The Mysterious Art of Secrets in Game Design

Описание: Secrets have been a part of Games since the very Beginning. This Video Examines how secrets are incorporated into games, their design function, but also how they intertwine with the culture of secrets outside of games to create meaning and depth.

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0:00 Secrets, Easter Eggs and Cheats
2:26 Designing for Secrets
4:03 How Secrets are Used by Culture
5:33 Void Stranger and the Riddle of Labyrinths
10:16 Genre Transcending Secrets
12:09 Inscryption and the Divinity of Randomness
14:46 Inscryption Spoilers
15:32 The "Real" Meaning of a game
16:25 Tunic and the Legacy of Secrets
19:14 Tunic Spoilers
21:16 The Secret of Secrets