Paul O'Leary McCann polm

Etrian Odyssey Director's Diary

These notes were blog posts written by the director of the first Etrian Odyssey Game, Kazuya Niinou, leading up to its release. They were originally images embedded in a Flash page, so I took the liberty of typing them up and posting them here. The Japanese source for these articles is no longer available on the official Etrian Odyssey page, but you can find it on archive.org.

Following is a translation of a post by Kenta Cho (@abagames) about what he learned making 50 minigames in 2014. The original post is here:

http://d.hatena.ne.jp/ABA/20141223#p1

This translation is by Paul McCann (@polm23); please feel free to contact me with any comments or corrections.

The Secret to Creating Fun Games I Learned By Making 50 Games in a Year

... is that there isn't one.

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	#!/usr/bin/env python3

	# https://pytorch.org/tutorials/beginner/nlp/word_embeddings_tutorial.html
	# http://bytepawn.com/hacker-news-embeddings-with-pytorch.html
	import torch
	import torch.nn as nn
	import torch.nn.functional as F
	import torch.optim as optim
	import json
	from random import choice, random, shuffle

	#!/usr/bin/env python3

	# https://pytorch.org/tutorials/beginner/nlp/word_embeddings_tutorial.html
	# http://bytepawn.com/hacker-news-embeddings-with-pytorch.html
	import torch
	import torch.nn as nn
	import torch.nn.functional as F
	import torch.optim as optim
	import json
	from random import choice, random, shuffle

	import cv2
	import numpy as np
	import sys
	import math

	"""

	This finds quadrilateral objects, cuts them out, squares them, and fixes skew.
	It works but has strict limitations:

	#!/bin/bash
	# based on cellusion's photoshop method
	convert "$1" -resize 256x1000 -colorspace Gray -auto-level \
	gradient.png -clut -scale 1000x1000 -posterize 6 "$1".out.png

	pico-8 cartridge // http://www.pico-8.com
	version 4
	__lua__
	-- version without "state" string
	-- ultra magic bingo quest world
	-- ld48 #32 - by 23

	-- rules
	-- try to make bingo to hurt
	-- your opponent