How Controllers Impact Game Design

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Alien: Resurrection (2000)
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The relationship between controllers and game design is a fascinating one, rife with instances where controls frame what design can be , and innovations in design that necessitate new forms of control. This video explores how this feedback loop has impacted the evolution of games.

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Sources

- Game Feel , Steve Swink

- A Theory of Gameplay Innovation , Stephane Bura
http://www.stephanebura.com/innovation/

- Ludopolitics , Liam Mitchell

- The Future of Storytelling: How Medium Shapes Story , Jesse Schell GDC talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjrO-di22v8&t=45s

- Gamespot Alien Resurrection review
https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/alien-resurrection-review/1900-2637344/

- Postscript on the Societies of Control , Gilles Deleuze
https://cidadeinseguranca.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/deleuze_control.pdf



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