Can you build a shmup where everyone reaches the credits without sanding off parts that makes arcade games worth mastering? A rabbit hole on death, power loss, rank, comeback curves, & the weird line between kiddie-pool floaties & earned fun. www.mothershmupper.com/risk-rank-an...
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Risk, Rank, and the Shmup Comeback Curve
With no risk there is no meaningful reward. When you die and try to retrieve your body/XP, the risk is dynamic to your greed. If you were carrying 3 levels’ worth of XP, that is a very different kind ...