"This is the earliest we’ve been this unhinged." Health; Developing for Speed Runners

Nice Games Club - a gamedev podcast!

Sam! returns to the clubhouse to help your nice hosts decide that Lakitu is no longer a savoir that comes down from the clouds, but since he has a job as a referee, should therefore be wearing a little ref shirt.

• Sam Baeseman is a member of the IDGATC board, the Nice Games Alliance board, and founding member of JAMA Jam.
• Nice Games Alliance
• IDGATC
• JAMA Jam
• Sam! joined us last week to talk about:

  Creative Peer Communities

• Blippo+ (Mark's game) released, and you can buy it:

• Blippo+ on Steam
• Blippo+ on Switch
• Blippo+ on itch.io

• Lydia:

• Why Learning Is So Hard for Adults (And How Games Can Help)

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  ELB Learning

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  YouTube
• Before becoming a host, Lydia joined the clubhouse as a guest to talk about:

  Digital Escape Rooms

• Stephen is:

• not going to talk about his fishing game
• doing a game jam, Ludem Dare

0:15:30

Health

Calculate your pet's HP

Polygon

YouTube

Your nice hosts talked about these health systems:

• Subnautica - oxygen/food/water
• Dave the Diver - oxygen
• PEAK - stamina
• Gauntlet - time
• Super Smash Bros. - percentages
• Star Trek Adventures (TTRPG) - stress
• Doom (1993) - health packs
• Doom (2016) - enemy damage
• Super Mario Bros. - mushrooms (2D) / coins (3D)
• Bloodborne - dignity
• Sonic the Hedgehog - rings
• Call of Duty - regenerating health
• Blades in the Dark - "harm"

42:31

Developing for Speed Runners

We talked about normal players vs. speedrunners in:

Ladder Game