This is a bit of a youtube channel dump to channels that I have game across that have taught me a lot of very interesting things about marketing, player behavior, psychological designs, workflow techniques, and more. I feel like not everyone knows about some of these channels and I just want to share them here with you.
#1 Game Developer Conference
Game development professionals who have experienced success and failure and now presents and shares with a community of other developers their experienced, the skills used, the process, and a outlining solutions you can take.
Goal Orientated Action Planning: 10 Years of AI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm7K68663rA
Your Game Sucks at Showcasing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB8CvsOjDvg
Overcoming Community Negativity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GowL_UrukQ
Behind the Scenes of Witcher 3’s Dialogue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chf3REzAjgI
#2 Mark Brown (Game Makers Toolkit)
Mark takes a desig philosphical look at some games and breaks them down and explains to the viewer why this works or why it doesn’t. He answers the questions to the design, what made this fun, what made this bad from the gamers perspective and the developers reasoning and intent.
The Design Behind Super Mario Odyssey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_KVEjhT4wQ
Morality in Game Mechanics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RHH7M4siPM
Following the Little Dotted Line - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzOCkXsyIqo
Telling Stories with Systems - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyMndWpihTM
#3 Writing on Games
Similar to Mark Brown with some focus on why things matter, how should we reflect on success and failure of a game, etc.
Why Persona 5’s Numbers Matter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktW7QIrw1GE
Witcher 3 and the Management of Narrative Scale - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSd6wU-O7OE
Why Zelda’s Space Matters - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHnsqXWqaHI
#4 Extra Credits
Probably one of the most well known channels around their for learning, I reccomend binge watching these videos as it has some great writing, pacing, and animations that are easy to follow.
What type of Player are you? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxpW2ltDNow
Balacing an MMO (Player Type Related) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1drDuaQXm_U
Designing for Touch Screens - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBHircZu5EI
Other Videos and Chanels
Turbo Button - FEAR Level and Enemy Design: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWPTiFpzm8559H-9Err59gw
Raycevick - Why Tutorials Matter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X934TdS3qc4
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