10 Ways to Improve Game Feel

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10 ways to improve the feel of your indie game. This video breaks down how to make your game feel great to play by taking an in-depth look at specific techniques you can apply to a variety of games. Game feel is very important, especially in action games, because it's a key component in making the player character feel tactile and responsive to play as. If the character in your game feels dull and lifeless, the techniques in this video should help you improve how your game feels to play. Most of the clips use the game feel demo found on the Deepnight Games website to demonstrate, so credit to them for developing such a useful tool. It's available at https://deepnight.net/games/game-feel/ and I highly recommend checking it out for yourself after watching. Contents 00:00 Introduction 00:19 Deepnight Games Tool 01:27 Movement 01:52 Bullet Spread 02:29 Particle Effects 03:29 Lighting 04:30 Impacts 05:25 Enemy Hit Reactions 06:51 Squash and stretch 07:31 Dashes 08:02 Screenshake 08:59 Sum