Rethinking Space in Game Design | Manifold Garden and Designing Spectacular Spaces

Channel:
Canada The Game Overanalyser
Subscribers:
18,400
Published on ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuBFmOtcs58


Game:
Manifold Garden (2019)
Duration: 13:17
2,310 views
170

Video Games are a spatial medium, both in the its physical construction as well as in our experience of it. In this video, we survey the evolution of space in games, from 2d to 3d to more exotic forms of geometry, and how this has impacted game design. From Donkey Kong to Manifold Garden by way of Portal, we find that space has not only evolved in its physical properties, but also in the design of our experience of it. By turning to art forms versed in the design of space, namely interior design, architecture and mother nature itself, Game designers have transformed not just the shape of space, but also the meaning that it encodes.


Support channel on Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/gameoveranalyser


Sources

-The Spectacular Space
https://mediarep.org/bitstream/handle/doc/13072/Games_and_Rules_139-167_Bauer_Kato_The_Spectacular_Space_.pdf?sequence=3

-Manifold Garden GDC talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed2zmmcEryw

-Designing Journey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGCkVHSvjzM

-The Shape of Space Jeofry Weeks

-Flatland

-The Architecture of Manifold Garden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUD8ao1EMus

-Architecture in Level Design Claire Hosking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW7KvppTspc

-Interior design in games GDC talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWXsmnlmADc

-Video Game Spaces Micheal Nitsche



Other Videos By The Game Overanalyser


2021-01-29Cybernetic Game Design | Cyberpunk, Cybertext and the Algorithms of Play
2021-01-22Call of Duty 4 and the Art of Modern Warfare
2021-01-15The Witness and the Philosophy of Puzzles
2021-01-08A Systems View of Game Design and Life
2020-12-18Metal Gear Solid 2 and Postmodern Video Games
2020-12-11How Game Designers Tell Stories with Interior Design | Gone Home, Heavy Rain and Designing Home
2020-12-04The Immersive Fallacy in Game Design | The Paradoxes of Graphics ,Technology and Escapism
2020-11-23Fairy Tales in Video Games | The Unfinished Swan and the Story of Play
2020-11-16Spec Ops : The Line and the Anti-Aesthetics of Violence in Game Design
2020-11-09Cinematic Game Design | Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid and How Cinema has Influenced Video Games
2020-10-30Rethinking Space in Game Design | Manifold Garden and Designing Spectacular Spaces
2020-10-23The Art of Horror Game Design | Silent Hill 2 and the Anatomy of Fear
2020-10-16Bioshock and The Philosophy of Games
2020-10-02Ghost of Tsushima and the Poetry of Video Games | On Haikus, Cinema and Play
2020-09-04Nier: Automata and the Art of Subversion in Game Design
2020-08-03Far Cry 2 and the Search for Gaming's Heart of Darkness
2020-07-06AI and Game Design | The History of Artificial Intelligence In Video Games
2020-06-29Portal and the Truth about Lies in Video Games | Why Game Designers Deceive Us
2020-06-19What Makes a Game Immersive? | Engagement, Escapism and Immersion in Game Design
2020-06-12The Design Philosophy of Hidetaka Miyazaki | Creating Demon's Souls, Dark Souls and Bloodborne
2020-06-08The Art of Game Design | Jesse Schell, Christopher Alexander and the Architecture of Video Games


Tags:
manifold garden
the game overanalyser
super mario galaxy
the shape of space


Other Statistics

Manifold Garden Statistics For The Game Overanalyser

Currently, The Game Overanalyser has 2,310 views for Manifold Garden across 1 video. Less than an hour worth of Manifold Garden videos were uploaded to his channel, less than 0.98% of the total video content that The Game Overanalyser has uploaded to YouTube.