Design Doc - Invidious

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We're Dan and Mike, and we make Design Doc! It's a game design channel with video essays on every corner of the gaming world - RPGs, action, racing, adventure, puzzle, retro and modern, AAA and indie. Every game can teach you something that's worth learning, and we want to guide you to the good stuff.
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24:24

Really Slow Boss Fights

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25:29

The Games We Loved In 2024 - A Lot Of Games Of The Year

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Shared 1 month ago

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25:23

How Do Games Make Stealing Fun?

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Shared 2 months ago

122K views

20:39

Good Design, Bad Design Vol. 16: The Best and Worst of Video Game Graphic Design

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Shared 3 months ago

199K views

22:04

What Makes A Good Spooky Stage?

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Shared 4 months ago

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19:50

Using Luck Mechanics, But Only The Good Ones

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Shared 5 months ago

120K views

21:16

What Makes A Terrible Gimmick Boss?

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Shared 5 months ago

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19:56

Good Design, Bad Design Vol. 15: The Best and Worst of Video Game Graphic Design

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Shared 6 months ago

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21:18

Building A Good Place To Fight - RPG Battlefields

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Shared 7 months ago

104K views

19:07

What's Up With These Sketchy Tutorials?

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Shared 8 months ago

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20:26

What Makes A Good Multiple Phase Boss Fight?

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Shared 9 months ago

182K views

21:12

How Do Games Design Around No Damage?

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Shared 10 months ago

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22:01

What Makes A Great Sleep Mechanic?

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Shared 11 months ago

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26:50

What Makes A Great In-Game Shop?

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Shared 1 year ago

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23:56

How Can You Spice Up A Healing System?

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Shared 1 year ago

552K views

19:07

How Do Games Play With Poison?

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Shared 1 year ago

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21:17

What Makes A Great Rival Boss?

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26:27

What Makes A Good Super Move?

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Shared 1 year ago

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23:14

How Can You Make Backtracking Fun?

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Shared 1 year ago

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19:20

What Makes A Good Game Companion?

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Shared 1 year ago

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22:21

What Makes A Good Boss Rush?

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Shared 1 year ago

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43:44

The Evolution of Mario Kart Items

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Shared 1 year ago

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18:01

What Makes A Hot Fire Level?

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Shared 1 year ago

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21:12

What Makes A Great Impossible Boss?

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Shared 1 year ago

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26:32

What Makes A Good Difficulty Option?

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Shared 1 year ago

518K views

16:10

What Makes Good Rhythm Game UX?

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Shared 1 year ago

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18:50

What's the Deal with Fast Travel?

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Shared 2 years ago

320K views

22:28

What Makes A Great Double Boss Fight?

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Shared 2 years ago

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19:06

What Makes A Cool Winter Level?

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Shared 2 years ago

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19:46

What's The Point of a Day-Night Cycle in Games?

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Shared 2 years ago

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15:07

Good Design, Bad Design Vol. 14 - Great and Terrible Graphic Design in Games

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Shared 2 years ago

170K views

21:05

What Makes a Good Cast of Game Villains?

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Shared 2 years ago

242K views

19:51

Why Do Games Shift in Tone?

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Shared 2 years ago

212K views

19:33

What Makes A Good Secret Boss?

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Shared 2 years ago

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15:35

What Makes A Game Speedrun Friendly?

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Shared 2 years ago

160K views

18:17

What's The Point of Elements in Games?

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Shared 2 years ago

325K views

16:18

How Do Save Systems Shape Games?

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Shared 2 years ago

169K views

36:41

The Evolution of Mario Kart Tracks

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Shared 2 years ago

740K views

17:43

How Do You Improve Turn Based Combat?

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Shared 2 years ago

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18:44

What's The Point of a First Level?

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Shared 3 years ago

234K views

18:04

What Makes A Good Colossal Boss?

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Shared 3 years ago

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15:28

What Makes a Good RPG Town?

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Shared 3 years ago

333K views

23:05

Good Design, Bad Design Vol. 13 with JoCat - Advance Wars, Chicory, Astroneer and More ~ Design Doc

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Shared 3 years ago

152K views

24:00

How Do You Make Fun Unlockables?

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Shared 3 years ago

335K views

16:18

How Do You Make A Great Sequel?

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Shared 3 years ago

104K views

16:03

What Makes A Great First Boss?

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Shared 3 years ago

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17:52

Why Is It So Hard To Make Games On Rails?

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Shared 3 years ago

179K views

11:03

What Makes a Game Cozy? ~ Design Doc

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Shared 3 years ago

113K views

15:03

Whatever Happened to Random Battles?

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Shared 3 years ago

294K views

15:42

How Do You Build RPG Party Chemistry?

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Shared 3 years ago

284K views

17:47

What's the Point of Critical Hits?

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Shared 3 years ago

555K views

14:23

The Zelda Pattern - How to Spice Up Bland Game Boss Design ~ Design Doc

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Shared 3 years ago

128K views

17:36

Good Design, Bad Design Vol. 12 - Video Game Graphic Design at its Best and Worst

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Shared 3 years ago

206K views

18:20

Side Quests - How To Make A Good Detour

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Shared 4 years ago

233K views

17:47

Collectibles - How To Make Chores Fun In Games

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Shared 4 years ago

282K views

15:39

Boss Battle Design Vol. 3 - Okami, Sonic Mania, and what's wrong with Zorah Magdaros

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Shared 4 years ago

172K views

19:27

Good Design, Bad Design Vol. 11 - Tetris, Hyper Light Drifter, and Great Game Animation

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Shared 4 years ago

146K views

20:03

What Led Supergiant To Hades? ~ Design Doc

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Shared 4 years ago

117K views

18:25

What Makes a Great Hub World? - How Mario 64, Spyro, and Hades Made Theirs ~ Design Doc

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Shared 4 years ago

264K views

17:56

What Makes a Good Level Up System?

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Shared 4 years ago

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