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		<title>Goals and opposition in Fabric</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This latest build of Fabric introduces goals &#8211; helping the blue particles to coalesce and eventually form suns &#38; planets &#8211; and opposition &#8211; in the form of the red spikey particles which can destroy the blue particles. What&#8217;s interesting &#8230; <a href="http://www.paulcallaghan.net/blog/2009/09/27/goals-and-opposition-in-fabric/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This latest build of Fabric introduces goals &#8211; helping the blue particles to coalesce and eventually form suns &amp; planets &#8211; and opposition &#8211; in the form of the red spikey particles which can destroy the blue particles.</p>
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<p>What&#8217;s interesting here is how much focus has been pulled away from the grid &#8211; which was the original element.  It feels like the more nouns that are added to the game space, the less interesting &amp; dynamic it becomes.   All the player is really doing in this version is clicking on the red spikey particles, rather than balancing destroying the grid &amp; stitching it back together.</p>
<p>Next step, I think, is to pare it back and consider how the player interacts with the grid because adding elements to the space doesn&#8217;t seem to work.  That might be some time because this week, there&#8217;s the <a href="http://ddsummit.com/">Digital Distribution Summit</a>, I&#8217;m running some workshops in Yarrawonga, and the flying to Sydney to do a presentation at <a href="http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/">Screen Australia</a> &#8211; then we&#8217;ll be into October and the first of the <a href="http://www.freeplay.net.au/forum/">Freeplay Experimental Gameplay Projects</a>.</p>
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