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Lukas Pope is a true artist. He is without doubt one of the best game designers of this generation. I don't intend to get a Playdate (it's unavailable anyway,
by the_af 4y ago
Lukas Pope is a true artist. He is without doubt one of the best game designers of this generation.
I don't intend to get a Playdate (it's unavailable anyway, right?) but I do admire this guy and I enjoy reading his blog and updates.
He really is a genius. I don't say this lightly. A lot of people rave about games which are essentially either tech demos (impressive, but is the game really good?) or a bunch of cutscenes with a dodgy/cliché story by wannabe film directors.
Not Pope. He really focuses on engrossing gameplay and novel ideas. His art is always in service to the game. Where else would I get a game about an immigration office stamping entry permits -- an engrossing, fascinating game?
- giraffe_lady 4y agoYes, building stories out of the experience of applying mechanics is the thing unique to games, "agency as art." We tend to call games "good" when they most resemble one of the other two prominent narrative art formats, movies and novels. But games aren't better at being those media than those media themselves are, it's a creative dead end imo. He seems to have a really good sense of what games can do that is actually unique to the medium of games.