Bennett Foddy
Person on 4 sites
Game developer and moral philosopher; made QWOP, GIRP and Getting Over It, and teaches at the NYU Game Center.
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6 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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4 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Making a chess variant, a dice variant and a Pong variant is a worthwhile exercise for any game designer. (opens korrents.com)
“It's been my view for a while that it's a worthwhile exercise for any game designer to make a chess variant, a dice variant and a Pong variant.”
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A good prototype should express a single idea or test a single hypothesis. (opens korrents.com)
“For me, a good prototype expresses a single idea or tests a single hypothesis, so a prototype is actually a great container for a creative prompt, which typically takes the form of a single encapsulated concept or…”
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Maze puzzles are unengaging on their own but become interesting when paired with a strong extrinsic motivator. (opens korrents.com)
“Mazes are not the most interesting gameplay element if you're relying on intrinsic motivation - they're just not very entertaining - but if there's some sufficiently compelling extrinsic motivator I think their…”
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Making a chess variant, a dice variant and a Pong variant is a worthwhile exercise for any game designer. (opens korrents.com)
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16 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Etymotic hf3 (opens rcmnd.app)
“I do almost everything I do on a 15" Retina MacBook Pro and Etymotic hf3 earphones.”
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Word (opens rcmnd.app)
“For writing philosophy, I have to use Word for collaborating with other philosophers, but I hate it with great passion”
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Endnote (opens rcmnd.app)
“For collecting and citing references, I've used Endnote the most, which is almost as bloated and broken as Word”
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Etymotic hf3 (opens rcmnd.app)