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Mac@programming.dev to Game Development@programming.dev · 10 months ago

Stop describing your game using other games

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Stop describing your game using other games

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Mac@programming.dev to Game Development@programming.dev · 10 months ago
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🚫 STOP describing your game using other games
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Here are 3 reasons to describe your game itself instead of saying, "It's like X meets Y"
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    … no.

    This is how you end up with people going “hey, what should we call a Metroidvania style game - oh yes, unlocking world games.” Sounds like a shit translation from 2005

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      Action exploration.

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        That’s an absurdly large umbrella that can describe dark souls, diablo, metroid, castlevania, Zelda, cp2077, etc

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          Still narrower than “RPG”.

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            I know! JRPG and CRPG! Totally helps, right?

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