Game Development

My Motivation

I like building things and I like people using things I made and enjoying using them.

Articles/Texts about Game Development I like

Dream Game Elements / Inspirations

Independent and not necessarily related or having to be used together

  • "Real" Dynamic Time Travel mechanic - simulate the changes in the past and reconstruct the world (Steins;Gate)
  • A hub where characters gather, a place/city/area they call home (DS9, Future Gadget Lab)
  • Random bizarre craziness (Rick and Morty's dimensions)
  • "Floating" islands on pillars (that project)
  • Kirby RPG
  • The extraordinary hidden in plain sight / parallel magic/fantasy society (Harry Potter and others)
  • Intelligent agents, AI, especially symbolic AI

Game seeds/ideas

Narrative Tropes

  • Start the story in medias res - specifically having only a little bit left of a bigger project (the penultimate task or only few more tasks)
    • Example: Just having found the third of four magic crystals you need to find to save the world
  • A character was away from the main action for an extended amount of time and brings an unique perspective / hope on a situation
    • Example: Ant Man in Avengers: Endgame

Topics

Used Engines & Tools


Children
  1. Artificial Life
  2. Boss Design
  3. DragonRuby
  4. Embedded Language
  5. Juice and Polish
  6. Massive Multiplayer Relaxed AI Game
  7. Music
  8. My Motivation
  9. My Style
  10. Narrative Design
  11. Narrative Generation
  12. Platformer Feel Tricks
  13. Platformer Physics
  14. Practicing an Art
  15. Procgen
  16. Resources
  17. The "perfect" time travel game
  18. Tileset Structures
  19. Tips from an Producer
  20. Types of Popular Games

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