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Artisanal Procedurality: Using Classic Literature for Procedural Puzzles in Dear Reader

• Speaker: Alexander King

Join system designer Alexander King for a close-up view of the design of Dear Reader, a mobile game in Apple Arcade that uses the text of public domain literature as the raw material for procedural wordplay. The design of Dear Reader balances algorithmic elements and manually-defined components. Alexander will walk through the game’s development in finding this balance, and share some best practices and lessons learned from turning classic books into procedural puzzles.

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