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Alex Vu's Blog

 

A pixel artist and game designer, formerly of Fine Monkeys Studio based in Hanoi, Vietnam. Currently running my own online storytelling GaaS.

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Email: alex.vu[at]merctrans.vn

Twitter: @evileagles_

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Member Blogs

A Different Approach to Difficulty
Posted by Alex Vu on Tue, 23 Oct 2018 05:01:00 EDT in Design, Console/PC, Serious, Indie
A paradigm shift away from the idea that games should find more and more complex ways to serve players with different skill levels. But rather, they should give players with the tools to cook to their own palate, provided it is a meaningful experience.

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Design for Theorycrafting
Posted by Alex Vu on Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:41:00 EDT in Design
What if instead of discouraging players from communicating with others on discussion boards, or encouraging blind playthroughs, we can design games around the reality of gaming today?

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A Different Approach to Difficulty
[Blog - 10/23/2018 - 05:01]

Hello Francois I was hoping ...

Hello Francois I was hoping for a thoughtful reply like yours. Thank you r n r nThe point I was trying to get across with the speedrunning experience was that it is not effective , in fact extremely difficult for players to keep running fast and failing. It is always ...