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Topic	Is crafting in video games ever a good mechanic?
ChocoboMog123 11/26/20 6:07:40 PM #34:	Crafting lets you turn generic ingredients into usable items. People like making choices, here you get to choose how to spend multiple resources in a variety of ways. It gates item progression to difficulty and story progression while also letting you make meaningful progress beforehand. In some systems, it lets you customize the outcome of the item created. Yeah, there's plenty of bad examples, but there's reasons besides game length to make a crafting system. --- "You're sorely underestimating the power of nostalgia goggles." - adjl http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20110218.gif <cite>ChocoboMog123 posted [p:947639039] in Is craftin... [t:79136063]...</cite> <quote>Crafting lets you turn generic ingredients into usable items. People like making choices, here you get to choose how to spend multiple resources in a variety of ways. It gates item progression to difficulty and story progression while also letting you make meaningful progress beforehand. In some systems, it lets you customize the outcome of the item created. Yeah, there's plenty of bad examples, but there's reasons besides game length to make a crafting system. --- "You're sorely underestimating the power of nostalgia goggles." - adjl http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20110218.gif</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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