Game Design Videos Hacker News Recommends — Page 2
Game design videos on HackerTube: the talks, lectures and explainers Hacker News commenters keep sharing, covering mechanics, level design, game feel and juice, balance, player psychology, monetization ethics, narrative design, Jonathan Blow, GDC talks, design theory and postmortems.
61 videos · ranked by HN recommendations · showing 49–61
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interview#3176We Play Doom With John Romero
IGN
“in this fantastic developer commentary he did for the game's first episode with IGN”
2 HN recommenders · 2016–2018
talk#3408Talk: Video Games and the Future of Education
Jonathan Blow
“they're not explicitly educational games about specific topics, but they teach problem-solving skills in an engaging way”
2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
explainer#3449The Skinner Box - How Games Condition People to Play More - Extra Credits
Extra Credits
“Extra Credits has a nice overview, which includes a few design suggestions”
2 HN recommenders · 2015–2019
documentary#3454The Story of RollerCoaster Tycoon | Noclip Greatest Hits
/noclip
“Folks may also like the noclip documentary on RollerCoaster Tycoon”
2 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
talk#3492Antichamber: An Overnight Success, Seven Years In The Making
GDC Festival of Gaming
“I really recommend watching it”
2 HN recommenders · 2016–2024
talk#3941Chris Crawford Dragon Speech "I Had a Dream"
Chris Crawford
“Perhaps of interest: the dragon speech, delivered by chris crawford at the first video game developers conference in 1992”
1 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
commentary#4075The Witness - A Great Game That You Shouldn't Play
Joseph Anderson
“I think this was a fair critique of the Witness and why it lacks respect for the player”
1 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
documentary#4120The Story of Super Mario Bros. 3
Gaming Historian
“And at GDC, they talked about their Chemistry engine for BotW”
1 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
explainer#4312Design Club - Super Mario Bros: Level 1-1 - How Super Mario Mastered Level Design
Extra History
“To get a sense for this, watch this video [1] (from 7 years ago) walking through the design of level 1-1 of SMB.”
1 HN recommenders · 2016–2023
talk#4320Crafting A Tiny Open World: A Short Hike Postmortem
GDC Festival of Gaming
“You might want to watch this for inspiration”
1 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
commentary#4602The Immoral Design of Diablo Immortal
Josh Strife Hayes
“if anyone isn't familiar with the predatory design of Diablo Immortal I'd recommend this video.”
1 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
talk#4614Will Wright GDC 2005 Spore (The Future of Content) Remastered
Zeusmonomon
“a talk by Will Wright on the (originally planned) procedurally generated design of Spore lives rent free in my brain”
1 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
explainer#4680MMO Economies - Hyperinflation, Reserve Currencies & You! - Extra Credits
Extra Credits
“Extra creditz just published an excellent video on why auto-generated vendor-sellable items lead to hyperinflation under most circumstances”
1 HN recommenders · 2016–2020
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