Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 58 – DEFCON3 & NPC Dialogue
What even makes dialogue interesting in RPGs? What works, and what doesn’t?
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Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 57 – NPC Dialogue and Voiceovers
In which we discuss voiceovers in games, how difficult they are, why it would be a bad idea to crowdsource voiceover work…and then eventually we get into crowdsourced NPC dialogue in general. Sort of.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 56 – Conversation Systems, Part the Second
We had so much fun talking about conversation systems last week, we decided to give it another go.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 55 – Conversation Systems
Let’s take a look at different forms of conversation systems that crop up in games.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 54 – What Kind of Bad Behaviour Should Be Allowed in Games?
In a multiplayer game, it is inevitable that some players will abuse or take advantage of others. Which of these behaviours, if any, should developers allow to take place, and which should they work to prevent?
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 53 – Game Development Challenges II
Let’s look at some (more) of the pitfalls that can affect game development.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 52 – Shroud of the Avatar: Persistence and the Land Rush (Starr Long Interview)
Spam Spam Spam Humbug chats with Starr Long about Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 32, its now-persistent world, and the land rush that players have been participating in over the last couple weeks.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 51 – Game Development Challenges
Let’s look at some of the pitfalls that can affect game development.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 50 – Hey, Look, a Milestone!
We’ve somehow managed to reach a fiftieth episode. That seems significant.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 49 – Crafting Menus vs. Interactive World Features
The later Ultimas featured robust interactive world systems, which even allowed for objects to be combined to make other objects (e.g. bread). How does this relate to modern crafting systems in RPGs?
