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Comment author: Emile 18 September 2011 07:57:28PM 3 points [-]

Nice-looking graphics, looks like it took a lot of work, congrats! It's not my favorite genre of games, but it looks nice.

I've jotted down a dozen rationality-teaching game concepts, and may implement some if time allows - someday, maybe (It's not very high priority at the moment, and I still need to flesh out some stuff and figure out some snags). I'm much more interested in using game mechanics to teach specific thinking skills (I agree poker is a good example).

Comment author: Alexei 18 September 2011 09:36:56PM 1 point [-]

I'm much more interested in using game mechanics to teach specific thinking skills...

Precisely. That's what my game failed at, and that's what I am going to address in the next game. I would be happy to discuss your ideas with you.

Comment author: Emile 19 September 2011 08:23:25PM 0 points [-]

I'll have to type them in then, most of 'em are in various notebooks I have around :) If you set up a mailing list or something I'd be interested, otherwise I'll just make a discussion post about 'em, asking for other suggestions.

Comment author: Alexei 19 September 2011 09:18:33PM 0 points [-]

I don't know enough people to justify creating an emailing list, so a post sounds like a good idea.

Comment author: Alexei 18 September 2011 09:41:49PM 0 points [-]

I just realized that I already had your name marked down as someone who is interested in games. Are you interested in doing it professionally?

Comment author: Emile 19 September 2011 07:48:32AM 1 point [-]

I've been doing it professionally for the past six years or so :) (I started as a designer but have mostly been working as a programmer)

Comment author: handoflixue 19 September 2011 05:56:43PM 2 points [-]

I'm curious what games you've worked on, and whether any of them had a particular foous on rationality lessons :)

Comment author: Emile 19 September 2011 08:18:28PM *  0 points [-]

I've worked on a few games that were cancelled or performed poorly, as well as on this one that was a relative success. No particular focus on rationality, though I did get to do a fair amount of statistics and machine learning.