Suggested reading for puzzle design

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Suggested reading for puzzle design

#1 Post by Arseny » Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:39 am

Erm... I wonder if any one can recommend some articles or forum treads on puzzle design in adventure games?

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#2 Post by adeyke » Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:29 pm

There's this one.

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#3 Post by Radiant » Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:20 pm

There are several good articles over at the AGS forums (adventuregamestudio.co.uk)

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#4 Post by Arseny » Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:30 am

Aha. Thanks a lot, that should get me started.  :p

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#5 Post by Charlemagne » Wed Feb 02, 2005 12:34 am

I also recently wrote an essay here, which you might consider reading if you don't mind slogging through some of my thoughts on how not to design puzzles.

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#6 Post by Dragonrose » Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:22 am

You might also want to check out www.adventuredevelopers.com  The whole site is about (drumroll please) developing adventures! Lots of good stuff there.

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