3 items tagged with open world
Directing Exploration - How Games Guide Players WITHOUT Tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrL3iG_uacw
game analysis linearity open world
Break games down into three categories: linear, semi-linear, and open-world. Each guides the player subtly or directly, using visual cues or forcing back-tracking. An analysis of Mario Brothers, Metroid, and Legend of Zelda (NES originals) shows how Nintendo masters this in the first few seconds of each of these games.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past's dungeon design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouO1R6vFDBo
game analysis Link to the Past level design linearity open world
Link to the Past uses a combination of linear dungeons, open dungeons, and hybrid dungeons. Linear dungeons build tension and direction, hybrid ones allow some exploration, and open dungeons allow you to explore and solve them in any or short orders if you know what you're doing. Many dungeons loop back, giving the feeling of being bigger than they are, and one uses 3D space.
Game Design in Open-World
https://www.deengames.com/blog/2018/game-design-in-open-world.html
Open world games are difficult to design because you don't know where the player will go. Two solutions to the player-power vs. world-power difficulty: scale monster levels, or scale the player characters' levels.