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Ex-Bethesda dev turned indie says "good things often happen by accident," like that time Skyrim players convinced themselves the RPG's foxes were leading them to treasure
News "Players don't realize how many happy and sometimes unhappy accidents" happen in games
Metaphor: ReFantazio had to dial back an early battle system inspired by a notoriously brutal 2003 JRPG, because 20 years later, players found it "irrational" and "just not fun"
news Some people online called Atlus's battle planners "sadists or the devil himself"
At a ridiculously detailed showcase of the open-world engine behind the RPG Crimson Desert, I asked a ridiculously detailed question about water and all hell broke loose
News How wet is water, exactly?
The world's "largest PC strategy game" has a novel idea – what if it was OK for people to leave?
News Teamfight Tactics game director Peter Whalen makes a strong argument
"I'm lookin' at you, Korok Seeds": Former Diablo and Ghost of Tsushima dev outlines what makes a good collectible, and dunks Zelda: Breath of the Wild's worst grind into C tier
News Yahaha!
Metaphor: ReFantazio wanted to fix the JRPG grinding problem, but Atlus went too far at one point and accidentally broke the whole combat system
news "We made it clear within the team that action only exists to smoothly get the player into the heart of the game, which is the turn-based battles."
"Minutes after Palworld released," Pocketpair was already getting game pitches from "some really big names" before it even set up its own publisher: "No one has money at the moment"
News "we're kind of open to helping people with their weird little ideas because they have them"
Palworld dev "secretly" brought a game it's publishing to an event that's "not like anything we've been involved in" and reactions are "very positive"
News Pocketpair didn't tell anyone it was involved with the game
