What Edgar Allen Poe can teach you about game design | Buddy Frost | NZGDC 2025

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In Edgar Allan Poe's essay The Philosophy of Composition he describes a methodical process for writing his poetry.

In this talk I explain how this framework can be applied to game design with relevant examples from experience and the industry as a whole.



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