🔴 Her Ballad of Fire and Water | Order of the Sinking Star Design Study

As we burn and drown, we mustn't concede. May her ballad guide us to a heroic deed. This is a blind playthrough explored through my perspective as a game designer and programmer, with design observations emerging naturally along the way:    • Order of the Sinking Star | Design Study   The Witness transformed how I think about game design. Ever since, I've been looking forward to exploring Jonathan Blow's next puzzle game. This stream will later be available as an edited episode. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 Preamble 02:35 Today's Approach 04:22 Overworld Shape Thoughts 06:36 Heroes and Water, North 23:23 Fixing a Viewer Reported Exploit 33:16 Heroes and Water, North 02:31:07 Heroes and Water 03:16:05 Heroes and Water, North 03:45:33 Heroes and Mirrors 05:28:53 Afterword ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Welcome to my Study. I'm Noël — a game designer and programmer. Here I explore thoughtful games made by fellow developers to understand how they teach, challenge, and reward the player. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Order of the Sinking Star is available on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/49... ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ For business inquiries: contact@noelwidmer.com #OrderOfTheSinkingStar #GameDesign #BlindPlaythrough #LetsPlay