Scratching an Itch
game design quickieI play a game on Itch.io, and then I record a short episode about the game design lessons I take away from it. zivanovic.substack.com
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 19 | Founded | 3 months ago |
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| Categories | GamesArtsDesignLeisure | ||||
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Rogue Crawler by Vanialviv is a first person, roguelike deckbuilder. It’s a mouthful, but with a handful of cards in combination with the positioning in the game, it’s sure to provide a good time! I talk about what this adds to regular deckbuilder, a... more
UVSU by dietzribi also has a mechanic where your past self becomes an obstacle to current you, but unlike Killover’s chaos, it’s a puzzle. In this episode, I talk about Metroidvania’s and what makes them fun.
Get full access to zivan at zivanovic.su... more
Killover by Quentin Delvallet is an action shooter and one of the winners of GMTK’s 2025 jam. It’s one of the craziest play experiences ever, with incredible amount of style and fun packed into a free game. I talk about Raph Koster’s definition of fu... more
Winterwrath by DctrElectro is a point-and-click narrative game. It got second place in the winter game jam, and it has an interesting setting—folklore horror. Apart from having gorgeous graphics, I couldn’t stop playing so I wondered why we are so dr... more
Rogue by Michael Toy, Glenn Wichman, and Ken Arnold defined the roguelike genre, so I wanted to see what it’s like—turns out it’s roguelike. Usually, I play itch games, but I decided to go rogue. Ok, that’s enough of that.
Boss key: a key dedicated ... more
With Yokai Madness, I reached the goals I had set for myself before entering the jam:
* Program a game from scratch (tutorials allowed, no AI code)
* Submit a game that can be replayed multiple times
* Rank in the top 30 (that one was close)
Clic... more
Cookies Bakery by leafthief is a cozy Christmas game for this merry time. I hope everyone is having amazing holidays!
Although it says that it’s a Visual Novel, I think it’s what GameDiscoverCO called a find-em-up. This is the first one I played (... more
Picokaiju by spoik is very cool because it’s inspired by two other games and we get to see the evolution of a concept—its iterations! Very cool, that’s kind of what I talked about last week.
Crush, crumble, and chomp by Epyx inspired Chomp! by Picar... more
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