10 Game Design Lessons from 10 Years of GMTK

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Game Maker's Toolkit just turned 10 years old! Here are the ten biggest lessons I've learned from the last decade of learning about game design.

=== Before you watch ===

Content warning: Violence

=== Chapters ===

00:00 - Intro
01:51 - Lesson 1
03:24 - Lesson 2
04:42 - Lesson 3
06:14 - Lesson 4
07:18 - Lesson 5
08:51 - Lesson 6
10:16 - Lesson 7
11:12 - Lesson 8
12:20 - Lesson 9
13:15 - Lesson 10
14:00 - Outro

=== Games Shown ===

Game Dev Story | 2010
Persona 5 Royal | 2019
Portal | 2007
Neon White | 2022
Rollerdrome | 2022
Overcooked! 2 | 2018
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | 2009
Far Cry 4 | 2014
Far Cry 2 | 2008
Donkey Kong | 1981
Devil Daggers | 2016
Bayonetta | 2009
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 | 2020
Anger Foot | 2024
Assault Android Cactus | 2015
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time | 2020
Dark Souls | 2011
Doom | 1993
Marvel's Spider-Man | 2018
Bionic Commando | 2009
Super Mario Odyssey | 2017
Pseudoregalia | 2023
Super Mario Bros. Wonder | 2023
New Super Mario Bros. U | 2012
Super Mario Bros. | 1985
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 | 2023
Redfall | 2023
Celeste | 2018
Rogue Legacy | 2013
Returnal | 2021
Rogue | 1980
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | 2017
Nioh | 2017
The Surge | 2017
Salt and Sanctuary | 2016
XCOM: Enemy Unknown | 2012
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy | 2021
The Turing Test | 2016
Into the Breach | 2018
Watch Dogs: Legion | 2020
Middle-earth: Shadow of War | 2017
Ape Out | 2019
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | 2023
Hollow Knight | 2017
Inside | 2016
Hitman 3 | 2021
Titanfall 2 | 2016
Sackboy: A Big Adventure | 2020
A Little to the Left | 2022
Mind Over Magnet | 2024

=== Credits ===

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