You can polish something, but never get back to the creative urgency that only wild early drafts can have. It felt like its designers were on a mission. Maybe that's why Limbo felt revolutionary for me. Maybe it's because of where I was in my life. Or maybe it's simply that I felt taken seriously -- I felt addressed by a video game in a way that only films or novels or paintings had managed before.
If there's only one thing I could take out of Limbo to bring with me to Game Designer Island, it's that. Take your players seriously. Respect them as people, with limited time and a life outside of your game, but also as intelligent human beings who are more than willing to engage. You don't need to spoon feed them. They are smart. They'll appreciate it if you are brave, if you trust them with difficult questions, if you fulfill your end of the bargain and make the game responsive to their inputs.
If you see the game, even a single player experience, as a dialogue between artistic intent and your player's choices and input. If you open it up for them to have their own experience, even with a linear story. Maybe especially with a story -- but not as you tell a story in a book, or film, or any other medium.
Limbo told its story as a video game. It was the first time I had seen that happen. There's this brilliant phrase from Brenda Romero that neatly sums up the game design principles I'm talking about: The mechanic is the message. How it feels to play - that is the story. That's Limbo to me. Developers interested in contributing their own Why I Love column are encouraged to reach out to us at news gamesindustry. Thunderful game director Ulf Hartelius looked back to Ubisoft's adventure for inspiration when making The Gunk.
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