How Outer Wilds Makes Running Out of Stuff Fun
25,258Man, Outer Wilds is great, but all the great exploration, compelling mysteries and space borne shenanigans can all be traced back to one thing: running out of stuff.
But including resource management in your game is a bit harder than you might think, as there's the potential for players to be pushed and pulled into playing in a way that you didn't intend. How? Find out as The Architect dives into the end of the universe to find out where all the frazzles went:
Take a look at First Five here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtBssYWSCRgz9O42Ok44lNg
Small correction, the Celeste track that plays is First Steps. not Resurrections- my bad!
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You Saw:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
Enter The Gungeon (2016)
Destiny (2014)
Outer Wilds (2019)
Dicey Dungeons (TBR)
Sunless Skies (2019)
Spelunky (2012)
Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Resident Evil 7 (2017)
Dark Souls (2012)
Celeste (2018)
Dark Souls 2 (2014)
Super Mario Party (2018)
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2016)
Islanders (2019)
Borderlands 2 (2012)
DOOM (2016)
Descenders (2019)
Frostpunk (2018)
XCOM 2 (2016)
Wargroove (2019)
Final Fantasy 7 (1997)
Offworld Trading Company (2016)
Subnautica (2016)
Pokemon Insurgence
Pokemon Ultra Sun (2017)
Void Bastards (2019)
Dark Souls 3 (2016)
Fallout 4 (2015)
Final Fantasy 15 (2016)
Interesting Links:
https://kotaku.com/how-to-get-into-outer-wilds-1835919229 A great article about how to get over outer wild's initial comprehension hump
https://games.avclub.com/outer-wilds-makes-an-art-form-out-of-oh-f*ck-i-m-goin-1835290390 Running out of stuff is fun, see!
Soren Johnson's Website: https://www.designer-notes.com/
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