How To Design Mastery Into Your Game | Critical Thought #gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign VIDEO
For this critical thought, I talked about games that encourage and reward mastery, why it can be so enticing, and how as a designer, you can build your game around it.
games shown: Bread and Fred and Pizza Tower
0:00 Intro
00:26 What is Mastery
1:20 Reflex-Driven Mastery
2:59 How Level Design Rewards Mastery
6:28 Mechanical Mastery
10:03 Onboarding Mastery
14:09 Pizza Mastery
16:34 Wrapping Up
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