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What Dear Esther and Minecraft have in common
Indie hit Dear Esther is “a bit like story Minecraft,” believes creator Dan Pinchbeck, as the evocative game allows players to imagine their own story, without forcing them into a particular narrative. As part of his talk at GDC Europe today, Pinchbeck of thechineseroom noted that the abstract and ambiguous first-person exploration game barely gives you any real details about characters and plot, instead allowing the players’ imaginations to run wild. “We’re not in the …
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