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In this article, I will try to make a case of how different games have tried to design such an experience and how Journey’s co-op tries to differ from the conventional designs of implementations in other games.

byRushil Sojitra

Nov 8, 2023

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Preparing the Sprawl: On Developing Lil’ Guardsman’s Code Foundation Preparing the Sprawl: On Developing Lil’ Guardsman’s Code Foundation

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Making Immersive Games 101: Maintaining the Magic Circle Making Immersive Games 101: Maintaining the Magic Circle

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Transforming Lives and Industries: Ukraine's Youth in the Gaming World Transforming Lives and Industries: Ukraine's Youth in the Gaming World

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Emotional Engagement in Video Games: Measuring Emotions

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byMaria Amirkhanyan

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Developing a video game in Unity: an easy, step-by-step guide

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byMars Buttfield-Addison

The war on lag starts with latency

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byAndrew Walker

Testing Games with AI Bots

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Inspiring, not Demotivating: The Art of Giving Feedback

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Challenges in porting to Nintendo Switch - How Pingle Studio ported Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach

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byVladyslav Popushoi

From Unity to Godot in a Weekend

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Cracking the Code: Harnessing Key Analytics for a Profitable liveOps Game

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How Mr. Run and Jump leapt onto the Atari 2600 (and modern PCs)

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Improving procedural terrain generation using a single deep learning model

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byLars Sluijter

“Lessons Learned from Reducing Scope Mid-Development”

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Hidden Door CEO: AI controversy is about "value," not tech

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byBryant Francis

StatefulUI: A Unity UI Library Based on States and Markup

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How Champ Games tricks old hardware with new cartridges on the Atari 2600

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Assembly line: An urge to preserve game history brought a 40-year vet back to the industry

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GameMaker's 2023 plans bring AI integration and mod extensions

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AI takes center stage at GDC 2023 as Web3 loses its shine

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Crafting a "narrative instrument" with Yarn Spinner's Jon Manning - GD Podcast ep.31

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Inside Epic Games' "battle testing" of Unreal Engine using Fortnite

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How Tarn Adams upgraded and optimized Dwarf Fortress for its official Steam release

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ChatGPT's AI-made game is built from a game that already exists

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Generative AI tools got a warm, if cautious welcome at DICE 2023

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Respawn is making Apex Legends matchmaking more fair

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