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How does The Last of Us quietly teach you everything you need to know in its first level?

Before Joel and Ellie ever bond over a pun book or a giraffe, The Last of Us is already working hard to teach you how to survive its world…

Apr 25

How does The Last of Us quietly teach you everything you need to know in its first level?

Apr 25

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Interaction Design in Games: Affordances, Consistency, & Player Freedom

This time, I explore how principles from Don Norman’s The Design of Everyday Things and Jakob Nielsen’s Usability Heuristics apply to the…

Apr 16

Interaction Design in Games: Affordances, Consistency, & Player Freedom

Apr 16

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From Struggle to Style: How Hades Nails Virtual Sensation, Ownership, and Competency

This post is part of my blog series based on reflections from my Combat Design class at the University of Utah. Here, I explore how a sense…

Apr 15

From Struggle to Style: How Hades Nails Virtual Sensation, Ownership, and Competency

Apr 15

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Mapping Fear: Spatial Design & Context in Alan Wake 2

Reflections on Simulated Space from Steve Swink’s Game Feel (Chapters on Context Metrics)

Mar 31

Mapping Fear: Spatial Design & Context in Alan Wake 2

Mar 31

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Metaphors, Consistency, and Perception in Game Design

Reflections from Steve Swink’s Game Feel (Chapters 10 & 11)

Mar 30

Metaphors, Consistency, and Perception in Game Design

Mar 30

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Game Feel and Player Control: Lessons from Steve Swink

This post is part of a series based on my Combat Design class at the University of Utah. I’m using these blogs to reflect on weekly…

Mar 30

Game Feel and Player Control: Lessons from Steve Swink

Mar 30

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Designing Action: Exploring Takuhiro Dohta’s Framework of Multiplicative Gameplay

This post is based on a reflection I wrote for my Combat Design class at the University of Utah. I’m transforming these responses into blog…

Mar 30

Designing Action: Exploring Takuhiro Dohta’s Framework of Multiplicative Gameplay

Mar 30

Manas Dhanait

Manas Dhanait

he/him

I am a game design graduate student at the University of Utah's Division of Games, and this blog is a mix of design analysis and what I have learned from games.

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