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![Title card for [Tsukuru UOZU] Notes from Osho's Mentoring Session [BOOT CAMP 2020 Part 1]](/en/og/articles/cards/uozu-game-boot-camp-2020-1.png)
UOZU GAME BOOT CAMP is a game creator training program run as part of the Tsukuru UOZU project, where professional creators mentor aspiring game developers. In this article, I organize Osho's feedback on Treasure Rogue's game design.
After I posted 'How I Learned to Finish Games After It Took Me Six Years to Release My First One,' I received a lot of feedback. The line 'A released bad game is more valuable than an unreleased masterpiece' started taking on a life of its own, so this article adds context.
Hi, I'm Makihiro (@makihiro_dev). Game development is hard, isn't it? As people say, 1,000 want to make games, 100 actually start, 10 keep going, and only 1 finishes. Drawing from my own experience, I explain how to finish a game.
![Title card for Joining UOZU GAME BOOT CAMP 2020 [Tsukuru UOZU]](/en/og/articles/cards/join-uozu-game-boot-camp-2020.png)
UOZU GAME BOOT CAMP is a game creator training program run as part of the Tsukuru UOZU project, where professional creators mentor aspiring game developers. I decided to join again after taking part in the previous boot camp.
![Title card for Spawning Random Enemies in a Roguelike [C#]](/en/og/articles/cards/roguelike-random-enemy-select.png)
The 'improved level generation algorithm' update for Treasure Rogue is now complete, so this article walks through the implementation in detail with code.
![Article image for Why Is Slay the Spire So Fun? [From a Roguelike Developer's Perspective]](/_astro/cover.Cw3ETgZw_26dLGo.webp)
Slay the Spire is a roguelike deck-building card game. I also make roguelike games myself, so in this article I look at Slay the Spire from the perspective of a roguelike developer.
![Title card for How to Implement a Turn-Based Game Loop [C#]](/en/og/articles/cards/turnbased-gameloop.png)
This article introduces the code used to implement a turn-based game loop. Treasure Rogue, the turn-based roguelike I made, basically runs on the code shown here. I leave out anything that is not strictly necessary so the code is easier to read.
![Article image for [PlayFab] Registering and Updating DisplayName [Unity]](/_astro/cover.DjCafF6t_6qJkl.webp)
This article covers how to register and update a player's display name in PlayFab. Since players need to be logged in first, please see the login article if you need that context.
Sometimes you want random selection where each item has a different chance of being chosen based on its weight, such as gacha or item drop rates. This article shows one way to implement WeightedRandom in C#.
I made a roguelike game called Treasure Rogue, so I will explain the map generation algorithm I implemented for it. Treasure Rogue generates tall, vertically oriented maps, but the basic implementation should also work for Mystery Dungeon-style map generation.
This article uses PlayFab SDK 2.86.2005 18. The feature covered here requires the player to be logged in first, so if you want to learn about logging in, please see the article below.
![Title card for How Contrast Makes Games Fun [Game Design]](/en/og/articles/cards/gamedesign-contrast-cedec2018.png)
I read an article about why games fail to become fun when context, conflict, and contrast are out of sync, and then applied that idea to the game I am actually making.
While using PlayFab, I started wondering what PlayFabAuthenticationContext actually was whenever I saw it attached to various request types, so I dug into it. From here on, I will simply call it AuthenticationContext.
This article covers PlayFab's leaderboard-related APIs. Since players need to be logged in first, please see the login article if you need that context.
This article uses PlayFab SDK 2.86.2005 18. PlayFab has many features, but the first thing you need to do before using any of them is log in. This article explains anonymous login and login methods that support account recovery.
![Article image for [Unity] Implementing a Defense Buff with ModifierList [Modiferty]](/_astro/cover.D7y_Wm3v_Z1ajIWw.webp)
Modiferty is a stat management library. If you are not familiar with it yet, the article below will help you understand the basics.
I built a library called Modiferty while making a game and published it on GitHub. It is broadly useful in games where characters and weapons have stats.