#163
"Please cheat, I don't care." Unlocks; Case Study (Mutazione & Later Alligator)
2020.03.25
NOTE: We recorded this episode before the recent string of GDC vendor pullouts as a result of concerns about the global impact of COVID-19, so our discussion about the conference might feel a little out of date.
This week, Stephen is crowned the new King of Transitions, Martha gets around to playing two games she'd been meaning to for awhile, and Mark briefly impersonates a saxophone.
Stephen's Unlock Taxonomy:
- Achievement-based: Do a thing, get unlock related to thing.
- Experience-based: Play the game, get a thing based on how much you've played.
- Loot-based: Play the game, get random thing.
- Currency-based: Earn in-game currency, pick an unlock to purchase.
- New Game Plus: Complete the game, get new content on second playthrough.
We played though one of Martha's favorites in a previous video episode: