Game design. Resources. Discussion

GDevelop general
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I thought I’d share some youtube links that I think worth watching if you’re making games and maybe discuss and share thoughts and resources.

More in-depth reviews, game design tips and examples and generally useful knowledge:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqJ-Xo29CKyLTjn6z2XwYAw
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChoj6tH4Nx3JJJMm31_CsVw
https://www.youtube.com/user/Matthewmatosis/featured
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbq5s9zheSKNAnEmBbo1_w

Presentations, short lectures:

Jan Willem Nijman - Vlambeer - “The art of screenshake”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJdEqssNZ-U

Daniel Cook: Game Design Theory I Wish I had Known When I Started
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwPe3OHR04c

Juice it or lose it - a talk by Martin Jonasson & Petri Purho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0aCDmgnxg

How Cameras in Side-Scrollers Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdvCO97jOQk

The Importance of Nothing: Using Negative Space in Level Design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ99gAb4T0o

Why Being Poor and Having No Budget is Good For Making Game
youtube.com/watch?v=iwXFOgNVMww

I have more links of the same nature, didn’t wanna post too many at once.

Anyway, share your favourite sources on game design and such.

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Nice links!
Gamasutra is pretty good site where game developers write and communicate. Usually there is very interesting game developing blog posts and articles etc.
http://www.gamasutra.com/
Great Gamasutra article: "Scroll Back: The Theory and Practice of Cameras in Side-Scrollers" http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ItayKeren/20150511/243083/Scroll_Back_The_Theory_and_Practice_of_Cameras_in_SideScrollers.php

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Oh, I like that article about camera scrolling.
But sometimes I really don’t know which fits the game best. For example, for a simple side scroller it doesn’t look bad if the camera is snapped to player’s x position, but it also looks good if the camera moves towards the player. :smiley:

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Yep those are the “problems” that just have to solve by trying different camera systems :smiley:
Btw. I realize that same dude wrote Gamasutra article and is in the Zapata’s starting post link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdvCO97jOQk