The Curious Design of Knowledge Based Games | MetroidBrainias
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The Knowledge based game is a new breed of game design that has become popular of late, where games are designed around progression mediated not by new abilities or mechanics, but knowledge. Lets examine this further. Support the channel on patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/gameoveranalyser Knowledge checks in fighting games https://glossary.infil.net/?t=Knowledge%20Check The Aesthetic of Play - Brian Upton -Game Mechanics, advanced game design Skill checks vs knowledge Checks Sequence breaks - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequence_breaking 0:00 Knowledge checks in competitive games 1:13 Knowledge based games vs other progression systems 2:43 The Witness spoilers 3:05 Metroidbrainias and the aesthetics of knowledge 3:50 Toki Tori 2 vs Rain world - Knowledge as mechanic vs theme. 6:11 Knowledge as a mechanic, sequence breaking and Insight 7:55 Outer wilds (spoilers) and unifying theme and mechanics through knowledge based play 10:22 Conclusion Some additional
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