This is something that occurred to me while walking yesterday and watching a couple of cats stalk a bird. It’s probably been done in games before but I can’t remember seeing it – that’s one of the problems of not playing other games.

The idea is that when you press the backwards key somewhere on the screen a small window appears that shows the view behind you. The size, placement and transparency of the view would be controlled by the player in an options window, same as other in-game options.

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Full disclosure: I am not a level designer. I have started the slow path to becoming one, but this article is based on my knowledge and experience in a non-gaming environment. Secondly, I am publishing this earlier than I planned because Kyouryuu mentioned this exact same thing in his comment yesterday and I didn’t want to seem as I was stealing his point.

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Yesterday I wrote about six things I wanted to see in mods in 2010, today I write about 6 more.

Some of the things I wrote about yesterday could be quite hard to implement properly, but that’s the point. If the things were too easy then we would probably have already seen them.

What I really want to see is something that is challenging for the modder and something that is new and exciting for the player.

There must be hundreds of possible ideas and these are just a few of mine.

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At this time of year I normally write some sort of wish list for the following year (2007, 2009 (not sure what happened to 2008!)), but this year I decided to be much more specific. This year I am going to talk about what I would like to see in mods.

I have decided to split it into two articles, so that we can discuss each point in greater detail. So, without further ado, here are the first six.

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City 17 Episode 1 is a mod that is slowly evolving into something that will amaze and surprise you.

I only cover a few In Development mods and am pleased that Gear, the team behind the mod, have agreed to work closely with me.

I have some media and an audio interview for you, so read on and enjoy!

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Firstly, I’d like to thank everybody who accepted my challenges and posted comments.

I am hoping that more players took the challenges than actually commented, but who knows.

I enjoyed creating the challenges and writing the posts each week, and I hope you did too.

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Welcome to Challenge Number 10.

If you don’t know what the Challenge Series 2009 is all about, please read the Introduction.

Onto the tenth and final challenge (at least for this year).

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Welcome to Challenge Number 09.

If you don’t know what the Challenge Series 2009 is all about, please read the Introduction.

Onto the ninth and penultimate challenge.

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Welcome to Challenge Number 08.

If you don’t know what the Challenge Series 2009 is all about, please read the Introduction.

Onto the Eighth challenge.

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Welcome to Challenge Number 07.

If you don’t know what the Challenge Series 2009 is all about, please read the Introduction.

Onto the seventh challenge.

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