"Numbers go up."

#367
"Numbers go up." Scoring 101; Turning off the Gamedev Brain
Roundtable
2024.10.03
Mario sliding down the flagpole World 1-1 Super Mario Bros

This week, learn about what Ellen was like as a student. Stephen wonders if he’s made a huge mistake, Ellen does some work research, and Mark insists that there is no such thing as magic.

Stephen started a new class: Film making
Ellen forced her parents to play another game!
Parks Board Game
Mark saw the Badger Badger Mushroom song for the first time and was underwhelmed. Consequently, Dale was editing and then also got to see it for the first time, and found that this was the correct response. This video is over 20 years old (2003).
Badger Badger Mushroom
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Weeb's Stuff
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YouTube
Mark is (still) working on some User Interface Tools in Unity, called NobleTools

Scoring 101

0:11:26
Ellen Burns-Johnson
Game Design
The four types of scoring discussed: 1. Victory Points 2. Experience Points 3. Stats based scoring 4. Hit Points
Perplexity conversation
Noodle
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The Training Arcade
Kurt Vonnigut The Shape of Stories
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Stephen Johnson
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Big Think
Summing Salt - Mario Kart DS
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Summing Salt
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YouTube

Turning off the Gamedev Brain

0:42:39
Stephen McGregor
IRL
Moonwalking with Einstein
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Wikipedia
Ellen has been watching the behind the scenes special feature for ' The House that Dragons Built'