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Design Delve

This week on Design Delve, JM8 takes a look at modern video game difficulty systems and why several of them feel inadequate.
Design Delve

Modern Difficulty Systems Are Broken and Boring – Design Delve

This week on Design Delve (rebranded from Anatomy), JM8 takes a look at modern video game difficulty systems and why several of them ...
By JM85 mins ago
Why Has the UI in AAA Games Gotten So Bad? | Design Delve Anatomy game design
Anatomy

Why Has the UI in AAA Games Gotten So Bad? – Design Delve

This week in Design Delve (rebranded from Anatomy), JM8 examines why UI design has gotten so bad, relatively speaking, in AAA games like ...
By JM8January 17, 2023
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Anatomy

Why Do Most Soulslikes Fail? – Design Delve

Anatomy has rebranded as the new Design Delve, with host JM8 still taking the same deep dives into game design, but now with ...
By JM8December 22, 2022
play Instruments of Destruction game design delve with creator Luke Schneider, Red Faction: Guerrilla developer
Design Delve

This Former Red Faction: Guerrilla Dev Has a New Destruction-Filled Game – Design Delve

This week on Design Delve, Marty and JM8 discuss game design with Luke Schneider, who was the former lead tech designer on Red ...
By Marty SlivaMarch 11, 2022
game Design Delve Before Your Eyes designed around blinking Graham Parkes Bela Messex
Design Delve

How Before Your Eyes Was Designed Around the Player Literally Blinking – Design Delve

This week on Design Delve, JM8 and Marty are playing and discussing the game design of Before Your Eyes with a couple of ...
By JM8March 4, 2022
Design Delve Unpacking interview Witch Beam JM8 Marty Wren Brier Tim Dawson
Design Delve

Talking with Unpacking Developers About Designing 2021’s Coziest Game

In this episode of Design Delve, Marty Sliva and JM8 interview Wren Brier and Tim Dawson, the Witch Beam developers behind Unpacking, about ...
By Marty SlivaFebruary 11, 2022
Discussing the Design of Inscryption Live with Creator Daniel Mullins
Design Delve

Discussing the Design of Inscryption Live with Creator Daniel Mullins

Welcome to the premiere of Design Delve, Escapist’s newest livestreaming show in which JM8 and Marty Sliva will be playing unique and interesting ...
By JM8January 14, 2022
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