
Game Design Deep Dive
- Length: 144 pages
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Publisher: CRC Press
- Publication Date: 2025/06/30
- ISBN-10: 1032943920
- ISBN-13: 9781032943923
Description
Game Design Critic and expert Joshua Bycer is back with another entry in the Game Design Deep Dive series for a look at one of the most popular, and confusing, genres out there. Metroidvania is a genre of high‑highs and low‑lows, and Josh is taking up the task to explain what a metroidvania is, the very long history and variety of it, and what you need to do to create one yourself.
• A look at the history of metroidvania design
• A primer on 2D platforming UI/UX
• Explaining the design and specific elements that make a metroidvania or
could be applied to other genres
• Perfect for designers and students alike
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