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Lead Designer on ??????????? Previously: #GearsTactics, #StarCitizen, #FarCry series, #WatchDogs. Made @jackbnimblegame. Making @ND1Game #gamedev #leveldesign

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    Sean Noonan ❗‏ @SeanNoonan Jan 22

    Sean Noonan ❗ Retweeted sanja zakovska  🌱

    This is exactly what it's like to watch a playtest of a series of side missions. Once a player discovers a tactic that works, they never change. Eventually they'll start to optimise their approach, i.e. going straight for the square hole without hesitation. #gamedevhttps://twitter.com/sanjazakovska/status/1352557733787152389 …

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    Devs watching QA test the product pic.twitter.com/uuLTButB3x
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      2. Sean Noonan ❗‏ @SeanNoonan Jan 22

        Whilst working on Watch Dogs one of my responsibilities was to deliver a series of convoy missions. Players would be told the enemy spawn location and the route they were going to take - it was entirely up to the player eliminate enemy in whatever way they saw fit... #gamedevpic.twitter.com/czWVYPwQ2h

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      3. Sean Noonan ❗‏ @SeanNoonan Jan 22

        I oversaw some playtests; clipboard in hand, watching players through one-way glass, you know the drill. Once players reached the convoy missions they scored them really high. They were coming up with creative way to take out the targets - real rube goldberg stuff... #gamedevpic.twitter.com/YNjMLpLcFk

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      4. Sean Noonan ❗‏ @SeanNoonan Jan 22

        ...however 5 or 6 convoys in and those scores started to plummet. Players had discovered highly destructive approaches that bypassed the need for precision or the use of the game's mechanics. They'd optimised the fun out of the game and scored the missions accordingly. #gamedevpic.twitter.com/HEULb28ihX

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      5. Sean Noonan ❗‏ @SeanNoonan Jan 22

        At the time we had somewhere in the region of 25-30 convoys spread across the game. I really wanted to drop this number to something closer to 10. Then I could spend more time on polish and pace them further apart, making them more memorable and unique. We settled at 18. #gamedevpic.twitter.com/qHt3keglQh

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      6. Sean Noonan ❗‏ @SeanNoonan Jan 22

        Unsure if lowering the number of missions avoids the problem longterm. Open world games provide a myriad of unbalanced tools/mechanics for players. Without endless content, a lack of mechanical restraint is always going to invite players to optimise the fun from their experience.

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      7. Sean Noonan ❗‏ @SeanNoonan Jan 23

        Sean Noonan ❗ Retweeted Sean Noonan ❗

        But sometimes that lack of balance and "player as a walking tank" leads them to find new ways to play the game, especially if those methods involve a conscious avoidance of the optimal strategy.https://twitter.com/SeanNoonan/status/1353041242897215489 …

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        Despite the negatives caused by the lack of balance/mechanical restraint of Watch Dogs, there are those in the community that have embraced it in what they're calling "John Wick" plays. It's impressive stuff, and leans into a form of roleplay. #gamedev pic.twitter.com/zodTHOAHfE
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      1. Arnaldo Licea‏ @arnaldo42 Jan 22
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        Too real. Lol

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      1.  🏴‍☠️Roland‏ @AbsorbUnderwear Jan 22
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        😂

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      2. Benerot  📡‏ @BenerotEmpire Jan 22
        Replying to @SeanNoonan @RealRadRedHead

        Breath of Wild will just break your square hole after a few uses :)

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      3. Hyza‏ @Hyza87 Jan 23
        Replying to @BenerotEmpire @SeanNoonan @RealRadRedHead

        Me discovering the 'cheat' in the ball maze of BotW on my own will forever be one of my most memorable gaming moments.

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