31 Design Tricks Behind Famous Video Games

Either the makers of ‘Donkey Kong 64’ were very brilliant or incredibly lazy
31 Design Tricks Behind Famous Video Games

You’re either a video game person, or you aren’t. They either bring joy to your life while silently sucking it away, or you just kind of shrug your shoulders and wonder what the big deal is. But if there’s one thing we can all get behind, no matter what side of the coin you’re on, it’s that some pretty cool innovation has gone into making video games. For instance...

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31 Design Tricks Behind Famous Video Games
The Al in such Bethesda games as Elder Scrolls and Fallout can't handle ladders. The developers worked around it by simply omitting functioning ladder

Minecraft

Minecraft isn't made up of blocks. It's a giant model that looks like it's made of blocks. This is done by having an enormous list of points (called

EarthBound

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Nintendo

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31 Design Tricks Behind Famous Video Games
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31 Design Tricks Behind Famous Video Games
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31 Design Tricks Behind Famous Video Games
Iracing(not an Apple product) is an online auto-racing simulator. The racetracks were recreated for the game by using a 3D laser scanner on the actual

World of Warcraft

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