Approaching Game Dev From Different Cultural Foundations

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Two articles today about contrasting game dev philosophies from different parts of the world.

https://www.gamemakers.com/p/designing-for-emotion 

Joseph Kim, a repeat guest on the Building Better Games podcast, writes a newsletter called gamemakers. He’s got a lot of honest, blunt takes that I really appreciate.

In this one, he runs through the general principles behind western game development, focusing on the idea of “finding fun,” understanding player archetypes, and doing feature analysis. He then contrasts that with how Japanese game development functions.

Especially today as we see the struggle in western AAA world, there are things we could stand to learn by studying other philosophies.

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Speaking of learning from different cultural approaches to game dev…

https://youxiyanyi.substack.com/p/bridging-east-and-west-a-new-studio 

A new studio is rising! Robert Wynne writes about a different approach to making a studio that aims to target an audience including eastern and western players.

But in addition to the studio reveal, there’s a ton of insight into how Chinese game development differs, why our industry is where it is, and even a bit about how AI has impacted the bottom line of a game startup. 

Found this worth a read, let me know what you think!

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