Monthly Archives: January 2010

Mapping Player Types to Left 4 Dead Characters

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Matthew Fister

Justin Keverne has a fun blog post up which maps the characters of Left 4 Dead to Bartle’s classic MUD player types.

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Hidden Objectives as a Game Design Element

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Matthew Fister

Solium Infernum, Vic Davis’ recent conquer=hell strategy game has a victory path in which players draw and complete secret objective cards to generating prestige (victory points). These secret objectives are goals known only to one player that gives a reward … Continue reading →

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Emergent Narrative and Frenemy Detectives

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Matthew Fister

After listening to Tom Chick’s and Jason Lutes’ podcast on emergent narrative, I was inspired to make a game to try it out on my own.  Since I had just seen the new Sherlock Holmes, I ended up creating a … Continue reading →

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