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What Game Should I Make First?

DameDev.tv

Laurie (Avocado Fire) joins Rick Davidson & Tim Ruswick* to talk about ideas and how to start your first game without following a tutorial and starting from scratch, along with other helpful tips. He's done it all, from Game Designer, Producer, Creative Director and Executive Producer to GameDev.tv's

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Sandbox vs themepark

Raph Koster

Earlier in MUD design, these zones even “repopped” all at once. It was like resetting a little stage-play; the NPC actors hit their marks and reappeared at their start location. And we and other MUD designers were wondering how to get more of this stuff to happen without having to hand-code it all. Enter “simulationism.”

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That Lonesome Valley as cowboy coin crusher

Radiator Blog

In this situation, the NPC knows what you're here for and he wants it too, even if you kinda hate each other. This dynamic runs counter to most video game romances, where we generally assume the "good end" = sex end = complete soulmates = rare and complex. see: "CRT Simulation in Super Win the Game" ).

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