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Hi everyone. I’m currently prototyping a top-down real-time strategy game, and I’m having a bit of a crisis regarding the ‘Fog of War’ mechanic. While it’s a staple of the genre, I feel like it often leads to a ‘cat and mouse’ game that frustrates newer players who just want to see the map. However, if I remove it, the geymdisayn loses all the tension of scouting and surprise attacks. Is there a middle ground? Maybe a ‘Partial Fog’ where you can see the terrain but not the units, or perhaps a radar-based system? How do you keep the tactical depth of information warfare without making the player feel blind and helpless for the first ten minutes of every match?
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