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CloudbuiltvsDonkey Kong

Cloudbuilt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Donkey Kong leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

Cloudbuilt leans harder on execution: Rocket-jump momentum chains at speed are brutally demanding

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Donkey Kong leans harder on variance: Barrel bounces add slight unpredictability

Optimization6 vs 6

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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