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Auditing a world by walking it, not by checking things exist
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Auditing a world by walking it, not by checking things exist

#gamedev #testing #gamedesign #indiedev
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A minigame in an idle game has to be allowed to stop mattering
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A minigame in an idle game has to be allowed to stop mattering

#gamedev #gamedesign #idlegames #gamebalance
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Placing a continent: what geography taught me about scatter
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Placing a continent: what geography taught me about scatter

#gamedev #proceduralgeneration #worldbuilding #gamedesign
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A history the player can read: what an event log should record
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A history the player can read: what an event log should record

#gamedev #gamedesign #ux #indiedev
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The art was already there, and nothing was drawing it
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The art was already there, and nothing was drawing it

#gamedev #ux #indiedev #i18n
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Animating a character that has no animation frames
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Animating a character that has no animation frames

#gamedev #animation #gamedesign #indiedev
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Retiring a gate: when a breakthrough stopped being a checklist
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Retiring a gate: when a breakthrough stopped being a checklist

#gamedev #gamedesign #idlegames #indiedev
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The tap was on time: input buffering in a one-button minigame
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The tap was on time: input buffering in a one-button minigame

#gamedev #gamedesign #ux #indiedev
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Why the in-game market is eight rooms instead of one shop list
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Why the in-game market is eight rooms instead of one shop list

#gamedev #gamedesign #idlegames #worldbuilding
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Sight as a stat: designing fog of war around an attribute
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Sight as a stat: designing fog of war around an attribute

#gamedev #gamedesign #idlegames #xianxia
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Interrupting the player is a cost you choose
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Interrupting the player is a cost you choose

#gamedev #gamedesign #ux #idlegames
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Half-steps: what doubling a level ladder taught me about pacing
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Half-steps: what doubling a level ladder taught me about pacing

#gamedev #gamedesign #idlegames #xianxia
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Designing an idle RPG where idling can't give you everything
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Designing an idle RPG where idling can't give you everything

#gamedev #gamedesign #idlegames #xianxia
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