I mean, it COULD be any Paradox game, which is the joy

“Invader’s work is built for the street, not the gallery, that’s where it’s meant to be, where it works best. And Fairey’s work is built for the bin.” is a banger though

yeah Tarn and Zach’s work has been a huge influence on me

incredibly funny* that your Zelda game came out before your first game did. normal industry (but congrats!)

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it’s going to be so useful for me!

it already sold 1.6M btw

I don’t want a benchmark for one single thing! I need my benchmarks to all be a series of interconnected, interdependent events

LOSING MY MIND AT THE PHONE NUMBER ON THIS BUS IN FRONT OF ME

breaking down things into templates >>>>

real talk it is extremely likely that it came up in the interview; I know I talked about my design philosophy but I do not remember if I held back on the Fleetwood Mac particular. there is a good chance I didn’t simply because of the proximity to Silver Springs MD though.

see this is the thing! it’s really good for everyone to have their own touchpoints; I remember just enough about that Warped Tour to not be able to do it myself but to recognize it as a good one

you’re welcome to that one, it will not cross my threshold

ABBA is really good too. Gallagher Brothers don’t interest me personally really. music in particular is really good as a benchmark because your generated songs should be referencing your generated drama, that’s how to know it’s really humming

what is this 2013??

honestly, “can it do Over the Garden Wall” is also an interesting thought but in that case you run the risk of the plot points feeling too Random if not guided by a careful hand and someone funnier than I

right. this is Over the Garden Wall season still

right??? when it hit me I got really excited, like I can get some mileage out of this

one of my go-to touchpoints is “is it possible for this system to generate the events surrounding and during Fleetwood Mac Rumors tour?”

if not, probably needs more drama hooks

have just realized I have a new one to add to my list, and that’s “can this do The Lion In Winter” (2/2)

I have a theory that when designing a social simulation / generator, it can be useful to keep in mind a story you’d like your system to be able to organically generate. not every system should generate the same story but I have a short list of high-salience interesting stories I reach for. (1/2)

in that case have my thoughts on the new Tron Movie before I forget them, insofar as it's a thing worth thinking about

uh shutting down MMWR is, in no uncertain terms, crisis level damage for dissemination of accurate info throughout the medical profession