Brendan
@brendanjb.bsky.social
Sometimes gamedev. Surviving on a steady diet of wild fungi and cobra venom.
This puts into words a lot of thoughts I have on tutorials and game worlds as places to inhabit, rather than tour. I often struggle with some innate desire I have for clear and robust classification clashing with a love of being entirely lost in a strange place - geographically and mechanically.
re: tutorials and early game friction, here's a blog post I wrote in 2021 on why I like the social practice of game wiki'ing, and the "ludic mystery" that motivates it mixedinitiatives.net/blog/apologi...
Apologia for Game Wikis | Mixed Initiatives
mixedinitiatives.net
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This puts into words a lot of thoughts I have on tutorials and game worlds as places to inhabit, rather than tour. I often struggle with some innate desire I have for clear and robust classification clashing with a love of being entirely lost in a strange place - geographically and mechanically.
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Someone in Caves of Qud just said to me "I want salt in my mouth, dead eyes in radiating darkness, and a frog for a friend."
December 9, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Someone in Caves of Qud just said to me "I want salt in my mouth, dead eyes in radiating darkness, and a frog for a friend."
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November 24, 2024 at 10:41 PM
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