Game Design Deep Dive: Soulslike

by Joshua Bycer

Overview

Game Design Critic Joshua Bycer is back with another entry in the Game Design Deep Series to focus on the youngest genre yet: soulslikes. Over a decade, From Software defined a new genre that has led to studios chasing after them hit after hit. In this book, Josh will cover the history of the genre and popular soulslike games of the 2010s and discuss what aspects of design make a game a soulslike.

• The first book looking at the history of the genre
• A breakdown of both action and RPG design for fans and designers of both
• A lesson on difficulty in games and why harder doesn’t mean better

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032584393
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	05/02/2024
Series:	Game Design Deep Dive
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joshua Bycer is a Game Design Analyst with over a decade of experience writing for major sites, doing YouTube, and the author of the Game Design Deep Dive series. In that time through Game-Wisdom.com, he has interviewed hundreds of game developers and members of the industry about what it means to design video games.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. Preface. 1 Introduction. 2 The Proto Soulslike Era. 3 The Basics of Action Design. 4 Foundations of RPG Design. 5 How From Software Defined Soulslikes. 6 Intro to Soulslikes. 7 A Study of Difficulty. 8 Advanced Soulslike Design. 9 The Future of Soulslikes. 10 Conclusion. Glossary. Index.