How Can You Spice Up A Healing System?
Click this link https://sponsr.is/DesignDoc and use my code DESIGNDOC to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev. That’s 25% your first month or your first year, depending on the subscription you choose. Basic healing systems in games can get a little dull. But they don’t have to just add a number to a health bar and call it a day. Healing in a game can be risky, strategic, and opportunistic. It can be a vessel for game design dilemmas. If your player is looking for a new lease on life, what are they willing to give up? The answer may surprise you. Let’s talk about a lot of ways you can spice up a dull healing system. Featuring: Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 Zelda Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom Advance Wars Othercide Hollow Knight Basically all of Fromsoft’s catalogue Monster Hunter Metroid Other M Doom 2016 and Eternal Ultrakill F-Zero 99 A bunch of fighting games FTL Dave the Diver Team Fortress 2 🎧 Patrons get ad-free episodes early, plus access to our behind-the-scenes podcast. 📢 Support Design Doc on Patreon: / designdoc 👕 Check out our merch store! https://crowdmade.com/collections/des... Design Doc on Twitter: / warbot400

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