A Crash Course in Metroidvania Design | #gamewisdom #gamedev #metroidvania #indiedev #gamedesign

The longest video on the channel is dedicated to metroidvania design, as I talk about what makes it unique and the dos and don'ts worth studying. My book on metroidvania design: https://www.routledge.com/Game-Design... 00:00 Intro 00:28 Metroidvania 100 11:54 OGVania 14:58 The Cores of Metroidvania Design 16:00 Movement Focused Metroidvania 18:36 Combat-Centric Metroidvania 22:03 Exploration Metroidvania 29:29 Wrong Upgrades 33:35 Stage-Based Metroidvanias 36:50 Shmupvania 38:14 Tiltvania 39:43 Metroidbrainia 41:56 Loopavania 43:58 Good Upgrade Design 45:13: Avoiding Downgrades 49:12 The Risks of Long Dev Cycles 54:25 Averagevania 56:47 3DVania 59:11 DreadVania 1:03:14 Bungeevania 1:05:38 Soulsvania 1:09:19 Roguelitevania 1:12:16 Roguelikevania 1:16:27 Shortvania 1:18:53 Alienvania 1:21:33 Randomvania 1:26:33 Sekirovania 1:31:37 Outvaniaing the Metroid 1:36:10 Supravania 1:40:33 Reversevania 1:45:33 The Best Metroidvania? 1:51:31 The Worst Metroidvania? 2:03:01 Wrapping Up _____________________________________________________________ Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @game-wisdom   Videogame streams are now archived on my secondary channel:    / @game-wisdomgameplay   Books I've Written: https://www.routledge.com/Game-Design... Additional Sites: Main Site: http://Game-Wisdom.com https://anchor.fm/gamewisdom Patreon:   / gwbycer   Paypal: http://paypal.me/GWBycer Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gwbycer.bsky... Twitter/X:   / gwbycer   Discord:   / discord   for business inquiries: josh*at*game-wisdom.com if you would like to be a guest for a future perceptive podcast: https://forms.gle/JAgBrChwEULY3FJr8 http://subscribeonandroid.com/game-wi... for Android and https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/g... for Itunes #gamedesign