3D Pioneer Graeme Baird Has Passed Away

Baird worked on the likes of Starglider, Carrier Command and 3D Tank Duel. Graeme Baird, a groundbreaking force in the world of 3D gaming, has passed away. Alongside Ian Oliver and Andrew Onions, Baird co-founded Realtime Games Software Ltd. in 1984 (all three men were former Leeds University students), and the company’s early games –…

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Instead of difficulty, Obsidian designer Josh Sawyer thinks in terms of 3 RPG player archetypes: ‘What are they trying to get out of this game?’

In a new video on his YouTube channel, Obsidian studio design director Josh Sawyer dug into how he thinks about difficulty when making a game⁠. Ultimately, he sees it as less a question of setting immutable challenges for players to overcome, and more anticipating what they want out of the experience and responding to that….

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