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studio director League of Geeks • co-host AIAS #GameMakersNotebook • GDC board • co-creator Armello + Solium Infernum + Jumplight Odyssey
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Completely agree. The exploration/traversal part of the loop is so strong and so perfectly executed that it genuinely feels like it’s never been in any other AAA RPG.
It’s such a joy to literally just move throughout the world, poking your head into every corner of it.
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lol wtf that’s amazing! A classic Crosby jump scare! Hell yes!
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Knocked me sideways. Australia’s up next and Elon’s already rubbing shoulders with the far right donors over here.
Fucking grim.
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These guys! 🪨🤯
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The [game developers] yearn for the [rust] mines.
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The flavour text alone in this game is enough to make you fall off your chair…
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To have such a towering generative experience so skilfully and seamlessly integrated with some of the best prose and storytelling to hit games, ever, is such a profound cultural achievement it beggars belief.
No game in 2024 left my jaw on the floor anywhere near as often as Qud.
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If you’re a game designer, Caves of Qud should be required reading. There is perhaps no more than five games that have married this degree of systemic possibilities and intention in its user experience with such elegance of execution.
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Scrappy’s the name of the game! Gotta take the wins where ya can and soak the hits when you need to. Few better at that dance than you two!
“Fear the old warrior” etc etc
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The game does indeed look great! Very hype for y’all. Surely there’s an Almighty Algorithm Blessing somewhere in the pipe for you.
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Also, if you’re just finding out about Jake and Helen’s work now because of Forbidden Solitaire, you should know that Jake gave one of the most popular GDC talks ever, with over a million views on YouTube!
And one of the most important too.
More relevant now than ever.
youtu.be/JmwbYl6f11c?...
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That dude landing the 2340? I saw that shit too. Hecccctic!
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Musk is obviously a classic example of this too.
Twitter is worth 80% less than when he bought it, as a direct result of barking naive commands into an incredibly complex system.
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After working in game design for almost two decades it is of absolutely no surprise to me that the price of eggs surging out of control is due to *seemingly* completely unrelated hip-fired directives from a Dunning-Kruger suit at the very top of the chain.