Why Nathan Drake Doesn't Need a Compass

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How does Naughty Dog let you explore the worlds of Uncharted and The Last of Us without the clunky navigational aids found in other linear games? The answer: Through smart use of composition, eye-catching design, and in-world waypoints. Let's dig in. Follow me on Twitter - https://twitter.com/britishgaming Follow Game Maker's Toolkit on Tumblr - http://gamemakerstoolkit.tumblr.com Support Game Maker's Toolkit on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GameMakersToolkit Sources: GDC Vault: "Uncharted 2 Art Direction" http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1012359/Uncharted-2-Art Max Level: "From Uncharted to The Last of Us: An Hour with Emilia Schatz" http://maxlevel.org/uncharted-last-us-hour-emilia-schatz-pt/ The Main Street Mouse: "What's a Weenie?" http://www.themainstreetmouse.com/2013/05/13/whats-a-weenie/ Recommended reading / viewing: The Psychology of Video Games: "Why Do Color Coded Clues in Level Design Work?" http://www.psychologyofgames.com/2013/09/why-do-color-coded-clues-in-level-design-work/ Shape of Play: "Composition Techniques and Player Direction" https://shapeofplay.wordpress.com/2013/06/25/composition-level-design/ Map Core: "Level Design in The Last of Us" https://www.mapcore.org/articles/development/level-design-in-the-last-of-us-part-one-r46/ World of Level Design: "L4D2 Level Design Tips" http://www.worldofleveldesign.com/categories/left4dead_mapping/l4d2-level-design-tips-part1.php Games shown in this episode (in order of appearance): Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Naughty Dog, 2011) Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (Ninja Theory, 2010) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward, 2007) BioShock (Irrational Games, 2007) Tomb Raider (Crystal Dynamics, 2013) Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (The Chinese Room, 2015) The Last of Us (Naughty Dog, 2013) Mirror's Edge (EA DICE, 2008) Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve Corporation, 2009) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog, 2009) BioShock 2 (2K Marin, 2010) Gears of War (Epic Games, 2006) Journey (thatgamecompany, 2012) Dark Souls (From Software, 2011) Half-Life 2 (Valve Corporation, 2004) Crash Bandicoot (Naughty Dog, 1996) Half-Life 2: Episode Two (Valve Corporation, 2007) BioShock Infinite (Irrational Games, 2013) Music used in this episode: 00:00 - Small Beginnings (Uncharted 3) 01:16 - Inverted Island (Monument Valley) 05:11 - Amateur Cartography (Monument Valley) 07:34 - The Spire (Monument Valley) Uncharted 3 OST © Naughty Dog Monument Valley OST © ustwo games Other credits: "Bioshock 60FPS 1080P Gameplay Max Settings GTX 770" - Jprime777 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCtV-tyqAco "A Model Day at Magic Kingdom" - The Disney World Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCwc5499_7c "The Disneyland Story - Part 1" - freedogshampoo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIrq3RFUQPU "Walt Disney Presents: Disneyland 1961" - The Disney Nerds Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgug68QQxls http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.46569.html The Boating Party, Mary Cassatt https://flic.kr/p/bYopFW End of the Tunnel, Ivan Saracino

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colored ledges seem too forced and obvious. not a fan of those. Since you talked about TLOU here, why not more? Maybe a video about shifting a level's mood psychologically, or in-game dialogue, storytelling, or rights and wrongs of cutscenes... I don't know, something like that, just an idea, anyway, consistent brilliant content on your channel! great stuff
your channel is Amazing, great Job!
Uncharted is a horrible game
lmao you can't call the use of yellow in ND games and red in mirrors edge 'subtle' they are blindingly obvious. Thankfully in mirrors edge you can turn them off. In the last of us and uncharted it feels incredibly obvious and a little condescending.
I would have to disagree with Uncharted and the Last of Us use of 'painting things' white and yellow being 'subtle'. It sticks out like a sore thumb and screams at the player the entire game to remind them that the developer is holding their hand the entire way. They're too obvious and stand out way too much, so I was always aware that every decision I was making wasn't really my own, that it was all predetermined with the developer shouting "hey, you, stupid, this way next".

Mirror's Edge I would say did a better job if only because this blatant laying out of a path really did blend in with the games aesthetic pretty much perfectly. I didn't question the highly contrasting red highlighted objects against the sterile white surroundings because it a blended in with the rest of the games art direction which did the exact same thing, even though it was still blatantly guiding me. I know I was being guided, I know the game is showing me the way, but when I play it's not something I'm aware of and focusing on like when Uncharted has three glaringly obvious white colored rocks leading upwards among an otherwise brown wall.

I was always got frustrated seeing these things in Uncharted and the Last of Us because it just felt like Naughty Dog was treating me like an idiot, even though plenty of other games have done the exact same thing without me realizing at the time of playing.
And then you ruin the inmersion by finding collectibles all over the place and taking the actual path lastly
Nice video
Recently became very interested in movie/game analysis and came upon your channel. I'm really loving all your content so far!
I guess I just don't agree that waypoints are clunky.
You have allot of videos where you talk about why games don't always need maps, ever played Persona Q? You have to draw the map yourself. Pretty sure the Etrian Odessy games have the same thing but I don't wanna say so if I'm not sure.
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Playing Uncharted for the first time and you're spot on. I was marveling how Naughty Dog creates this big beautiful and real looking world and still makes navigation feel natural. Great series
Great video! You got some nice content dude :D
I wish The Last Guardian did ANY of that... Or at least more often, 90% of the game was me being lost or Trico being lost.
Bioshock has a clever arrow made of a sign reflected off the water in the intro, right after the crash.
I think that the original Super Mario Bros. is good at this, because even though there is only ever one way to go, from the first seconds of the game it makes it clear to you which way that is without telling you outright, and although it seems arbitrary now, back when it came out there was no pre-established system for sidescrollers.
Ugh, I wouldn't compared Uncharted and the last of us to Half life :/

You know where to go because the levels are so on-rails and linear that you have no choice but to walk down the corridors you're shuffled down with little to zero freedom
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so this is why fallout and elder scrolls has this linear gameplay
I haven't played the last of us before unfortunately but if I could I can assure you I would go onto that room last, like I do with any game. Why? If I ever notice that there is an area I am being silently led to I will quickly turn around and explore every other corner of where I am before continuing.

I am not a good speed runner.
Assassin's creed has plenty of examples

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