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Practical Game Design
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Practical Game Design

by Adam Kramarzewski, Ennio De Nucci
April 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
476 pages
14h 4m
English
Packt Publishing
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Additive and subtractive design

Our previous Super Meat Boy jump example is a perfect introduction to the topic we're going to discuss: additive and subtractive design.

By taking out that gravity element, Meat Boy's developers have subtracted from a classic jumping mechanic, while on the other hand they have added to the mechanic by allowing wall jumping.

Additive and subtractive design is the principle behind any adaptation of game mechanics.

Additive design, in particular, is what game developers have always used to create new video games. Expanding and improving existing game mechanics is the lifeblood of game design as much as introducing new groundbreaking ones.

Subtractive game design though is probably even more important.

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ISBN: 9781787121799Other