GAMEOLOGY: Luck vs Skill
GAMEOLOGY is an ongoing video/written discussion of game design hosted by Mathew Falvai (me) and game developer Attila “Gabriel” Branyiczky Video games have varying ratios of luck/skill. The more competitive a game, the…
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GAMEOLOGY – Rock Paper Scissors
Out of the schoolyard and into game development, rock-paper-scissors is a useful game mechanic that can inject strategy and fairness. From RPGs to fighting games, it can be used and abused…
Why For Honor’s $732 of unlockables are a good thing
There’s a trending article claiming “$732 or 2.5 years of play time” to unlock everything in For Honor. This claim neglects to mention that while it costs 91,500 steel to unlock every cosmetic…
How Blizzard makes games addictive
Blizzard is as successful as ice cream. Loved by critics and gamers while rolling in money. But how do they do it? Here are some reasons. …btw as a filthy…