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Storytelling in Games and Interactive Media. Chapter 2: Setting and Tools
Simply put, narrative structure is the organizational framework of a story, Setting refers to the time and place over which the story unfolds.
April 2, 2022
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How to respond well to an RFP (request for proposal)
Many studios develop games on behalf of publishers who entrust them with the task of designing and developing a game for one of their franchises. Publishers start by selecting a list of studios likely to develop this project and send them an RFF.
April 1, 2022
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PlayStation's Plus reboot - the pluses and minuses?
We're looking at how the announce went yesterday.
March 31, 2022
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Solving ICS Through Postcolonialism
ICS is one of the most important unsolved problems in 4X games. In building a postcolonial 4X game, I happened upon a very effective solution.
March 31, 2022
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How Elden Ring Succeeds by Ignoring 20 Years of Open-World Design
Elden Ring is the current hot topic and for today's piece, I wanted to talk about how From Software made an excellent open-world game, by ignoring the conventional trends of the genre.
March 30, 2022
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The State of Trans Representation in Video Games
A discussion on how to better support trans representation in gaming--and the games that do it right.
March 30, 2022
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In-depth: Game Pass stats, probed & deconstructed
We do enjoy giving them a once-over.
March 29, 2022
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Hidden discovery insight? Analyzing player review word length!
There's always more to learn from data.
March 25, 2022
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Deep dive: Inside Strange Horticulture's delightful Steam success
Cozy puzzle detective games for the win.
March 23, 2022
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Finding gameplay depth in typing games
Can a game where all you have to do is type words be a real game?
March 21, 2022
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Why do we play Dark Souls?
This article attempts to explain why this high-difficulty franchise can make tens of millions of players enjoy the "suffering" journey from the perspective of Competence motivation.
March 18, 2022
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Walk The Streets Of 1941 Lochee, Dundee: A Framework For Large-Scale Outdoors Augmented Reality Game Design
A breakdown of my process and framework for large-scale outdoors Augmented Reality game design. Learn how I applied this framework and how you can do the same!
March 18, 2022