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

Radiator Blog

The Enderal builders don't want the player to ruin their carefully arranged clutter, so we get absurd things like "empty" sausages or un-lootable plates of food, breaking Skyrim's UX patterns for pickups. Dense narrow spaces = too much content packed together and repetitive encounters. Wider, spread out, less dense. Money sink.

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The Forgotten City (2021) revisited

Radiator Blog

Interesting approachability / accessibility UX here. you'll be doing a lot of this: standing on a ledge and taking pot shots at zombies ON THE LEVEL: Room-to-room, wall-to-wall, the world is OK. Felt like they had to cut down 50% of their planned content, which is never easy. philosophy and logic!! philosophy and logic!!

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2022 Predictions #2 How to win after Fortnite's and Why Going Cross-Platform is Mandatory for Mid-Core Games

Deconstructor of Fun

The most significant growth in revenue was seen in the following sub-genres: Open World Adventure is a newborn sub-genre that grew by 622% this year. Unlike with Sniper games, you could move and you were actually fighting other players. The treadmill that only the largest studios in the world can sustain.