Puzzle Game Design
Although puzzle games aren’t known to tax gamers in the same way as, say, fighting a boss in dark souls, puzzle design and structure presents a unique consideration for. This video explores the art of puzzle design, and how game designers explore ideas and themes using both puzzles and problems. Puzzle design is often viewed. See more ideas about game design, game ui design, game ui. There are many different types of game mechanics that you can use in your puzzle game design. The four most common ones include: This is probably the most. The advantage of the lock and key design is that it allows you to craft unique puzzles at every step of your game.
Puzzle design is often viewed. See more ideas about game design, game ui design, game ui. There are many different types of game mechanics that you can use in your puzzle game design. The four most common ones include: This is probably the most. The advantage of the lock and key design is that it allows you to craft unique puzzles at every step of your game. A good rule to follow: If the player isn’t going to use that mechanic within the next 5 levels, don’t bother showing it to them. Save it for later. Avoid getting familiar with your own.
This video explores the art of puzzle design, and how game designers explore ideas and themes using both puzzles and problems. Puzzle design is often viewed. See more ideas about game design, game ui design, game ui. There are many different types of game mechanics that you can use in your puzzle game design. The four most common ones include: This is probably the most. The advantage of the lock and key design is that it allows you to craft unique puzzles at every step of your game. A good rule to follow: If the player isn’t going to use that mechanic within the next 5 levels, don’t bother showing it to them.
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What Makes a Good PuzzlePuzzles can be one of the most complex things in game design. In this video, I break down some great conundrums from favourite games, and share some knowledge from sharp puzzle designers, to find out what makes a good puzzle. Support Game Maker's Toolkit on Patreon - patreon.com/GameMakersToolkit Have Mark talk at your studio, university, or event - gamemakerstoolkit.tumblr.com Further Reading / Viewing Level Design Workshop: Solving Puzzle Design | GDC A Good Puzzle Game Is Hard To Build | Rock, Paper, Shotun Games shown in this episode (in order of appearance) Snakebird (Noumenon Games, 2015) Music used in this episode Snakebird OST Contribute translated subtitles - amara.org/v/C3BEg/ |
The Art of Puzzle Design | How Game Designers Explore Ideas and Themes with Puzzles and ProblemsThis Video Explores the Art of Puzzle Design, and how game designers explore ideas and themes using both puzzles and problems. Puzzle design is often viewed as an arcane art only a few are privy to, but in this essay, we explore the many design philosophies creators have employed to manufacture them. What we find is there are as many ways to make a puzzle as there are puzzles themselves, and this pluralism feeds into what the purpose of puzzles have been and are in our society today. Support the Channel on Patreon for Additional content We explore games as varied as The Witness, braid, Baba is You, Infinifactory, Stephens sausage roll and fez to support the idea that puzzle are ultimately the aesthetic form of thought itself. Sources Books Videos -Gdc talk Solving Puzzle Design Jolie Menzel - Empuzzlement Blow, droquen, Ten Bosche -Designing to reveal the nature of the universe -The Arcane art of puzzle dependency diagrams -Open ended puzzle design at zachtronics - Breaking Conventions with the legend of zelda -Making Baba is you -Bob Bates Designing the puzzle - A look back at fezs Black Monolith - Designing Baba is yous rule wrtiing system -How to make a good puzzle Gdc hearts and minds |
How to Design a Puzzle Game In 5 StepsDesigning puzzles for video games can be quite a challenge when you don't know how to best go about it. In this quick crash course you'll learn a reliable 5 step process for coming up with absolutely outstanding logic puzzles in no time at all. Hope you find it useful. :) Get my games on Steam: Join our creative community on Discord: discord.gg/Ye6zzfQ Thanks for watching. :) |
How Jonathan Blow Designs a PuzzleFor Jonathan Blow, a puzzle is never just a puzzle - it's a communication from the designer to the player about the game's universe. In this episode, I share the philosophy and design process of the brains behind Braid and The Witness. Support Game Maker's Toolkit on Patreon - patreon.com/GameMakersToolkit More on Blow's philosophy: IndieCade: "Jonathan Blow & Marc Ten Bosch - Designing to Reveal the Nature of the Universe" IndieCade: "Jonathan Blow, Marc Ten Bosch & Droqen - Empuzzlement" Shivmoo: "Game City Jonathan Blow Braid Talk" A MAZE: "Berlin 2014 - Masterclass with Jonathan Blow" Gamasutra: "Jonathan Blow: The Path to Braid" Gamasutra: "The Witness: Modeling epiphany" GrabItMagazine: "How To Design Deep Games with Jonathan Blow" GameSpot: "Break Room Interviews: Jonathan Blow" GDC Vault: "Jonathan Blow - Truth in Game Design" Games shown in this episode (in order of appearance): Braid (Number None, 2008) Music used in this episode: Greenhouse (The Swapper, Carlo Castellano) Other credits: Simon Carless: "IGS 2007: Jon Blow - 'Indie Prototyping, Braid, & Making Innovative Games'" JustJack: "Oracle Billiards Game" tvdays: "1980 RUBIKS CUBE IDEAL TOYS" Contribute translated subtitles - amara.org/v/C3BFd/ |
