Weather systems have some excellent affects on breathing life into an area.
The rain brings the really big fish to Animal Crossing fishing activities.
rain, snow, heat, lightning
night, day, lighting
Inspired by NaNoWriMo's "magna carta"s, this is a list of things in games that I've liked.
They are here as inspiration, motivation, and as a tribute. I hope to borrow/steal/remix/create with this, to give my own games a bit of the joy these brought me.
These should help step towards the principles I care about in games. What themes are threaded through all these?
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