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72: Expanding Your Universe with Jakub Wasilewski (Slipways)

Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

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The Frustration of Not Being Able to Make a Word

A long time ago, i made a word game called spell tower. It's like a very minimal letter like word making game. And one of the cor experiences of this game is youre trying to make a word,. You see a word, but it's like missing one letter. But there's no r, and there's noware near by, and it's never going to happen. Ah. I actually felt like that frustration is like a huge part of the joy of when you do make a really long word or you organize the board to make something. This leads to all the depth of the game, because you're forced to organize the board around. So many times i've been

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