010: Warcraft III + Skill Development
03/13/23 • 38 min
This episode, I discuss my childhood love of Warcraft III and ask: How can a game's design inspire the players to "get good?
My first game, "Sut" is out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2638880/Sut/
Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/anxiousbuddhagames
Email me: anxiousbuddhagames(this sentence is to confuse bots@)gmail.com
Join our discord: https://discord.gg/GvYRtTQM9m
- Send me any feedback, suggestions, or questions! I'd love for us to build a strong, supportive, creative community.
This episode, I discuss my childhood love of Warcraft III and ask: How can a game's design inspire the players to "get good?
My first game, "Sut" is out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2638880/Sut/
Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/anxiousbuddhagames
Email me: anxiousbuddhagames(this sentence is to confuse bots@)gmail.com
Join our discord: https://discord.gg/GvYRtTQM9m
- Send me any feedback, suggestions, or questions! I'd love for us to build a strong, supportive, creative community.
Previous Episode
009: Getting Over It with Bennet Foddy + Enjoying Failure
Questions I ask myself this episode:
- What happens when you go extreme with difficulty?
- How essential are the quotations & taunting?
- How am I impacting the player's emotions?
- What did I develop this week?
- Game development books?
- What fields have good crossover with game design?
- What to do when I get stuck?
My first game, "Sut" is out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2638880/Sut/
Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/anxiousbuddhagames
Email me: anxiousbuddhagames(this sentence is to confuse bots@)gmail.com
Join our discord: https://discord.gg/GvYRtTQM9m
- Send me any feedback, suggestions, or questions! I'd love for us to build a strong, supportive, creative community.
Next Episode
012: The Vale + Designing With Limitations
Questions I ask this episode:
- How is combat compelling in a game without visuals?
- What limitations could I set to create interesting ideas?
Devlog:
- More player controller changes (remove autojump)
- Tilemaps
- Started my first song.
- Drafting levels in Aesprite
My first game, "Sut" is out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2638880/Sut/
Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/anxiousbuddhagames
Email me: anxiousbuddhagames(this sentence is to confuse bots@)gmail.com
Join our discord: https://discord.gg/GvYRtTQM9m
- Send me any feedback, suggestions, or questions! I'd love for us to build a strong, supportive, creative community.
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