Naming Things in Videogames - Things That Are Harder #gamedev

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Naming thing...
What could be simpler, right?
If you want to have a meeting where everyone has an opinion, no one agrees, and no answer is reached, try to name something in a videogame.
But, at the end of the day, you can probably chill

Let's talk about what you should think about.
Then I'll walk through some examples and ruin all names for you forever...

Things that are harder? More like impossible.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Criteria
0:50 Understandable
1:46 Memorable
2:47 Pronounceable
4:50 Mouth Feel
6:11 Ownable
7:47 Wordform
8:31 Sequels
10:55 Acronym
11:41 Baldur's Gate
12:30 Dragon Age
15:17 Mass Effect
16:47 Assassin's Creed
17:34 Anthem
18:34 Destiny
19:37 Skyrim
20:45 Elder Scrolls
21:30 The Fast and the Furious
22:28 Star Wars
23:42 Name + Time = Fine
24:36 Thedas
25:33 Special Thanks

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