Finding the Fun in Failure (Patreon)

Finding the Fun in Failure

Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ArchitectofGames Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Thefearalcarrot Losing isn’t fun. Or is it? What if I told you that the many differnt ways we can lose in video games actually makes them more fun? Specifically, failure in videogames is really important when it comes to emotional communication. The Architect has died countless times over his many adventures, what’s a few more humiliating defeats in exchange for game design wisdom? You Saw: Super Mario Galaxy 2- 2010 Sonic Mania- 2017 Crypt of the necrodancer- 2015 Sundered- 2017 Wolfenstein: The New Colossus- 2017 Hollow Knight- 2017 StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void- 2015 Super Meat Boy- 2010 Mega Man 7- 1995 Ziggurat- 2014 HITMAN- 2016 Rimworld- 2013 (wow that’s a long time, I only just heard of it!) Interesting Links: Death and Grief in videogames- https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tech-gaming/grief-in-video-games-how-gaming-can-help-us-confront-death-a3640891.html A slightly whiny article about lives- https://kotaku.com/when-death-loses-meaning-in-a-video-game-1686513474 Article about Edith Finch (a very good game) and death- https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/aepqnk/a-video-game-that-finally-engages-with-death-and-succeeds