Design Frame
The evidence-based, game design case study, analysis, and player & UX advocacy channel.
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An Actual Investigation of the Manipulation & Conspiracy Behind Modern Matchmaking
The Truth Behind Steel Wool & Post-Patched Security Breach ► A Case Study of Steel Wool & FNaF
Cartoon surrealism killed this fight before it began ► High-Noon Hoopla, a Cuphead DLC Case Study
How to Make a Boss Battler ► THE HOWLING ACES & the Abandonment of STRUCTURE - A Case Study
A Betrayal of Their Own Design ► IMBALANCE, DESIGN PRINCIPLES, & SOLUTIONS!
Fundamentally Broken, and I Don't Mean the Bugs ► A Game Design Case Study of FNaF: Security Breach
Skyward Sword HD - Live Design Commentary Track - Part 1 // featuring Myles with a Y
How CONTROL's Bureau Alerts & Expeditions Artificially Extend Playtime || Design Frame #6
A Complete Game Design Commentary & Critique on Outer Wilds
Transparency in Video Games - Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master | Design Frame #5
The Lake Kingdom Dissection | Super Mario Odyssey Long-Form Critique Episode 4
A Critique of Luigi's Mansion 3
Fear - FAR: Lone Sails, Alan Wake, & The Beginner's Guide | Design Frame #4
Overcooked 2 Undercooked, Dicey Dungeons & Monotony, & Sea of Solitude | Design Frame #3
Pedro’s Slow Motion, the Crossroads Problem, & Dark Moon as a Sequel | Design Frame #2
Spyro's Multifaceted Gem, Sybil Reisz & Idolization, & Sonic & Generations | Design Frame #1
Follow the Rhythm, Until You Die Twice | Pressure, Tedium, & Reticence in Sekiro | Sekiro Critique
The Sand Kingdom Dissection | Super Mario Odyssey Long-Form Critique Episode 3
Deltarune's Act System & Pacing | Deltarune Chapter 1 Analysis
The Cascade Kingdom Dissection | Super Mario Odyssey Long-Form Critique Episode 2
The Cap Kingdom Dissection | Super Mario Odyssey Long-Form Critique Episode 1
Power Moons as a Reward System | Super Mario Odyssey Long-Form Critique Episode 0
Celeste: The Chapter Expedition - A Cliff Notes Chapter by Chapter Analysis
Little Nightmares - The "Suspenseful" Experiment | Full Analysis (read description)
Edith Finch - What Lies Ahead for Visual Storytelling | Full Analysis
Cuphead - Full Boss Analysis | Classic Boss Design in the Modern Age (read description)
A Hat in Time - Cute? More like... Full Analysis (read description)
Call of Duty: WWII Open Beta - The Terrible World at War Remake
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice - The Combat System, Lack of HUD, & Conveying Psychosis
Pyre - Real-Time & Turn-Based Through the Wonders of the Reader... & Character Mechanics