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Hey guys! I just finished my newest article about game design. It's kind of long, but I'll paste some highlights.

Frustration

So what exactly is frustration? What causes it? What makes a player want to turn off the game and never play it again?

Frustration occurs when the player feels as if his time has been wasted, and that the game is at fault

A guide to GAM MAK

From the life and times of kentona (incidentally, "Life of Times" would be a good name for an RPG) comes this article about the game development process from a hobbyist's point of view. Making games this way is not serious business, but it does take serious commitment. Let's talk a bit about that whilst I inspire you with brilliant quotes from people who have accomplished things of actual merit.

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Commitment, as it applies to the virtual and real world.

A sad fact about the world is that more times that not, people grow up not hearing key things that will affect whether or not a healthy and lifelong relationship is something they're capable of committing themselves to, hence the staggeringly high percentage of divorces. If more mothers would be willing to sit down with their sons and tell that that it's not all about them and that they honestly need to be sensitive and listen, more couples whose relationships stand a fighting chance would likely stay together.

So I've been thinking a lot about puzzles in games recently. Mainly, their purpose, how they add to a game's experience, and how to design them to be fun and not frustrating.

Super RMN All-Stars is a game comprised of excellent levels from three previous collaborative community projects known as the Super RMN Bros. series.

Outside of a couple of placeholder graphics and some rebalancing that needs to be done, I'm happy to announce that the Ace version of the game is finally up to where the VX demo ends!

Well not really a game idea, but more of a "watch it play out" type of series.

So uh, I was kinda composing this time off the internet and, um

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