Comments on: Demons of Experimentation: Level Slicers

By: The Square Octopus » CODEAR Challenge

The Square Octopus » CODEAR Challenge — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:34:41 +0000

[...] level slicing is a demon of experimentation, we, as contestants, will have to break a few mind conventions in order to think about how to [...]

By: Darío

Darío — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:58:20 +0000

I think that Occam’s razor should be applied more often to game design. something like “Don’t add anything until you’re sure you need it”. Everything should come after the core design idea (that should also be as simple as possible). There are cases in which levels are necessary or at least a good idea (when different levels are really different spaces or times or even gameplays), but in a lot of cases I got to really hate the level division.

Lately, I’m starting to hate most of the usual feedback in games (scores, rewards).

By: Daniel Benmergui

Daniel Benmergui — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:03:24 +0000

@Harvey: loading times are another visible scar of slicing. It’s such a good example, I’m adding it to the text.

But it’s just collateral damage when Levelthink already poisoned the design stage…

By: Harvey

Harvey — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:51:59 +0000

Increasingly, I want games with no level load, that allow me to freely move back and forth through a cohesive, contiguous space. I have this fantasy that in a few years all games, no matter what content or subject matter, will be as “unsliced” as Crackdown.