seasonone@opidea.xyz to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year ago‘No way out’: how video games use tricks from gambling to attract big spenderswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.workstil@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.party
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minus-squaredavehtaylor@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoAdvancing a game means merging and creating new items. You start with merging two items. Then two of those items can be into another one. Then that can be merged into another , and so on. It’s an exponential system
minus-squareEvergreen5970@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThat was the only thing I could think of for “exponential” and I’m not sure how this is exploitative.
Advancing a game means merging and creating new items. You start with merging two items. Then two of those items can be into another one. Then that can be merged into another , and so on. It’s an exponential system
That was the only thing I could think of for “exponential” and I’m not sure how this is exploitative.