"Please cheat, I don't care." Unlocks; Case Study (Mutazione & Later Alligator)




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Summary: <p>This week, Stephen is crowned the new King of Transitions, Martha gets around to playing two games she'd been meaning to for awhile, and Mark briefly impersonates a saxophone.</p> Unlocks 0:06:19 <a href="/person/stephen-mcgregor" hreflang="en">Stephen McGregor</a> <a href="/topics/game-design" hreflang="en">Game Design</a> <p>Stephen's Unlock Taxonomy:</p> <ul> <li> <strong>Achievement-based:</strong> Do a thing, get unlock related to thing.</li> <li> <strong>Experience-based:</strong> Play the game, get a thing based on how much you've played.</li> <li> <strong>Loot-based:</strong> Play the game, get random thing.</li> <li> <strong>Currency-based:</strong> Earn in-game currency, pick an unlock to purchase.</li> <li> <strong>New Game Plus:</strong> Complete the game, get new content on second playthrough.</li> </ul> Case Study (Mutazione &amp; Later Alligator) 0:39:26 <a href="/person/martha-megarry" hreflang="en">Martha Megarry</a> <a href="/topics/game-design" hreflang="en">Game Design</a> <a href="/topics/gaming" hreflang="en">Gaming</a> <a href="https://mutazionegame.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mutazione</a> <a href="https://www.lateralligatorgame.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Later Alligator</a> We played though one of Martha's favorites in a previous video episode: <a href="/episode/49" hreflang="en">Nice Plays: Pajama Sam 2 (1998)</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Katz,_Professional_Therapist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Katz</a> - <a href="/publication/wikipedia-1" hreflang="en">Wikipedia</a>