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Robert Zubek
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Making games for longer than seems advisable. Big fan of sim games. Doctor of AI, under the hippocratic oath bound to help all game AIs. Architect at Zynga/T2; earlier at SomaSim, EA, etc. Author: mitpress.mit.edu/9780262043915/ Hello from Chicago!
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Oh this is a fun thread about unintended consequences in system design. :)

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So this is one of those "Narrative informs game design and game design informs narrative" things: As I'm poking around Starfield in advance of Shattered Space, I've come to find the most horrifying meta for levelling. It's just ... well, let me explain:

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in Oblivion you could level your character by sneaking into a corner in a pub (increased stealth xp -> increased character level) and then all the enemies in the game would scale in strength and the game became unplayable

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Robert Zubek
@rzubek.bsky.social
Making games for longer than seems advisable. Big fan of sim games. Doctor of AI, under the hippocratic oath bound to help all game AIs. Architect at Zynga/T2; earlier at SomaSim, EA, etc. Author: mitpress.mit.edu/9780262043915/ Hello from Chicago!
318 followers218 following237 posts
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