Why Dark Souls Is Designed for Horror

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Dark Souls
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Dark Souls (2011)
Duration: 12:49
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In todays episode JM8 covers the level design techniques used in the entire Dark Souls Trilogy and how it was designed for mechanical horror.

The Anatomy of Dark Souls Part two will drop in a week covering progression, leveling system & difficulty balance.

If you want to see more game design content a new Anatomy episode will release every other week, or you can subscribe to JM8s personal channel for similar content: https://www.youtube.com/c/JM8GameDesign


Timestamps:
Introduction - 00:00
Overview - 00:32
Fear & Freedom - 01:38
Vantage & Planning - 02:47
False Failure - 04:00
You Got Soul Kid - 05:00
Fear & Fire - 06:40
Möbius Mapping - 08:30

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Dark Souls
Video Essay
Dark Souls Series
Leveling System
The Anatomy of Dark Souls
Breakdown
Game Design
How it works
From Software
Bloodborne
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