Sid Meier, the designer behind the incredibly popular and influential Civilization series, once described games as “a series of interesting decisions”. In fact, it is the ability to make choices that is the core of what separates a game from a less interactive form of media, such as a book or a film. Whether it…
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Hello everybody, and welcome back to Rempton Games. Halloween is nearly upon us, so I’ve decided to do a special themed episode of History of Game Design to look at one of the spookiest game components out there – the Tarot deck. This deck is widely considered to have associations with magic and the occult,…
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Ocarina of Time is often considered to be one of the best games of all time, and it contains a dozen dungeons for Link to traverse through on his adventure. Not all these dungeons are made equal, which is why I decided to look at each dungeon from a game design perspective and give my…
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Ocarina of time is a game that holds a very special place in my heart, because it is one of the games that I poured countless hours into as a child. When I was really young Ocarina of Time was one of the only video games we had on the N64, and my siblings and…
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Hey everybody! Today’s topic is one that I am extremely interested in talking about. What would happen if Magic: The Gathering added a sixth color? Color Me Interested Before we jump into it, let’s start with a little background. Magic: The Gathering is a trading card game – actually the world’s first trading card game…
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Hey everybody! No new article this week because I had to move to a different state, but fear not! News and new content will be coming very soon. In the mean time, please enjoy this article, which was originally posted on February 2nd, 2019! One of the things that defines a game is the choices…
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This summer I have been interning at Rooster Teeth Games, and for most of that time the team has been focused on one thing – launching Vicious Circle. Now that the release date (August 13th!) is nearly upon us, I thought it was finally time to share with all of you the story of how…
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