Puzzle Game Magic SecretsIn this 2019 GDC session, My Dog Zorro’s Brett Taylor approaches the art and science of puzzle game design through the unstoppably cool lens of human cognition. Register for GDC 2022, in-person in San Francisco, March 21-25, 2022: gdconf.com/passes-prices/?_mc=blog_x_gdcsfr_un_x_gdcsf_x_x-1 Join the GDC mailing list: gdconf.com/subscribe Follow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDC GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives. |
How These Puzzles Deceive YouUpdates on the next video over on Twitter: bit.ly/3wGQ1TR There are plenty of ways you can design a good puzzle level in your game, but in this video I'm going to talk only about the best kind of puzzle design.. the DECIEVING one. I'm sure most of you have no idea what I'm talking about but a lot of popular games like Inside, Baba is You and even Portal utilize this design without you even noticing so that's why I'm going to analyze the way these games implemented it and also show you how I did it in my game Concerned Joe, the Move or Die precursor that never got released. Relevant Links Useful Resources Video Contents |
Level Design Workshop: Solving Puzzle DesignIn this 2016 GDC talk, Ubisoft's Jolie Menzel explains what a puzzle is in the level design space, and explores techniques to create and refine puzzles that will elevate the player's experience in a given level. Register for GDC: ubm.io/2gk5KTU Join the GDC mailing list: gdconf.com/subscribe Follow GDC on Twitter: twitter.com/Official_GDC GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives. |
How Games Challenge Us - Empathy and Intuition in Puzzle Design - Extra CreditsHow can we use empathy, intuition, and other types of design vectors to create interesting gameplay besides the most popular mechanics--which are based in reflex and logic challenges? Subscribe to Extra Credits for more episodes every Wednesday! bit.ly/SubToEC ___________ Get your Extra Credits gear at the store! bit.ly/ExtraStore Thanks for participating in this week's discussion! We want you to be aware of our community posting guidelines so that we can have high-quality conversations: goo.gl/HkzwQh Contribute community subtitles to Extra Credits: youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCCODtTcd5M1JavPCOr_Uydg&tab=2 Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): bit.ly/ECTweet Would you like James to speak at your school or organization? For info, contact us at: james-portnow.com ♪ Intro Music: "Penguin Cap" by CarboHydroM ♪ Outro Music: “Strange Rock in the Heavens” |
How To Build A Logic PuzzleBuilding on what we've learned about mazes ( youtu.be/WShnM3lPxhk), let's take a look at how to design logic puzzles! In this video, I show you how to build a logic puzzle and offer 3 techniques for designing logic puzzles: Check it out! Also, here's the link to the video "How To Make A Player Stop and Think," which I mention in the video and promised to share: youtu.be/EOvqVXkN5rk |
Puzzle Solving... or Problem SolvingMost puzzle games are about discovering the one, designer-intended answer to a conundrum. Let's look at a different take on the puzzle genre, which takes inspiration from real-world problem solving. Support Game Maker's Toolkit on Patreon - patreon.com/GameMakersToolkit Sources Play Zach's games Gamasutra: "New educational video game used in schools" Gamasutra: "Postmortem: Zachtronics Industries' SpaceChem" Rock Paper Shotgun: Zach Barth talks about Minecraft Games shown in this episode (in order of appearance): Infinifactory (Zachtronics, 2015) Music used in this episode: Human Ingenuity (Infinifactory) Clip credits: "Minecraft Compact Calculator" - FVDisco "Minecraft - The ICE GPU 2.0" - FVDisco "Minecraft 8 Track Music Sequencer" - FVDisco "Infiniminer Demolition Fun" - betasword Contribute translated subtitles - amara.org/en-gb/videos/h47qPPsjwOf0/ |
Puzzles Vs Problems: A Two-Sided GenreFollow me on Twitter- twitter.com/Thefearalcarrot We're all familiar with puzzle games, but not many people have noticed that two distinct groups have emerged within this very broad genre. Even fewer have realised that this split is all about the power of authorial intent. The Architect, being equally bad at both kinds of game, is well placed to tell you all about what makes a puzzle different from a problem, and how you can tell the difference. You Saw: Portal 2 (2011) Interesting Links: How Simple Toolsets Encourage Learning: youtube.com/watch?v=s1_HIGHWjn4 Zach Barth AMA: reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3brxcs/i_am_zach_barth_the_creative_director_of_the_game/?st=jchfalv1&sh=667954ba Creating a Sequel To The Game That Doesn't Need One: youtube.com/watch?v=BYFvwbby2YM |
