Rewards Are Weird
Receive 10% off anything on bellroy.com : https://bit.ly/3t6FnK7 Rewards are an interesting part of games. They are one of the biggest drivers of player behavior, for better and for worse, and I thought it'd be worthwhile to look into how they work in a lot of games, and examine the ups and downs of any given approach because like all things game design, there is no perfect way to do it, but there are some ways that are cooler than others. So, yeah, let's talk about how rewards are kinda weird. Second Channel: @razbutwo Patreon: / razbuten Nebula: https://nebula.app/razbuten Discord: / discord Twitter: / therazbuten Additional editing by Isaac Holland: / drazgames Audio edit by Trey Mitchell: / craytreyvids Thumbnail by HotCyder: / hotcyder Majora's Mask Footage From ZeldaCentral: / @centralzelda Additional Music and Sound Effects by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator

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