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Ludotography

To tell a story through gameplay.
"Just look at how much mileage a game like Hellblade can get when it puts the effort into telling so much of the story through its gameplay and since I've started to taste copper when I say that I'm just gonna call it "ludotography" from now on and pray that someday some poor etymologist has to source its origin from a sentence that ends with the word "cunt""
Ludotography by A. L. August 1, 2020
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Ludotography

Telling a story through gameplay or to "write through play"
Katana Zero has great ludotography as it tells you all you need to know through it's core mechanic
Ludotography by AnnieKia June 30, 2020
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Ludotography

Telling a story through gameplay.

Etymology:

"Just look at how much mileage a game like Hellblade can get when it puts the effort into telling story through it's gameplay; and since I've started to taste copper when I say that, I'm just gonna call it "Ludotography" from now on and pray that someday some poor entomlogist has to source it's origins from a sentence that ends with the word cunt."
-This game really sucks at ludotography.
-Yeah man, the dissonance puts me out so much.
Ludotography by TypicalLaman October 1, 2020
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