Potion Craft
GameBy niceplay games · Released Dec 13, 2022
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Whitepaper3 pages
A Definition of Enchantment: A New Approach to Ludic Magic Systems Analysis
This paper proposes a novel hermeneutic for analyzing magic systems in fantasy games by applying Antoine Faivre's criteriology of Western esotericism.
- The paper argues that fantasy games' magic systems are often criticized as repetitive, quantifiable, and wonderless, and frames this as an instance of Max Weber's broader 'disenchantment of the world'.
- It reframes Antoine Faivre's four essential criteria of Western esotericism (correspondences, living nature, imagination and mediations, and the experience of transmutation) as a working definition of enchantment for analyzing ludic magic.
- The author contends that neomedieval game settings, where magic and spirits are treated as materially real, align closely with the premodern enchanted worldview that Faivre's framework describes.
DiGRAJun 2023
Presentation101 pages
tinyBuild Capital Market Day 2022
tinyBuild's Capital Market Day 2022 presentation outlines the company's strategic approach to intellectual property development, game publishing, and operational efficiency, with a particular focus on expanding its "Hello Neighbor" franchise.
- Owned intellectual property accounted for 81% of tinyBuild’s total gaming revenue in 2021, signaling a strategic shift away from third-party publishing reliance.
- The company utilizes a vertically integrated model that combines internal development with a partnership-first publishing strategy to mitigate developer risk through centralized marketing, porting, and platform relations.
- Growth is driven by a transmedia strategy that expands core gaming franchises into secondary media, exemplified by the Hello Neighbor brand’s transition into literature and animated series.
tinyBuildJun 2022