So, about 10 years ago I recall folks in the teen games space advocating for game designers to incorporate Tend & Befriend theory into game design more.... I wish I could recall specifically who sent me info about that work; it might have been someone at iThriveGames, but I'm not sure anymore This came to mind today because, altho many games over the years have included elements of Tend & Befriend, I think Pokopia may be the most wholeheartedly I've ever seen a game embrace this concept: almost every verb in the design is subsumed under one or the other "meta-verbs" tend and befriend. It's really cool! I'm guessing there are smaller games that have already done this and flew under my radar, but I'm glad to have seen it myself at last #GameDesign #GameDev