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Dev Log: Genre as Framework

I think pretty much everybody thinks of games in terms of genre. And, often, coming up with a unique concept

One of the interesting things I’ve experienced developing a game within the framework of a well established genre (Metroidvania, in

So last time I was saying that a developer who is making a world to explore has a problem. He

Dark Souls 1’s Ash Lake is my favorite location in the game; vast, haunting, mysterious. Visually it hearkens back to

In an opera, the characters stand around for long periods of time singing. If you attempted to judge an opera

As I emerge from the jungle into the clearing, I’m unpleasantly surprised to see Xianyong. I don’t know him that

I’ve seen some people complain on the internet about the lack of fast travel in Far Cry 2. In later