Disc Room in 3 bits

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3 Bit Design

3BitDesign

47 episodes

1 week ago

A game dev podcast, where a couple of game designers break down some of the most influential games into the three bits that defined them the most. Original music by Vid Gobac and Emma Donald - https://www.vidgobac.com/ Opinions are our own and do not represent the views of our relevant employers. Some episodes have transcripts, for those interested in reading the content - you can find that here: https://theatrewalkersayshi.wordpress.com/category/video-games/

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Disc Room in 3 bits

3 Bit Design

49 minutes 9 seconds

1 year ago

Disc Room in 3 bits

Tristan and Oliver are sure to stay sharp and pointed, as they slice through Terri Vellmann, Kitty Calis, DOSEONE and Jan Willem Nijman’s clever dodge-em-up Disc Room into these three bits:

Simple Hand-Crafted Levels - Discussing learning from prototyping and why the developers opted for curated level spawning over procedural randomness

Forgivingly Hardcore - Balancing frustration and exhilaration through alternate avenues, rapid replayability, and occasional rewarding

One Button Variety - The abilities and the three ways the game leverages them to keep things fresh; disc variety, goal variety, and level variety

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Some references:

Designing for death and difficulty in Disc Room - Joel Couture, Game Developer (article)

Anyone could make Disc Room, but only the creators of Minit ever would - Jonathan Holmes, Destructoid (article)

Disc Room: Who knew a hard game could be so relaxing? - PC Gamer (video review)

Disc Room designer on its granular difficulty options: 'accessibility helps everyone' - Natalie Clayton, PC Gamer (article)

Designing player death: Using intention and meaning to add depth - Jay Johns, Game Developer (article)