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A day in the life of a narrative designer

Game Global

How can I get this NPC to convey a specific emotion if I don’t have that specific animation in my toolbox? Localization. What goes into a localization kit, especially a glossary? Playtesting, bug fixing, incorporating or giving feedback, and keeping an ever-watchful eye out for ludo-narrative dissonance.

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Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

Radiator Blog

"Cruising Labyrinth," Andreas Angelidakis Lindell was responding to a specific social context: the 1980s HIV/AIDS epidemic that utterly devastated the gay male community in New York City, especially the local sex clubs and bathhouses. Was there a way to preserve public sexuality while also encouraging safer sex practices?

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