Название: Game Design Deep Dive: MetroidvaniaАвтор: Joshua BycerИздательство: CRC PressГод: 2025Страниц: 144Язык: английскийФормат: epub (true)Размер: 20.7 MBGame Design Critic and expert Joshua Bycer is back with another entry in the Game Design Deep Dive series for a look at one of the most popular, and confusing, genres out there. Metroidvania is a genre of high?highs and low?lows, and Josh is taking up the task to explain what a metroidvania is, the very long history and variety of it, and what you need to do to create one yourself. Welcome to the deep dive into one of my favorite genres to play, and one of the most confusing to articulate what it is. Metroidvania design is not the oldest genre covered in this series, but it is one of the hardest to define for a lot of people. By the end of this book, you should be able to settle any argument as to what is and is not a metroidvania. While the genre is predominantly known around 2D design, there are clever examples in first-person and 3D that offer new takes on it. The progression and pacing of a metroidvania is very important to get right, as it is what distinguishes it from other genres.