Pretentious Game Ideas
Pretentious Game Ideas
Ruddy Games
The Power of Simple Systems (John Brindle)
1 hour 23 minutes Posted Mar 5, 2018 at 1:24 am.
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More is always better, right? Wrong!

We're joined by games critic and all-around smart egg John Brindle to discuss his Waypoint article analyzing Frank Lantz's brilliant clicker game Universal Paperclips. Along the way, we cover why simple games are often the most impactful, how to make sure your game says what you want it to say, and the dangers of including mechanics without considering all of their implications.

We also talk about paperclips. Lots and lots of paperclips.