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Listen "Chris McElligott-Park on Game Design, Narrative, and Arcen’s Origins (Ep.42)"
Episode Synopsis
What does it take to make a critically acclaimed strategy game? Chris McElligott-Park, designer of Heart of the Machine, joins the Critical Moves team to talk through: – How Arcen Games started – The design thinking behind AI War – Making strategy games without traditional narrative – Engineering AI opponents that can out-think players This is Part 1 of a two-part interview.
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