Tag Archives: games design

Gaming the Medical: Upgrading the Authenticity in Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Tomas

(Note: this article first appeared as a guest post on PocketTactics) Introduction: Authenticity in Gaming Authenticity matters in media. It matters in games. Titles like Modern Warfare, Medal of Honor and many others employ military advisors to improve the authenticity. … Continue reading →

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Call of Cthulhu Screenshots and Level-Pan Video Released!

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Tomas

We’re really excited the be able to share with you the screenshots and a video showing a pan around one of the levels featured in the screenshots.  So here is one of the images, showing a mission set in a … Continue reading →

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Protection from Tentacles! (and Bullets) It’s Armour Time!

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Tomas

Tentacles kill.  At least those belonging to various Mythos monsters do.  So the player characters are going to need armour (or spelled armor for US readers) to protect them from the various way that zombies and monsters can kill them. … Continue reading →

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Turn-Based Mayhem: The Scale of the Action

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Tomas

One of the very early design decisions we had to grapple with was the scale of the game – by this I don’t mean the scope of it (epic, please!) but if the scale of the units in the game … Continue reading →

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The Problem of Emotions (and Sanity) in Video Games

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Tomas

Sanity has been something we’ve debated a lot during the design of the game. For the paper RPG, IMHO, Sanity (SAN) has been a key part of not only the Call of Cthulhu playing experience but also what separates it … Continue reading →

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