My guess is the end of the gold standard as its being referenced quite a few times across the webpage and it’s at the inflexion point of lots of these graphs.

But I didn’t check if it was a major cause or just correlation.

One thing that is definitely not computer related, so probably not a good advice, is to not design a video game, but a card game or boardgame.

That can take month (hell, mine has been in the works for a couple years now), but you get to learn to design mechanics, systems, rules, crappy placeholder art, and so many things, which can then be used latter as experience for game design.

I’d recommend doing a simple card game that people can print with paper (Print n Play games are quite common on the Internet).

Take a mechanic, mood, or simple idea: * A game where player are together trying to solve a murder mystery (cards with plots, Clues, interrogation, maybe something inspired by Clues but updated,…). * a game where player compete to build a small fortified city, and then send armies to each other to pillage resources and money.

I think the start of series 10 is a good way to discover what it’s about and can do 🤔

But I’ll try it with a friend who heard of Dr Who but never watched and find out if it actually is a good starter.

I got Hexcodle #899 in 4! Score: 68%

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FYI The daily game community c/dailygames usually has someone post about this game every day

Decipher #566
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Woaw I got super lucky on my first guesses! it usually takes me >10mn to do it…

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 17th 2025 (Tricky), in 05:44
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 11th 2025 (Tricky), in 04:38
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Dec 1st 2025 (Easy), in 02:12
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