October 03, 2024

"Numbers go up." Scoring 101; Turning off the Gamedev Brain

1 hour 3 minutes

This week, learn about what Ellen was like as a student. Stephen wonders if he’s made a huge mistake, Ellen does some work research, and Mark insists that there is no such thing as magic.

Stephen started a new class: Film making

Ellen forced her parents to play another game!

Parks Board Game

Mark saw the Badger Badger Mushroom song for the first time and was underwhelmed. Consequently, Dale was editing and then also got to see it for the first time, and found that this was the correct response. This video is over 20 years old (2003).

Badger Badger Mushroom - Weeb's Stuff, YouTube

Mark is (still) working on some User Interface Tools in Unity, called NobleTools

0:11:26Scoring 101The four types of scoring discussed:

1. Victory Points

2. Experience Points

3. Stats based scoring

4. Hit PointsPerplexity conversationNoodleThe Training ArcadeKurt Vonnigut The Shape of StoriesStephen JohnsonBig ThinkSumming Salt - Mario Kart DSSumming SaltYouTube0:42:39Turning off the Gamedev BrainMoonwalking with EinsteinWikipediaEllen has been watching the behind the scenes special feature for ' The House that Dragons Built'

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By Lydia, Stephen, and Mark

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October 03, 2024

"Numbers go up." Scoring 101; Turning off the Gamedev Brain

1 hour 3 minutes

This week, learn about what Ellen was like as a student. Stephen wonders if he’s made a huge mistake, Ellen does some work research, and Mark insists that there is no such thing as magic.