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Open world RPG design notes from Enderal, a big long Skyrim mod

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WE SHOULD ALL DO THIS / STEAL THIS: Dev-owned wiki. The dev team "SureAI" operates the official Endreal strategy guide and lore wiki. Whenever an NPC is about to dump backstory and exposition on you, they'll ask you to take a seat. Diegetically, the NPC has to prepare a machine or potion, or get supplies, or whatever.

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The Forgotten City (2021) revisited

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From a game dev perspective, it's been fascinating to play. In this post, I compare and contrast the original and this modern remake from a dev / design perspective. A hostile NPC statue wakes up, which means you can lure it away from the door.) Interesting approachability / accessibility UX here.

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