The End is Nigh and Completion

Описание: The spiritual sequel to Super Meat Boy is much more than just an improvement. The End is Nigh is a brilliantly-designed title that makes completing a game fun for everyone.

We also discuss evaluation-focused design, player-established completion metrics, and some other fun game design stuff.

tl;dr: I love this game and you should too :)

Timestamps:
0:00 - Prelude
5:42 - Mvmt I: Andante
13:24 - Mvmt II: Fugue
24:07 - Mvmt III: Rondo
36: 21 - DC al Fine

This video is completely spoiler-free up through Mvmt I.

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Points of disclosure...
-I'm playing this game on a MacBook Pro, and it doesn't always handle games particularly well. Any frame skips which may appear in this video aren't representative of how the game will run on your computer.
-A few clips in this video may appear slightly discolored. This is due to a recording error and is not representative of the product itself.


I'm expecting to get this question, so here's my answer...
Q: Hey Matt, why do you use the words "execution" and "evaluation" when you could just use words like "skill" and "strategy"?
A: My first draft of this script actually used those terms, but I chose to find better words which (hopefully) made the argument easier to digest. I'd argue that evaluation is a sort of skill and that the terms "skill" and "execution" don't exactly refer to the same ideas. Hopefully this explains why I used these terms.

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