Many games, both digital and physical, contain multiple "modes" of play. In some games, these modes are distinct from one another, such...

Here, I will be covering the melee DPS jobs in Final Fantasy XIV to fighting game characters in the same manner that I covered converting...

While many game makers want their games to be balanced to an extent, what balance means varies from designer to designer. In a "Three...

Working from the roster philosophy, I will be briefly covering how I plan to adapt each Tank job from Final Fantasy XIV into a fighting...

Ludonarrative Dissonance occurs when gameplay and narrative are in active conflict with each other. In some cases, its immediately...

Last time, I covered the system mechanics and basic premise of a fighting game directly inspired by Final Fantasy XIV, and now I am going...

Rather than only continuing with the "Designing a Fighting Game" article series until it is finished, I have opted to alternate between...

As I haven't felt confident enough to do a proper followup to my previous article on dialogue mechanics in games, I have instead opted to...

Nearly any game with a focus on narrative will have different ways for players to interact with in-game characters through dialogue....

Since the modern era of gaming first began to emerge in the mid-20th century with the creation of simulation wargames, there's been a...

Dragon's Dogma was a 2012 fantasy Action RPG directed by the DMC3 director and Capcom veteran Hideaki Itsuno. While it failed to meet...

For this topic, I feel as if I am lacking the language to truly describe what I mean by "Map Layout" in a brief manner. For the purposes...

Computer RPGs, better known as CRPGs, were once a cornerstone of the PC Gaming sphere with classics such as Baldur's Gate and Fallout....

Old School Renaissance, also known as OSR, is a subgenre of tabletop roleplaying game that seeks to emulate classic roleplaying games,...

Most games give the opportunity for players to adjust their own gameplay experience in moments of downtime between high-action gameplay....

Fighting Games, MOBAs, and Hero Shooters are three genres strongly defined by a roster of characters of both diverse appearances as well...

Anyone who has experience with free-to-play games notices how different they often are compared to buy-to-play games, often with how much...

While I touched lightly on the topic of diagetic controls in my previous article, I'd like to take the time to get into more detail on...

A mainstay of the fighting game genre, the motion input is a term used to describe how various unique attacks are performed by inputting...

Many games have elements of randomness in order to create variance between play sessions, but different games handle their random...