I just learned about the funny phenomenon of HIGHSCORE INFLATION:
Since the beginning of arcades, pinball machines and video games competed for player attention by engaging in an arms race of having the game with the bigger highscore numbers.
#gamedesign #gamedev #retrogaming #arcade #pinball
Since the beginning of arcades, pinball machines and video games competed for player attention by engaging in an arms race of having the game with the bigger highscore numbers.
#gamedesign #gamedev #retrogaming #arcade #pinball
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"The range of scores are too high and frighten the player. Score inflation is way out of hand." https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lkoziarz/pinball/refs/heads/main/eurotrip.txt