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Player Relationship types in Hades' Star

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Very often in a social game, the same feature can result in significantly different player experiences, depending on the relationship between the participating players. In this post we present some examples from our own game.

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A few interesting case studies illustrating why the design of social or multiplayer experiences should be driven by the type of relationship players have with each other.

Tags: Shared Link, TOPIC: Multiplayer

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