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EPISODE · May 15, 2025

"This is an impossible challenge." Friction by Design; Diversity in Scoring

from Nice Games Club - a gamedev podcast! · host Lydia, Stephen, and Mark

In this episode the club house talks about the games that they have been playing. Mark attempts to define the terms good friction and bad friction, declares his distaste of rouge-likes, and talks about friction in his current projects. Lydia shows us how to make scoring sound way more academic.Civilization VIIAge of Mythology RetoldBlue Prince0:18:21Friction by DesignMark tries to define some terms: Good Friction - something that was designed into the game, or that could be described as a bug, or only confuses a player Bad Friction - unintentional friction0:45:47Diversity in ScoringHuffington Post News Triva GameHuffington Post

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