paint this series of games as a precursor to the open world genre. Indeed, in the Kickstarter for Shenmue III , the text expressly tries to make this claim: Shenmue defied all convention and created the genre that later came to be known as "open world."

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Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Rather, the ‘atmosphere’ of any game is a combination of many things: art, sound, post-processing effects, story, dialogue, and more. Compare two games Breath of the Wild and Elden Ring. Both are open-world action-adventure games with fantasy elements and similar mechanics.

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Game Design Aspect

AUGUST 12, 2020

In this article, game designer Sande Chen reports on Sam Barlow's presentation at PLAY NYC, in which he describes how the digital world is transforming the art of storytelling. Video games purposefully acknowledge player participation. She is one of the founding members of the IGDA Game Design SIG.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

This process was inspired by a Picasso quote, where here states that: The Importance of Play & Experimentation When Designing Environments. Now in the world of indie game design, I find it beneficial to take a similar approach. Time Chunks: The first game element I play with is time. Want to Make Video Games?

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Similarly, like many of the other games on this list (like Planet Calypso), Star Trek Online has a strong social element to it and the game takes shape based on your preferences and game play decisions. The game world is huge and you can pretty much do whatever you want. Want to Make Video Games?

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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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