What's the difference between a fun challenge and a frustrating mess? In this video I seek to answer this question with my own game, Bloodthief.

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This is a devlog for Bloodthief, the indie game I'm working on inspired by Quake, Hotline Miami, and Ghostrunner. In this devlog I talk about:

Preparation and tools for playtesting
Preventing rage quitting
Making mechanics intuitive
Giving the player room to learn
Allowing the player to always feel in control
Being careful with punishing gameplay

Leave a comment below if you have any feedback on the game or questions about my process!


Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:56 The Magic of the Playtest
2:52 Preventing the Rage Quit
4:28 Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master
8:04 Don't Require Perfection (at first)
9:22 The must always feel in control
11:26 Punishing Gameplay
12:47 Results
13:18 Takeaways
13:43 What's Next



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