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minus-squaredavehtaylorlinkfedilink5•1 year agoAdvancing a game means merging and creating new items. You start with merging two items. Then two of those items can be into another one. Then that can be merged into another , and so on. It’s an exponential system
minus-square@Evergreen5970@beehaw.orglinkfedilink4•1 year agoThat was the only thing I could think of for “exponential” and I’m not sure how this is exploitative.
Advancing a game means merging and creating new items. You start with merging two items. Then two of those items can be into another one. Then that can be merged into another , and so on. It’s an exponential system
That was the only thing I could think of for “exponential” and I’m not sure how this is exploitative.