The Case for Five-Minute Games
Short-session games have a reputation for being shallow. The good ones aren't shallow; they are compressed. A defence of the form, and a look at the design constraints that produce it.
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Essays on Browser Games and Short-Session Play
Essays on how browser games are designed and built, why short sessions work, and what makes a casual game worth replaying, plus a field guide to the games in the YoyoArena library. Opinionated in places, always free to read.
