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This Developer's Life: The Universal Game, Part 2This Developer's Life: The Universal Game, Part 2

Last week I asked you how we create a "Universal Game". After a week of listening to your responses and hashing it over with other designers I've come to realize that I need to start by asking, "How do we make games that work on many different levels?"

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