Dogpetting, n: The practice of putting fun little grace notes in a game purely because they're memetic or expected, whereas a more idiosyncratic or creative-driven demand to do something like it would be met with "we don't have the scope for that."
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in reply to @bruno's post:
What's should the term be for adding little unexpected notes of whimsy? A funny little treat, just because?
Deep Rock Galactic is the industry standard for having unnecessary mechanics that never fail to put a smile on your face. There's a vent passageway in the mission hub that lets you turn off the artificial gravity. there's a mob in one biome that you can use as a really shitty hang glider. you can return the AI core of the drill in escort missions back to the drop pod for absolutely no benefit, but it shows up back in the hub with a "please fix" post-it note
Ah yes, like putting a little turd in every toilet in the game (bonus points if it explodes when you interact with it)
