Joshua Bycer

Game Design Deep Dive (eBook, PDF)

Metroidvania

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040377536
• Artikelnr.: 74279552

Autorenporträt

Joshua Bycer is a Game Design Analyst with over a decade of experience writing for major sites, creating content on YouTube, and the author of the Game Design Deep Dive series. In that time through Game-Wisdom.com, he has interviewed hundreds of game developers and members of the industry about what it means to design video games.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Metroid and the Vania
Chapter 3: Basic Metroidvania Design
Chapter 4: The 2010's Metroidvania Extravaganza
Chapter 5: UI/UX of Metroidvanias
Chapter 6: Building a Metroidvania
Chapter 7: The Normal Ending