It can be tricky to introduce new players to fighting games, which have a reputation for being complex and competitive.<\/p>\n
Few studios know this better than Mortal Kombat <\/em>maker NetherRealm, and at GDC<\/a> next month you’ll get a unique opportunity to learn all about how the NetherRealm team revamped their approach to tutorializing complex fighting game mechanics!<\/p>\n In a GDC 2020 Design track<\/a> talk on “Mastering Kombat: Designing an Empowering Tutorial Mode for ‘Mortal Kombat 11<\/em>‘<\/a>” NetherRealm’s Brian Keschinger will reveal how NetherRealm Studios leveraged its insight into player segments to build tutorial lessons that pace out content through various forms of feedback, and created a flexible structure to equip players with the knowledge they desire for their style of play.<\/p>\n Though the content of this talk will be delivered through a fighting game, Keschinger aims to ensure his approach will be accessible to anyone interested in teaching mechanics to a wide playerbase of varying skill levels. <\/p>\n No prior knowledge of fighting games or experience designing tutorials is necessary, and you can expect to walk away with new insight into how NetherRealm created a foundation to better onboard players, increase player engagement, and build sustainably for future projects, all through a flexible roadmap for diverse player types, and teaching content via various visual and auditory methods!<\/p>\n Register now for GDC 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Next year GDC 2020<\/a> runs from Monday, March 16th through Friday, March 20th. This will be the 34th edition of GDC, and now that registration is officially open, you’ll want to take a look at the (ever-expanding) session schedule<\/a> and your GDC pass options<\/a> — register early to lock in the best price!<\/p>\n For more details on GDC 2020 visit the show’s official website<\/a>, or subscribe to regular updates via Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, or RSS<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Gamasutra and GDC are sibling organizations under parent company Informa Tech<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It can be tricky to introduce new players to fighting games, which have a reputation for being complex and competitive. Few studios know this better than Mortal Kombat maker NetherRealm, and at GDC next month you’ll get a unique opportunity to learn all about how the NetherRealm team revamped their approach to tutorializing complex fighting game mechanics! In a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}