Level Design Rant #2: Aer: Memories of old (and indies)

Описание: Better and easier access to technology and tools enables more people to find and express their creative side. The downside is that the average quality of produts drops over time. We all need to start somewhere, we all need to learn, we all grow and improve. In an effort to try and help the community I have been a part of for a large part of my life, I would like to focus on various parts of game development I've been noticing a number of indie titles struggle with. Form over function, control scheme mapping, player metrics, polish – these are a few things I focus on in this video, at a very basic level. I hope this video can help developers focus a bit more on the usual problem areas with indie games, and maybe shorten the learning curve of some developers and accelerate their path to success.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:45 The Good
02:12 Basic Gameplay Loops
02:52 Basic Character Mechancs
04:45 The Problem With Flying
05:59 The Missing Piece of Exploration
07:59 Rewarding Your Players
08:57 A Word On Polish
09:12 Camera Clipping
09:30 Getting Stuck & Player Metrics
10:44 Designing Control Schemes
11:26 Quality-Of-Life
12:03 Teaching Moments
13:25 A Word To Level Designers
14:38 Outro