Hey everyone! Last week I started a two-part article on maintaining player morale. Player morale, the feeling of confidence and enthusiasm that players have while playing the game, is a major factor in determining whether players will finish your game and want to play again. If you want players to keep coming back to your…
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Playing a game is an emotional activity. Whether is be a rush of excitement when you take down a difficult enemy, or a sense of dread as your omens tick up one by one and you wait for the haunt to begin, a good game should try to create strong feelings in its players. These…
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Hey everybody, due to Christmas and traveling to see my family I was unable to get out my regularly scheduled blog post out this week. That post will (hopefully) be posted next week, which means that this will be the last article of 2018. For everybody who follows this blog, I just want to say…
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A few weeks ago I began a series of articles about the Hero’s Journey, and ancient story structure that can be found in everything from historical epics to modern blockbusters. This series is designed to break down this structure, give an example of how it is used (using the original Star Wars trilogy as an…
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Last week I started a series of three articles that describe how the process of playing games can mirror one of the most ancient storytelling structures of all time, The Hero’s Journey. Last week’s article was centered around the first stage of the journey, known as Departure (if you missed it you can find it…
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This week was a very busy week for me, so I actually do not have a new article for you. Instead, I would like to introduce you all to a new project I am working on – the Game Designer’s Dictionary. For this project I am planning to compile a comprehensive collection of gaming and…
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If you’ve ever played a competitive game, you’ve probably been in a situation where you fall in love with a character, weapon, skill or deck, only to discover that it is not competitively viable. You may do your best to try and discover a new strategy, or a new combo that will make your choice…
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