Dev Diary Archive: Understanding GGG's Vision
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With the recent Open Beta launch, our community has expanded greatly with an influx of new players. Unfortunately, this has also caused some tension in the community, with new players being sometimes frustrated by the perceived "protectiveness" of some of the "old guard" players. I think in many of these cases, the problem arises when a newer player inadvertently makes a suggestion that goes against GGG's vision for the game, and triggers a hostile response from the older players.
To help new players understand GGG's vision and why certain things are the way they are, I have put together this list of dev diaries from the early days of PoE. While there are no entries specifically addressing the hot topics right now (ie loot options, full respec), they do give a very good perspective on what kind of game GGG is trying to make. When I first found out about PoE, it was these dev diaries that made me fall in love with the game and decide to support GGG by paying for a beta key. Now, I hope that these dev diary entries will have the same effect on all our newer players. --- Tags:
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[G] = Game design, mechanisms
[T] = Technical behind-the-scenes information [H] = History, a glimpse of what GGG/PoE was like in the early days --- Must-Reads [G] Why we hate being called an MMORPG Wherein Chris reveals his secret MBA in online game industry analysis [G] Rethinking Gold as a Currency Wherein Chris reveals his secret PhD in economics [G] Path of Exile's Flask System [G] Endurance, Frenzy and Power Charges [G] Planned PvP Features [G] The Design of Unique Items [G] End-game Maps --- Full List of Dev Diary Entries
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[H] First Development Diary Entry
Chris introduces the Dev Diary [H] How we got a local LAN party to test our Action RPG The story of PoE's first ever public playtest event [H] Tales of our Testers [G] Why we hate being called an MMORPG Wherein Chris reveals his secret MBA in online game industry analysis [T] Creating Tile-Based Texture Maps for Games [G] Forum Item Linking [T/G] Balancing Path of Exile How the concept of "effectiveness" is used to balance the game [G] Rethinking Gold as a Currency Wherein Chris reveals his secret PhD in economics [H] Guerrilla PR at PAX 2010 GGG scares journalists and have drinks with Runic (Torchlight devs) [G] Path of Exile's Flask System [G] Endurance, Frenzy and Power Charges [T] Development of an Alpha Patch [T] Creating Low Poly Models from High Poly Assets [H/T] Path of Exile Alpha Update [T] Random Level Generation (video) Wherein Jonathan says "uhm" way too many times [G] Planned PvP Features [H] Path of Exile at PAX Prime 2011 GGG gets a legit booth this time [G] What's in Patch 0.9.3? Lots of game mechanics explained [G] Some Additional Notes on 0.9.3 Lots of game mechanics explained [G] The Design of Unique Items [G] End-game Maps Alteration Orb Union Local #7
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