What Makes A Good Strategy Game?
This can be advancing in a level, or picking up a weapon like a sniper rifle and the game forcing you to view the world through the scope of the weapon. If your game is a turn based strategy game (like the one you can create in our new course - https://www. An example of this is XCOM. com/gamedev.
Youtuber, Indie Dev & general all round industry veteran, Tim Ruswick*, discusses what makes a good strategy game and includes interesting methods to get the best out of time spent making a game.
To make a good strategy game, you’ll need depth, complexity and variance. Keep reading below to find out more about these 3 key elements.
(*Tim Ruswick is a successful YouTuber and indie dev, who's created more than 30 games in the last 5 years (wow!), and joined GameDev.tv as our marketing monster).
Listen to the whole chat here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBYnw7c4qhw
Our 'AHA' moments
- No Rick!? 😲
- Making a strategy game requires strategy…
- Complexity gives players lots of choice
- Including variance keeps the game varied and adds replay value
YouTube Channel.Until next time, happy dev'ing!