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That Lonesome Valley as cowboy coin crusher

Radiator Blog

Here I depart from Brokeback and take a note from God's Own Country, writing two characters with different ethnicities and upbringings: Jose is a middle class suburban Latino west coaster, and Bud is a white working class rural hill guy. The romantic interest Bud is a local ranchhand assigned as a guide.

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Unity Bolt Tutorial: How to Add Triggers & Switches

SOVEREIGN MOON

In today’s tutorial, we take things a step further by teaching you how to use triggers and switches in order to help you create more interesting game mechanics. Triggers are powerful tools in the world of game design because you often use triggers to accomplish common game objectives. Want to Make Video Games?

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The Last Pile of Thoughts About Elden Ring, Promise

The Bottom Feeder

It's such a big, unique, popular game that not picking it apart a bit is game-writer malpractice. Even if you hate From Software games, and many do, if you care about game design as an art, it's worth a good look. Either NPC characters, ghost monsters, or actual human players. That's It Loved this game.

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The three most important qualities in an RPG

Keith Burgun

Of course there are dozens of established techniques that help designers create a sense of wonder – hiding information, increasing interactivity, increasing scope or density, etc – and I’m definitely not saying that you shouldn’t use these.

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Item Variants and Randomization in Roguelikes

Grid Sage Games

A single run also doesn’t take too long (1~2 hours), so players have a chance to quickly start finding items they’ve never seen before, or only rarely, even after becoming pretty familiar with the game. Other types of NPCs can modify or convert other types of items. A TGGW inventory/equipment list.

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Warcraft Rumble - the ULTIMATE Deconstruction

Deconstructor of Fun

Addressing the initial learning curve, introducing enticing mid-game offers, and refining unlocking progression are essential for the game’s long-term success. With Blizzard's expertise in creating compelling end-game content, Warcraft Rumble has the potential to become a major success and influence future game design trends. ?

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Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

Radiator Blog

This points to a general problem with treating sexual moods like immutable video game character classes. So in hindsight, a better game design analogy for sexual roles would've been "stances" or "buffs" that freely change and/or stack. However, my code randomly assigns different body types, skin colors, and clothing.

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