Gamasutra Article: “An Alternative to Achievements

Posted: January 25, 2013 Under: Gamasutra By 8 Comments

After many months of draft after draft, I finally got an article I’ve been writing up on Gamasutra. It’s about achievements, and how we really need to move past them. They’re noisy, ugly, meaningless, and we can do better!

Read all about it over at Gamasutra!

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