Power and Responsibility
summary
Insomniac prototypes physics-based swinging in 2015, iterates for three years, and ships Marvel’s Spider-Man in September 2018 after a vertical slice, a playable full build by end of 2017, and DLC. Development focuses on measurable shifts: adding a weapon wheel and gadgets, inventing a spider-bot, creating synched hit reactions and a branching combat flow, reintroducing a rapid-fire web shooter, and gating teachable moves with mandatory first-hour tutorials. User testing runs with Sony labs (about 20 players per session).
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 0:01Power and Responsibility: Design Principles from Marvel's Spider-Man
- 1:59My Background
- 19:35Problem Statements
- 20:39Combat
- 31:56Focus on the First Hour
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