Game, Develop, Repeat – Details, episodes & analysis

 Game:

•  Warcraft III ranked
•  Climbing the ladder
•  Blizzard's affinity for competitive games

 Develop:

•  Pro-competitive design
•  Marketplace competition
•  Skill development and rankings
•  Rankings are not the full picture

 Repeat:

•  Do you like competitive games? Favorite?
•  Do you find competition useful?

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Game:

• Certainty and Uncertainty
• Saving the game
• Real world safety

Develop:

• Noticing and embracing security in unfamiliar skills

Repeat:

• Are there skills you're avoiding learning due to uncertainty?
• Community Shoutout: SurvivalScape (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2862660/SurvivalScape/)

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Game:

•  The social element
•  Addictive grinds
•  Monthly subscriptions
•  World of Warcraft
•  Guild Wars 2
•  Anarchy Online
•  Everquest

 Develop:

•  Interconnected goals and skills
•  The developer motivation issue
•  Addictive vs Entertaining

 Repeat:

•  What is the most entertaining game you've ever played?
•  What is the most addictive game you've ever played?
•  Notice the differences in different forms of "fun"

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Game:

•  Bubble Wrap
•  Fishy (https://www.addictinggames.com/action/fishy)

 Develop:

•  Excessive mechanics
•  Insecure design
•  Trusting simplicity

 Repeat:

•  What simple actions in life do you find satisfying?
•  What is the simplist version of a complex game you enjoy?

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Game:

• Bad at games
• Fundamental gaming skills
• Razbuten
• Game Design and Communication

Develop:

• Learning New Skills
• Bad = new
• Treating yourself gently (child analogy)
• Protect your creative passion

Repeat:

• Can you vividly remember a the development of skill you were once terrible at?
• What things are you currently "bad" at, and are they "new?"

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Game:

•  Unclear rules
•  Puzzles
•  Difficulty curves
•  Untested skills
•  Morrowind and Getting Lost

 Develop:

•  finding joy while stuck/lost
•  game dev update

 Repeat:

•  What creative challenges do you enjoy?
•  What can you safely explore when stuck?

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Game:

•  Mindless Games
•  Accelerated productivity
•  Constant rewards
•  "Oddly Satisfying"

 Develop:

•  Marketing: Serve specific communities
•  Build rewards into gameplay
•  Accelerate real life satisfaction
•  New project update

 Repeat:

•  What mechanics do you find deeply satisfying?
•  What niche hobbies do you have that might inspire a game?
•  Seek out fresh perspectives

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Game:

•  Big Picture: Poor communication, taking control from player
•  Unskippable filler content/cutscenes
•  Bad default controls
•  Horrible marketing
•  Constant waiting
•  Removing interaction indicators
• Examples: Skyrim, Celeste, Breath of the Wild

 Develop:

•  Communicate clearly
•  Have multiple people test it
•  Don't make assumptions about player mindset
•  Don't waste people's time

 Repeat:

•  How could you ruin your favorite game?
•  How could you fix a game with one fatal flaw?
•  Some weeks, you don't need a tip.

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Game:

•  Choices-matter genre
•  Baldur's Gate 3
•  The Quarry
•  Disco Elysium
•  Diablo II and re-rolls
•  Investment

 Develop:

•  Immediate feedback
•  Frustrating consequences
•  Satisfying consequences
•  Proving impact

 Repeat:

•  What in-game choices do you find most satisfying?
•  Do you prefer experiencing every option, or embracing one path?
•  Roll with the consequences.

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