The Dinofarm Community Podcast

The Dinofarm Community is back with a new episode already! Seems like they’re getting back into the swing of things. Here’s this week’s topics: Core Mechanisms Core Decisions Score Systems Win/Loss Optional Challenge Rewards Man, it sounds like I should have been on this episode. I’ll have to hop in with some responses next time....

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Hello everyone! Today we’re pleased to announce that there’s a new Dinofarm Community Podcast episode, featuring Redless and Hopenager. In this episode, they discuss pacing, pausing, and taking breaks in games. Give it a listen and let us know what you think in the comments! Also, in case you haven’t noticed, the Dinofarm Patron Podcast, run...

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Hi everyone! It’s time for another episode of the Dinofarm Community Podcast, the podcast on game design run by members of the Dinofarm Games community. Goals vs “Anti-goals” Randomness vs hidden information Strawmanning Keith Burgun (Hey! ) Designing multiplayer mechanics into single player games If you like this kind of discussion, you can come by...

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Hello! Are you ready for another Dinofarm Community Podcast episode!? Well here one comes! Enjoy the improved audio quality of this episode. Topics covered: Hopenager’s latest plan disruption article How plan disruption applies to X-Com Pro/cons of different plan disruption schemes Tactics and strategy arcs Thanks for listening. Also: make sure to come by...

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Hello! Check out the latest Dinofarm Community Podcast episode. Here are the topics of this week’s episodes: Evizaer’s new article on tension The characteristics of actions How these characteristics interact to produce tension A bit about the relationship between planning actions and the information horizon Enjoy, and thanks for listening.