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Read Article How Sea of Stars Designed a Water Temple That Doesn’t Suck
In today's episode of Design Delve J & Ludo sit down with Thierry Boulanger, Creative Director on Sea of Stars to see how they accomplished the impossible and created an underwater temple that doesn't suck.
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How Sea of Stars Designed a Water Temple That Doesn’t Suck
JM8 JM8 Oct 19, 2023
Read Article Can a Poorly Designed Game Still Be Good?
In today's Deign Delve, J & Ludo delve deep into the design mines at Yahtzee's request to ask the question, "What is a good game?"
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Can a Poorly Designed Game Still Be Good?
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Read Article How Baldur’s Gate 3 Masterfully Emulates and Breaks D&D – Design Delve
In this episode of Design Delve, JM8 digs into Baldur's Gate 3, and what it successfully emulates (and breaks) the D&D formula.
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How Baldur’s Gate 3 Masterfully Emulates and Breaks D&D – Design Delve
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Read Article The League of Legends’ Client is A Nightmare of Design – Design Delve
In this Design Delve, JM8 delves into the League of Legends client, and explores why it's such a nightmare of design.
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The League of Legends’ Client is A Nightmare of Design – Design Delve
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Read Article The Scarily Good Design of Alien: Isolation
In today's episode of Design Delve J & Ludo brave the terrors of the Sevastopol and unpack why Alien: Isolation remains such an effective horror experience.
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The Scarily Good Design of Alien: Isolation
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Read Article How Sea of Stars Designed a Water Temple That Doesn’t Suck
In today's episode of Design Delve J & Ludo sit down with Thierry Boulanger, Creative Director on Sea of Stars to see how they accomplished the impossible and created an underwater temple that doesn't suck.
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How Sea of Stars Designed a Water Temple That Doesn’t Suck
JM8 JM8 Oct 19, 2023
Read Article Can a Poorly Designed Game Still Be Good?
In today's Deign Delve, J & Ludo delve deep into the design mines at Yahtzee's request to ask the question, "What is a good game?"
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Can a Poorly Designed Game Still Be Good?
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Read Article How Baldur’s Gate 3 Masterfully Emulates and Breaks D&D – Design Delve
In this episode of Design Delve, JM8 digs into Baldur's Gate 3, and what it successfully emulates (and breaks) the D&D formula.
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How Baldur’s Gate 3 Masterfully Emulates and Breaks D&D – Design Delve
JM8 JM8 Sep 1, 2023
Read Article The League of Legends’ Client is A Nightmare of Design – Design Delve
In this Design Delve, JM8 delves into the League of Legends client, and explores why it's such a nightmare of design.
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The League of Legends’ Client is A Nightmare of Design – Design Delve
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Read Article The Scarily Good Design of Alien: Isolation
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The Scarily Good Design of Alien: Isolation
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Read Article How Sea of Stars Designed a Water Temple That Doesn’t Suck
In today's episode of Design Delve J & Ludo sit down with Thierry Boulanger, Creative Director on Sea of Stars to see how they accomplished the impossible and created an underwater temple that doesn't suck.
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How Sea of Stars Designed a Water Temple That Doesn’t Suck
JM8 JM8 Oct 19, 2023
Read Article Can a Poorly Designed Game Still Be Good?
In today's Deign Delve, J & Ludo delve deep into the design mines at Yahtzee's request to ask the question, "What is a good game?"
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Can a Poorly Designed Game Still Be Good?
JM8 JM8 Sep 29, 2023
Read Article How Baldur’s Gate 3 Masterfully Emulates and Breaks D&D – Design Delve
In this episode of Design Delve, JM8 digs into Baldur's Gate 3, and what it successfully emulates (and breaks) the D&D formula.
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In this Design Delve, JM8 delves into what has caused the Battlefield franchise to fall so low, and how BattleBit picked up where it left off.
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BattleBit Stole Battlefield’s Audience by Just Being ‘Battlefield – Design Delve
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Read Article Why League of Legends’ Design Feeds Toxicity – Design Delve
Design Delve, JM8 delves into why League of Legends will forever be toxic due to its fundamental game design.
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Read Article Games Are So Pretty It’s Ruining My Job – Design Delve
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Read Article Tears of the Kingdom Solves Breath of the Wild’s Biggest Design Flaw – Design Delve
In this episode of Design Delve, JM8 delves into how Nintendo solved the biggest design problem with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in Tears of the Kingdom. BotW to TotK
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Tears of the Kingdom Solves Breath of the Wild’s Biggest Design Flaw – Design Delve
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Read Article What’s Continuing to Hold VR Game Design Back? – Design Delve
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Read Article Dredge and the Genius of Tetris-Style Inventory Systems – Design Delve
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Dredge and the Genius of Tetris-Style Inventory Systems – Design Delve
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Read Article Are Elden Ring’s Bosses Unbalanced? – Design Delve
In this episode of Design Delve, JM8 examines the balancing of the bosses in Elden Ring and if they might be a bit unbalanced in places.
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Are Elden Ring’s Bosses Unbalanced? – Design Delve
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Read Article Loot Is About the Journey, Not the Reward – Design Delve
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Loot Is About the Journey, Not the Reward – Design Delve
JM8 JM8 Mar 31, 2023
Read Article Why Do We Quit So Many Games? – Design Delve
In this episode of Design Delve, JM8 observes theories about why players quit so many video games before they finish them and what aspects of game design might spur this.
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Why Do We Quit So Many Games? – Design Delve
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