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km0 3 years ago
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"Nim Fanfic: 73\n", "Nim Fanfic: 73\n",
"What is a loot box?: 158\n", "What is a loot box?: 158\n",
"One-sentence game ideas: 98\n", "One-sentence game ideas: 98\n",
"Exquisite Branch: 22\n",
"Miriam the Leader: 32\n", "Miriam the Leader: 32\n",
"Katamari Fanfic: 147\n", "Katamari Fanfic: 147\n",
"there are 2 types of treasure chest: 24\n", "there are 2 types of treasure chest: 24\n",
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TODO: images TODO: images
would be nice to have sequences with the mimic treasure chest and the mimic monster in sequence, so it's like you are opening it and interacting would be nice to have sequences with the mimic treasure chest and the mimic monster in sequence, so it's like you are opening it and interacting
could be presented as a little game like: find the treasure beware of the mimic could be presented as a little game like: find the treasure beware of the mimic
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-murderous-history-of-mimics/
Despite Greenwood's definition of the mimic giving them the power to take any shape, mimics are almost always enemies in games largely because of technology. D&D players have the luxury of interacting with as many NPCs as they can imagine, but for early PC games like Ultima, creativity was measured in bytes. With an Apple IIs specs, there was barely enough room for a fantasy world, let alone rich dialogue. So, to meet gameplay needs, the mimic was colloquialized to the monster chest.
But while Baldurs Gate didnt have an easy time cramming an isometric RPG into a disc, its mimics were a result of design philosophy more so than technical limitations. Again, the focus here was on exploring a world, and to that end mimics were most useful as a clever way to liven up dungeons. And really, aside from the whole eating people thing, thats what mimics have always been about: meeting the unique needs of games.
By viewing the fundamental idea of player expects loot, gets a fight instead through the lens of random encounters, they created the box of enemies. The chest itself isnt even a monster anymore, just a trigger for a random encounter. Does that make it a mimic? No, but its still a different means to the same end, and its still hardware dictating design. Random encounters were instituted to free up memory, after all.
aesthetical relation between
loot box simulator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwLdQeM5bM0
&
model zoo forensic architecture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb2IEY8cya0&t=170s

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