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49: Fun with Hexes with Ricky Haggett, Jonathan Whiting, and Tim Schafer (Loot Rascals)

Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

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Is There Any Game That Has Real Time Movement on a Hexas Base Grid?

I was trying to think if there was another game aso has real time movement on a hex base grid like that. Like it means specifically, hear the enemies move on the on haxas, while you can run around wherever you want. It doesn't really let you feel that you're not allowed to do that either. It just sort of subtly curves you away from those danger points and always makes it that you're always crossing a hexagon from one to another in a really obvious way. We had to spend ages like figuring out how to even make controls, what felt good for it. You have to do quite a lot of subtle things bind the scenes to make it kind of work

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