PGC 2020 Sessions @ PGC LONDON - Olivier Dowling
summary
Advice focuses on practical level recipes: start from a board shape or two synergizing items, mix strategic blockers with explosive collectibles, and prefer positive elements that help progression while phasing out frustrating ones. Emphasize quick iteration with playtests, internal feedback, tuning spawn frequencies and color counts, and favor shorter multi-phase levels with clear goals and phased tutorials. Notes that Candy Crush scales to over 5,000 levels so uniqueness is nice but usable reliable levels matter most.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 3:01Lesson Number Three Is Understanding Your Users and What They Want
- 4:16Lesson Number Five Is Gameplay
- 5:01Difficulty and Clarity
- 6:21Lesson Number Eight Is Uniqueness
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