By Evan Laur
So, I decided to learn how to make a game harder, I spent time working on the Platformer template on Construct 3
What I learned
Game Link – https://evan-the-steak-guy.itch.io/platformgame\
So, games have always been a very fun way to spend time, but some games have made a mark in history as being hard to play.
But what makes a game hard to play?
It is said that all games are easy but hard to master, for example Dark Souls 3 (DS3) this game requires fast reaction times and patience, you need to loose to win in DS3 due to how each boss is incredibly different and requires the player to completely change their play style to beat them.
What I learned is that small changes can make the biggest difference, so moving a platform a few grids can make a jump harder instead of making the course supper long. (which is what I did)
Its in the Details
Games don’t need to be long and repetitive to be hard its the smallest detail that can make the biggest difference, adding more moving platforms, decreasing the length the player can jump, requiring fast reaction times to avoid platforms or objects flying at them. Many things can be added just to make the game harder to learn.
Eventually the player will master it,
All games are easy to play but hard to master, DS3 is a very simple game and has simple mechanics but using them practically is another story (first boss took me 2 hours) But eventually I did learn how to beat it, and then the cycle repeats.
