The Art of Achievement Design || Video Game Essay

In this video I talk about video game achievements, their design, and how developers use/misuse them to affect player enjoyment and retention for their games. I hope you enjoy the video, I am no professional in this area, but I do play a lot of games and try to perfect as many as I can! Let me know your thoughts in the comments, I would love to hear other opinions on this topic!

Achievement hunting has been a part of my life since nearly the beginning of my gaming career and I wanted to show my appreciation for it by creating a video on the topic. A nice little way to continue practicing my editing skills while yapping about a topic I love!

//TIMESTAMPS
0:00 My love for achievements
1:28 How did I start and start again?
3:35 Individual Achievements
7:52 Achievement Categories
16:41 Risk of Rain 2 - Achievement Review
21:30 Final Thoughts

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REFERENCES
GDCVault presentation - https://gdcvault.com/play/1018089/Des...
University of Central Florida paper - https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/vie...
Ludogogy article - https://ludogogy.co.uk/achievements-i...

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MUSIC CREDITS
All music besides final outro is from BlockBuster by Stomp's Playlist (‪@StompsPlaylist‬)
Link to songs:    • BlockBuster 🎥 No Copyright Lofi Hip H...  

Nod by oddfngrs (Outro)
https://soundcloud.com/oddfngrs/nod?u...
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