Violet is one of my favorite pieces of interactive fiction (which shares some similarities with the adventure games discussed in this week’s Aarseth reading). Here’s the blurb: “Calm down. All you have to do is write a thousand words and everything will be fine. And you have all day, except it’s already noon.”
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How Game Design Teaches Players
by Griffin H. •
In this brief, informative video Youtuber Mark Brown demonstrates Director Hayashida Koichi’s design process, and how it’s been utilized to create some of the most critically acclaimed games in the Mario series.
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Pachisi response
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What Are Game Developers? A View From the Future: Centuries hence, a citizen reads up on a bygone industry – Ian Bogost (The Atlantic)