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Roguelike-Discord Integration Using Webhooks

When Cogmind’s first commercial version was released in 2015, I simultaneously opened the brand new Grid Sage Forums as the main gathering point for the community, a way to share stories, provide feedback, and generally discuss the game. Back then forums were still one of the most common ways for game communities to interact, and […]

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Weaving Narratives into Procedural Worlds, Part 1: Value

There’s been very little discussion of Cogmind’s story here on the blog, which belies its informative role and importance throughout the alpha development process. In fact, following the mediocre stock sci-fi back story given to the 7DRL, on rebooting the project in 2013 the very first stretch of Cogmind development was actually devoted solely to […]

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