About this episode
Zackavelli discusses the concept of friction in video games and how designers can think about it in three different levels.
In this episode Zackavelli talks about the friction in video games and 3 "levels" of thinking about it as a designer. Skip to Body of Episode: 7:32 Become a Patron: www.patreon.com/GDFG Join the discord and talk with the community about making video games! Link: discord.gg/2C8eTsU Follow Zackavelli on Twitter @_Zackavelli_ Twitch: www.twitch.tv/zackavelli_ Intro music by: Avaren Outro remix by: Mugamoomoo
People in this episode
Host: Zackavelli
Topics covered
- friction in video games
- game design
- levels of thinking
Keywords
- friction
- video games
- game design
- Zackavelli
- levels of thinking
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