PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 29, 2024

Set in a New York office building in the 1990’s, the game plays out as a action-filled mini series, including cutscenes that unravel the plot. “To The concept for Unstoppable, where office workers are infected by a mysterious gas, followed after discussions with Lead Game Designer Cho Si-wook. “We

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 10, 2023

This concept of “secret” doesn’t really make sense in a strategy game, contest, or a puzzle. Before I get started, I should make it clear which context it is that I’m talking about: single player, somewhat narrative driven videogames, like RPGs or adventure games. They are findable.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Instead there's cutscenes without animation, scripted conversations without choreography, and readables you rarely read because the game never pauses. All the dynamic cutscenes and dialogue sequences relied on 4 player characters all bantering amongst each other like in Buffy or something. But not really.

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Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

Also, worth listening to my conversation with Pete Seicienski on his “Adventure Games” concept, which is very much related to this Sense of Wonder thing ). Although it’s definitely important to notice that all RPGs use both systemic and narrative cues to create a sense of wonder.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Not that I coined them, of course; the concepts were very much in the air. Breadcrumbs, dialogue trees, cutscenes, progression paths. Today some folks like to say it is “sandboxy” but I’m here to tell you that it was absolutely a Diku-style themepark, of the pre-scripting period. Expensive, but at heart predictable for the developer.

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Keith Burgun

JUNE 18, 2022

I don’t really care about words, though, as long as we all agree on the concepts. But I also think in all that time I’ve really only met a small handful of people who understand why I value this one-player strategy game thing, specifically.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The game says you must kill her first, like this, always -- and if she always dies so early, that means her concept doesn't get to interact with anyone else. Not that her concept makes much sense; why does this apocalyptic suicide cult leader like poison gas specifically? TUTORIAL The tutorial happens across 3 in-game loops.

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Game Dev Unchained

JULY 26, 2023

The concept of the metaverse, despite its recent negative connotations, still carries much potential. With the initial pitch concept “Guardians of the Galaxy meets Mad Max Fury,” the team sought to leverage existing game assets to develop the show.

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