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Extra Credits
Extra Credits is a weekly webshow currently airing on Penny Arcade's PATV. Created by Daniel Floyd and James Portnow, the series is a successor to the loose series of video lectures by Daniel Floyd -
Pacing
Pacing is one of the player's perceptions on the level design of a game. Much like how a book has plot buildup, climaxes and resting places, pacing can be drawn out in a similar -
Narrative
Narrative in Game Design is all the core elements of the game coming together to have a player take part in a story or experience. One of the main challenges a Game Designer has is -
Uncanny Valley
The Uncanny Valley is a hypothesis that holds when a human replica looks and acts almost, but not perfectly like actual humans, it causes a negative response to human observers. From Wikipedia -
Playtesting
Playtesting is the process where the developers expose parts of the game to its intended audience in order to gather user feedback for potential design flaws and suggestions. This is different from Bugtesting or Betatesting -
Cutscene
Cutscene is an in-game cinematic sequence that usually creates a break in gameplay to usually show plot development, character development, new character/enemy introduction, or provide background information, dialogue, atmosphere and clues. Nearly all -
Extra Curricular
Extra Curricular is the official forum community of Extra Credits. Started by Ikono and J*Rod from the EC Steam group, it would eventually form the basis for the EC Network website. Not long after -
Metrics
Metrics, also known as Telemetry, are the tools Game Developers use to measure player behavior in their games. The way this is often achieved is by using hooks in the game's programming that sends -
Extra Credits Wiki
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Betatesting
Betatesting is the stage in game development where the game players are playing the game for the purpose of finding and reporting bugs and balance issues. Depending on the game and developer, betatesting is something -
A Season of Hope (Episode)
"There is one day out of the year that one can be completely and unabashadly proud of being a member of this industry. One day a year when we step past what we are -
Extra Curricular Podcast
The Extra Curricular Podcast is a weekly podcast, presented by Ikono, A Dapper Man, Sam, and vvp, alongside with the weekly guests. The first tests of the podcast were recorded in August of 2011, while -
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Piracy (Episode)
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Non-Combat Gaming (Episode)
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Mailbag no.2 (Episode)
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Choice and Conflict (Episode)
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Narrative Mechanics (Episode)
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Sexual Diversity (Episode)
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Sex in Games (Episode)
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The Skinner Box (Episode)
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Easy Games (Episode)
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List of Extra Credits episodes
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So You Want To Be a Game Designer (Episode)
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