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How to create engaging open worlds

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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Open world games have surged in popularity as immersive playgrounds that captivate players with their boundless potential for exploration and adventure. But what makes an open world captivating? Read more

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Opening Up About Open World Design

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Opening Up About Open World Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com. For this Perceptive Podcast, I sat down with Konstantinos Dimopoulos for another chat about open-world design and creating meaningful spaces for the player to explore in a game. width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen".

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How IMMORTALITY captures an "open world" feel with its narrative

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IMMORTALITY explores the three lost films of fictional actress Marissa Marcel, letting players click on elements to leap between films to piece together her real story.

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Telling stories and creating character arcs in Far Cry 6 's open world

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Ubisoft Toronto's Heli Kennedy and Brandon Hennessy go into the narrative design of 2021's Far Cry 6 and its standalone expansion, Far Cry 6: Lost Between Worlds.

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Open World RPG Design With ArdenFall Developer Interview

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Open World RPG Design With ArdenFall Developer Interview Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" For this Perceptive Podcast, I’m speaking with Joshua Steinhauer who is the lead designer on the game Ardenfall — an open-world RPG to discuss building the game, RPG design and more.

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CD Projekt veterans form new studio Blank to ditch "super complicated" open world titles

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Blank's debut project will be a "character-driven story from an apocalypse."

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Ubisoft designates Far Cry's brand producer Sandra Warren as brand VP

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Ubisoft continues to get its cards in order for Far Cry, and has assigned longtime employee Sandra Warren as VP for the whole survival open-world series.