In the beginning there was the void. Perfect, still, without form or shape. Pangu’s Axe then cleaved the void into two and there springs into existence the Perfect Pair; One and Zeros. Sages from the North, South, East and West embraced the Tao of Computing but of the Tao of Games Development, who have yet understood?
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Now the Mystic of the North Cave had three disciples. And the eldest of them, a programmer well-versed in the Secret Arts of the Ones and Zeros Ordering, came to the North Cave Mystic and demanded leave to finish his training. “For I have conquered the Perfect Pair”, the Eldest Disciple boasted, “And with my Art of Ones and Zeros Ordering, I will subdue the world of gaming and become a hegemony that will stand for eternity.”
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Hiding within an isolated hovel upon the mountain, the second disciple of the North Cave Mystic worked on his game design. How he labored and toiled, pushing the pen to scribe the perfect experience, one that fills the very soul of the player with emotion and feelings! How he calculated, to ensure a depth of strategy in which mastery of it would be as gratifyingly as finding the Deep Pearl of the Southern Dragon Sea!
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The First Disciple of the North Cave Mystic said thus to the Second Disciple: “You have the Supreme Gameplay, I have the Supreme Code. You and me are destined for greatness. We should work together and who in the world of games can defy us?”
The Second Disciple agreed, and the two of them moved inwards into the Tianshan Mountains for solitude and silence. Work began in earnest, with the First Disciple immediately beginning to scribe code with his Perfect Art of Ones and Zeros Ordering and the Second Disciple putting together the Ultimate Expression of a Game.
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An artist from Xiangyang trembled with fear. He was given an impossible task to draw; to with his brush paint an impossible creature that no myths had mention of, no eyes had laid upon and no words could describe it. Yet he was poor, and desperate and hence he spent an entire day seeking the Sage of the Sleeping Dragon Ridge. And when he found the Sage, he prostrated himself before the great Sage, begging him for his help.
“Get up,” the sage said while sipping tea, “What is the task that troubled you so?”
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So three cycles of the moon had waned and waxed, and the North Cave Mystic, curious about the progress of his disciples, made a trek to the Mirror Lake.
To the second disciple he made the first visit. The disciple was working, flow-charts of progression of the game from void to termination hang on the walls, while matrices detailing how different elements of the game harmonize with each other lay upon the tables. His details rivaled that of Fuxi’s I Ching!
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The Righteous Magistrate of Kaifeng was furious! With the pounding of many drums and the call of the guards, the accused, a young scholar dressed in silk was hauled in.
“I am a Project Leader,” the scholar retorted coolly, “Appointed by the Imperial Court to program simulation war games to fight off the tribal invasions. What right do you have to accuse me of a crime?”
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