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#236 Tanya X. Short Makes Game Systems Obvious

The Game Design Round Table

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Outer Wilds Is an Incredible Game

Outer Wilds is an incredible game. It's like design or catnip, specifically because there's so much information that it doesn't tell you. I think as designers, we lean towards trying to make things subtle and we try to be clever. When you actually do manage to put in something that the player doesn't see at first and eventually does discover for themselves, it is one of the most transcendent moments.

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