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Stop describing your game using other games (www.valadria.com)

submitted 3 months ago by mac@programming.dev to c/gamedev@programming.dev

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[–] amio@kbin.run 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

... no.

This is how you end up with people going "hey, what should we call a Metroidvania style game - oh yes, unlocking world games." Sounds like a shit translation from 2005

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Action exploration.

[–] saintshenanigans@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's an absurdly large umbrella that can describe dark souls, diablo, metroid, castlevania, Zelda, cp2077, etc

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Still narrower than "RPG".

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

I know! JRPG and CRPG! Totally helps, right?