Sense of Mystery in Death Road to Canada
Greatest of games nurture a certain sense of mystery! Death Road to Canada is a prime example of such games!
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Sense of Mystery – Game Design
In gaming, mystery is not merely an element; it is the lifeblood that keeps the player invested. The allure of the unknown is what makes games feel alive.
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Do Games Even Need a HUD? – Game Design
A good chunk of your field of vision in games is hidden behind a HUD that you don’t even need.
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Storytelling in Games – Game Design
Games can tell stories in ways that movies and books can only dream of. And yet, games just want to mimic movies and books?
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Minimaps Don’t Belong in Games – Game Design
Do you like having a minimap in your video games? I no longer don’t.
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Inspired by Sakurai
Masahiro Sakurai, creator of Kirby and the Smash Bros. series has indirectly inspired me to write stuff.
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Quest Markers Are Ruining Games (and we’re on Youtube now)
This was supposed to be a post about Quest Markers, but it ended up as advertisement about our Youtube channel. Sorry about that!
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How to Ruin a Player’s Sense of Adventure with Fast Travel – Game Design
You know what ruins the adventure in any game? Fast travel. Your game could be vastly better without it. Read on and I’ll tell you why.
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Teaching People With Your Games – Games have taught us #7
Want to know how to teach something with your game? How to make a good educational game? Read this and you might be pretty surprised.
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Options vs. Freedom – Game Design
Why do games try to hand us premade options, instead of freedom? Let me tell you if you should use options or freedom in your game design.
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