Point and Click Puzzle DesignPoint and click adventures get a bad rap. Their loopy logic puzzles often come under fire for being incomprehensible and unfair. So lets look at how adventures can employ more responsible design - to stop you racing towards GameFAQs. Support Game Maker's Toolkit on Patreon - patreon.com/GameMakersToolkit Sources Wired: "Broken Age brings back a classic feature: unfair puzzles" Old Man Murray: "Death of Adventure Games" Find out more Innuendo Studios: "Who Shot Guybrush Threepwood?" RagnarRox: "Blade Runner - Looking back with Louis Castle" Grumpy Gamer: "Why Adventure Games Suck" Games shown in this episode (in order of appearance): Broken Age (Double Fine Productions, 2014) Music used in this episode: Overthinker, Lifeformed (Double Fine Adventure) Lifeformed - lifeformed.bandcamp.com Clip credits: "MacGyver - Parabolic Mirror" - CBS "Let's Play: Riven, Fire marbles" - Dilandau3000 "Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, Part 8" - Natenator77 "Lets Play! Blade Runner, Part 1" - Vyakros Contribute translated subtitles - amara.org/v/C3BFr/ |
Puzzle design: How to design point and click adventure game puzzlesPatreon: patreon.com/pointandclickd The discord: discord.gg/Pp6hfkJ This time around we’re taking a deeper dive into what the building blocks of point and click adventure game puzzles actually look like, including using a live example to show how you can build your own puzzle dependency charts. 00:00 Intro References: Dan Marshall’s blog: Mark Brown’s puzzle design video: Various LucasArts puzzle design resources Lucidchart software: #indie #devlog |
51 Game Design Tips! (In 8 Minutes)Are you working on a video game and looking for inspiration? Do you need to come up with a good game idea? Here are a ton of Game Design Tips and Tricks for you that should help you to get started. You can find all games shown in this video here: itch.io/jam/wowie-jam/entries |
The Best Level Design Of Any Puzzle GameA Monster's Expedition Part 3 - we make it to the roller coaster. It's a fun area and really shows off the skill of the devs at designing puzzles. We also get teased for a potential late game area? What an absolute joy it is to play this game. A Monster's Expedition is a new open world puzzle game from the makers of Cosmic Express! Push, roll, and stack logs to hop from island to island, learning about humans along the way. Solve hundreds of puzzles in this massive open world adventure! #aliensrock #monster #expedition New to the channel? These links will help: |
How Zelda's Puzzle Box Dungeons WorkMy favourite Zelda dungeons are the ones that move, turn, change, and travel through time. After much research, I return from the depths of Hyrule with some Boss Keys and plenty of design details on how these puzzle box dungeons work. Support Game Maker's Toolkit on Patreon - patreon.com/GameMakersToolkit Sources [1] Latest Zelda’s making process | Denfaminicogamer [2] Water Temple | noclip.website [3] Zelda Director Apologizes For Ocarina Water Temple, Hints At Link Taking Flight | Game Informer Games shown in this episode (in order of appearance) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo, 1998) Music used in this episode Music from The Legend of Zelda series, by Nintendo Other credits Karakuri puppet - からくり人形 | TokyoStreetView - Japan The Beautiful The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Retrospective | Nintendo からくり文字書き人形実演 | 江戸東京博物館EDO-TOKYO-Museum Mario Myths with Mr Miyamoto | Nintendo 1980 RUBIKS CUBE IDEAL TOYS | tvdays Contribute translated subtitles… amara.org/en-gb/videos/gGFuKxB1hiOA/ |
Puzzle Games - Analyzing the Design of Bejeweled - Extra CreditsEnjoy a design lesson of the popular puzzle game, Bejeweled, and discover the complexity of the progression system that empowers players to keep playing instead of getting frustrated. (Original air date: December 21, 2011) Get your Extra Credits gear at the store! bit.ly/ExtraStore Watch more episodes from this season of Extra Credits! bit.ly/2n8QcIn Contribute community subtitles to Extra Credits: youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCCODtTcd5M1JavPCOr_Uydg&tab=2 Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): bit.ly/ECTweet Would you like James to speak at your school or organization? For info, contact us at: [email protected] ♪ Intro Music: "Penguin Cap" by CarboHydroM ♪ Outro Music: "Winter NiGHTS (Hey, Dreamer)" by Level 99 ♪ Pause music: "Dino Band Rehearsal" by McVaffe |
Inside Inside's Puzzle Design - BreakdownA lot of Inside's puzzles follow a pattern that helps keep them interesting. Follow me on Twitter - twitter.com/nathanaustin97 More Breakdown videos - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPAvyfEqWlHosVM511jVrJdqt5xwv95-y Music: Tom Misch - Wonder (Aso Remake) Additional footage: youtube.com/watch?v=zsjC6fa_YBg |
Game Design Lessons: Presenting Perfect PuzzlesFor articles & videos all about game design, visit TheGameProdigy.com In this video we cover key to a good puzzle, avoiding a common mistake made by many designers. A more advanced Game Design article on puzzles can be found here: thegameprodigy.com/making-mind-blowing-puzzles-in-your-game/ |