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For Jonathan Blow, a puzzle is never just a puzzle - it's a communication from the designer to the player about the game's universe. In this episode, I share the philosophy and design process of the brains behind Braid and The Witness.
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More on Blow's philosophy:
IndieCade: "Jonathan Blow & Marc Ten Bosch - Designing to Reveal the Nature of the Universe"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGSeLSmOALUIndieCade: "Jonathan Blow, Marc Ten Bosch & Droqen - Empuzzlement"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul_ZfzfHRekShivmoo: "Game City Jonathan Blow Braid Talk"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwsi7TEQxKc&feature=youtu.beA MAZE: "Berlin 2014 - Masterclass with Jonathan Blow"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LDJt9zS8koGamasutra: "Jonathan Blow: The Path to Braid"
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/132180/jonathan_blow_the_path_to_braid.phpGamasutra: "The Witness: Modeling epiphany"
http://gamasutra.com/view/news/218953/The_Witness_Modeling_epiphany.phpGrabItMagazine: "How To Design Deep Games with Jonathan Blow"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0m0jIzJfiQ&feature=youtu.beGameSpot: "Break Room Interviews: Jonathan Blow"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OV2rYM6mRo&feature=youtu.beGDC Vault: "Jonathan Blow - Truth in Game Design"
http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014982/Truth-in-GameGames shown in this episode (in order of appearance):
Braid (Number None, 2008)
The Witness (Thekla, Inc, 2016)
Oracle Billiards (Jonathan Blow, Unreleased)
Galstaff (Jonathan Blow, Unreleased)Music used in this episode:
Greenhouse (The Swapper, Carlo Castellano)
Adventure (Fez, Disasterpeace)
Flower Girl (Gravity Ghost, Ben Prunty)
Terraforming (Gravity Ghost, Ben Prunty)
I just like to sleep under the stars (Gravity Ghost, Ben Prunty)Other credits:
Simon Carless: "IGS 2007: Jon Blow - 'Indie Prototyping, Braid, & Making Innovative Games'"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4903fcskqYJustJack: "Oracle Billiards Game"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKl8CM1Cft4tvdays: "1980 RUBIKS CUBE IDEAL TOYS"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxU7e0qHk4o - Video Language:
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- 08:35
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