Design
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Designing Games for Exploration
Exploration is a critical component of many games, and it can take several different forms. Some…
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More JRPGs Should Embrace the Red Wedding
I’ve been playing JRPGs for many years now. It is a great genre for those of…
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Designing Interesting Enemies
It’s common in JRPGs for players to fight dozens of the same monsters and humans. This…
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Immersion Breakers in JRPGs
Immersion is such a personal thing that it’s impossible to define one set of rules that…
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Why Do I Play Video Games?
Starting a job at a video game company made me view games in a different way.…
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Why Do I Play JRPGs?
When I was younger, it was a given that each new video game was going to…
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The Golden Rule
The Golden Rule may not be perfect, but the general idea of it is spot on.…
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Immersion is Key
At HexaNeph games, we strongly believe that the best video games are the most immersive ones.…
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Designing Addicting Games
Video games are great. They’re a ton of fun to play and can be a cheap…
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Avoiding Phone Game Pitfalls
For my very first post, I wrote an article critiquing common design shortfalls of phone games.…