The Secret Lives of Games 39: The Tricks of the Toolkit with Mark Brown (Game Maker's Toolkit)
Feb 28, 2020
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Four-Step Level Teaching
- Mark's "four-step" video revealed how platformers introduce a mechanic then evolve it across a level.
- That structure now makes players notice intentional teaching in many games.
Two-Week Video Production Rhythm
- Spend one week researching and scripting, and another week editing and capturing footage for each video.
- Keep a large footage library to speed up production and reuse clips efficiently.
Pandemic Card Shoot With Dad
- Mark photographed every Pandemic card with his dad and animated them in After Effects for the randomness video.
- The handcrafted footage looked better than raw hand-shuffling, even if it was overkill.