Anonymous said: How do you get (or work towards) a promotion as a game designer? Answer: Getting a promotion in the game industry usually requires the designer to take two steps. The first step is to...

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Anonymous said: What do you think of the “quality/love vs. money/hate” mindset to describe liking or disliking a game, its content, and its approach? Answer: Henry Louis Mencken famously said “There...

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Anonymous said: How do games handle tension through death and respawn? Answer: Generally, dying and resetting in game releases all of the tension that’s been built up to that point in the player. The...

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Anonymous said: I've noticed that when I play open world games I can have wildly different emotional reactions to exploration. Like, a new quest hub opens up and sometimes I go "Oh nice, there's so...

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