What makes a crafting system?
Something so prevalent in nearly every game nowadays, but it's right under our noses. It isn't just restricted to Minecraft or macho guys in MMOs with an anvil - so what's the deal with crafting?
Let's analyze crafting systems in our modern video games - "crafting games" or not.

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In order of appearance:
Nyarons - Vapor Fish Disco    • Nyarons「Vapor Fish Disco」  

Camellia / Temmie Chang / Toby Fox - Leaves Fill The Path    • Leaves Fill The Path  

Sereno - Letter to the Moon /달에게 쓰는 편지 -    • Sereno - 달에게 쓰는 편지  

Dept - 편하게 들어 Instrumental -    • 편하게 들어 Instrumental  

Mariya Takeuchi 竹内まりや - Shiawase no Monosashi -    • Video  
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UNORIGINAL FOOTAGE USED. ALL RIGHTS AND CREDITS GO TO ORIGINAL CREATORS. Intended for Education.
Just Dance Trailer @ 4:19
   • Just Dance 2020 - Launch Trailer - Ni...  

VRkshop Trailer @ 4:34
   • vrkshop: a virtual reality woodworkin...  

Spore Trailer @ 13:40
   • Spore E308 Trailer  

BotW - Crafting Project Recipes by @WiseHorror @ 17:55
   • BotW - Crafting Project Recipes  

Zelda: Breath of the Wild - cooking animation by @Misuta @ 18:55

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Directly referenced websites / posts shown in video

DHQ article in research sources below listed as (1) source @ 0:55

Kittens Game by Bloodrizer GIF in DHQ article @ 10:08. See (1) source.

Path of Exile 6 link math post @ 8:55
  / i_used_100000_fusings_for_science_statistics  

Path of Exile: "1808 tries" for 6 link post @ 9:00
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view...

Minecraft: Enchanting Statistics @9:09
https://minecraft.tools/en/enchant.php

Path of Exile: Combinations for skill tree on forums @ 15:18
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/vie...

FFXIV Google Sheets / Macros @ 20:52
  / list_of_all_items_needed_to_level_crafters...  

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RESEARCH SOURCES:
1) Crafting in Games (dhq)
http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/...

2) Crafting system in Astroneer (HIGHLY recommend.)
   • Mining Your Own Design: Crafting the ...  

3) 5 Approaches to Crafting Systems in Games (And Where to Use Them) https://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/...

4) Crafting In Games Feels Less Like A Chore Now
https://kotaku.com/crafting-in-games-...

5) Crashlands dev: Automated Crafting Systems (Might use this one in future video!)
   • Game Dev Chat - Automated Crafting Sy...  

6) Why Crafting Is In EVERY Video Game These Days
https://screenrant.com/crafting-video...

7) Volcanoids Crafting System
   • Volcanoids Dev Diary #16 - Crafting S...  

8) The gaming landscape: A taxonomy for classifying games and simulations (A good resource, but didn't use it much. Most likely will use in future video!)
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

9) Game Time:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1...

10) Crafting Success: A Deeper Look at CastleVille's Crafting System https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1017726...

11) Infinifactory and the next generation of the 'Minecraft genre
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/2...

12) Here's how The Division's next update is changing crafting and loot drops: https://www.polygon.com/2016/4/7/1138...

13) Game Mechanics Advanced Game Design:
https://books.google.com/books/about/...

14) Warframe RNG Analysis by @DelSquared Gaming
   • WARFRAME - RNG Analysis: Void Relics ...  

15) Warframe RNG 2 by @iFlynn
   • Warframe: What is good RNG? (Thoughts...  

16) Minecraft Leather Dye Combinations
https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Dye

GAMES IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE (sans redundancies)
Minecraft 2009
Satisfactory 2019
Subnautica 2014
Astroneer 2016
Factorio 2016
Black Desert Online 2014
Monster Hunter World 2017
Besiege 2015
Craftopia 2020
Raft 2018
Terraria 2011
Cooking Simulator 2019
Just Dance (2020) 2020
League of Legends 2009
Vrkshop 2020
Path of Exile 2013
Warframe 2013
Genshin Impact 2020
Kittens Game ~2016
Spore 2008
Kerbal Space Program 2011
Breath of the Wild 2017
Final Fantasy XIV 2010
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