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byBryant Francis
a wall of wanted posters
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Exploiting Fear to Create Good Horror Games
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byDenys Slipchuk, Yurii Dudnik
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Thoughts To Live By
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Satisfying frustration: How to make compelling games that encourage moral reflection
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Creativity from constraints: developing new games from old IP
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byBryant Francis
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