Game Developer’s Radio: Exploring Design #15 Difficulty in games




The Game Developers Radio show

Summary: Hosts: Joseph Burchett (http://www.josephburchett.net), Devin Becker (http://www.twitter.com/mzo), Andy Moore (http://www.andymoore.ca/) Date Recorded: 02/23/2012 In this episode we talk about difficulty in games. Also I would like to do a bit of a correction... During the show we talked about Uncharted and how it would show big glowing arrows, this may have been incorrect. Although the game does still give you hints and tips on what to do next if you wait long enough I do not believe any arrows appeared. Either way I still think everyone gets the idea in what we were talking about. Show Notes: Games Eve Online (http://trial.eveonline.com/en/freetrial.aspx?aid=104694) Uncharted (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncharted) Oblivion Elder Scrolls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblivion_(Elder_Scrolls)) Warcraft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft) Kingdom Rush (http://www.kingdomrush.com/) Rocksmith (http://rocksmith.ubi.com/rocksmith/en-us/home/index.aspx) Super Monkey Ball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Monkey_Ball) Super Meat Boy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Meatboy) Braid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braid_game) IceBurgers (http://www.andymoore.ca/2012/02/iceburgers-officially-announced/) Team Fortress (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_fortress) Angry Birds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angry_birds) Mirror's Edge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirrors_edge) Leisure Suit Larry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisure_Suit_Larry) The Binding of Isaac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Binding_of_Isaac_(video_game)) Mirror's Edge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirrors_edge) Pizza vs Skeletons (http://www.rivermanmedia.com/games/pizza-vs-skeletons) Diablo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_(video_game)) Mass Effect 3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Effect_3) Metal Gear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Gear) Mario Bros Wii (http://mariobroswii.com/) Deus Ex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex) Canabalt (http://adamatomic.com/canabalt/) Articles Valve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation) Valve developer Commentary (http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Developer_commentary) Modding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modding) Perma death (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_death) Speed run (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedrun) Arcade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcade) Death cam (http://tf2wiki.net/wiki/Deathcam) Penny Arcade comic (http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/09/08) Opening/Closing Music: Lounging on no Sleep (http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/135015) by M Kellen M (BinaryGuy) (http://binaryguy.newgrounds.com/)