Are there any videogames where you play as a researcher of some kind?
>>1567632I suppose you don't mean strategy games like Civilization that are based upon a research / technology tree. Some like Alpha Centauri have different factions with different priorities.
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>>1567632Etrian odyssey?
>>1567632Make one.
>>1567632There are narrative deducton games (i.e. comprehension games)I've played https://armorgames.com/the-case-of-the-dungeon-descent-game/19651 (30min/1hr game)Apparently obra dinn is also like this.There are games where you need to produce a solution (e.g. nandgame.com, programming games), but I wouldn't classify it as research because you are only operating within a single paradigm rather than across multiple or even making their ownI'm skeptical whether such games could exist since you'd need entirely new game mechanics for each paradigm/model/approach and you would need to make it overly expansive to prevent the player even accidentally metagaming and spoiling themselves
