Tom Francis

Contributor

Tom is the designer of Gunpoint and Heat Signature and a recovering games journalist.

Four offbeat ideas from GDC's Experimental Gameplay Workshop

Eat, play, shoot

Tom Francis

4 years ago

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Why Arkane went roguelike with Prey's Mooncrash DLC

But not why they didn't make the moon a big wheel of cheese

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4 years ago

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What Works And Why: Story structure in Unavowed

Learning lessons from episodic television

Tom Francis

5 years ago

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What Works And Why: Betting on yourself in 868-Hack

I'm in

Tom Francis

5 years ago

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What Works And Why: Juicy maths in Slay The Spire

Numbers crunch back

Tom Francis

5 years ago

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What Works And Why: Mentoring in Far Cry 5

Training the locals

Tom Francis

5 years ago

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What Works And Why: Unfair intel in stealth games

The recon is on

Tom Francis

5 years ago

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What Works And Why: Optimising in Opus Magnum

Gunpoint's designer analyses games

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5 years ago

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What Works And Why: Emergence

Gunpoint's designer analyses games

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5 years ago

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