{"id":15336,"date":"2018-03-16T20:02:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/315607"},"modified":"2018-03-16T20:02:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T20:02:00","slug":"nintendos-influence-on-independent-devs-and-their-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/03\/16\/nintendos-influence-on-independent-devs-and-their-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo’s influence on independent devs and their games"},"content":{"rendered":"
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– Developer\u00a0of The Swords of Ditto<\/em> Jonathan Biddle\u00a0on how Nintendo influenced his design decisions.<\/p>\n

In an interview with PC Gamer published earlier today<\/a>, a few independent developers reflect on how Nintendo has influenced their\u00a0own games throughout the development process.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Biddle, whose next game is the co-op title The Swords of Ditto<\/em>, admires the company’s commitment to quality game design.<\/p>\n

“While other developers might focus on storyline, or impressive cutting-edge technology, Nintendo instead double down on squeezing as much enjoyment out of their gameplay as is possible,” he explains<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“If they focus on this type of quality game design, they can punch above their weight\u2014something they have been doing consistently well at for decades.”<\/p>\n

This philosophy Nintendo has fostered\u00a0is reflected in Biddle’s own work. “I’ve always worked from the small details outwards, trying to make something that is enjoyable on the lowest level, and built the larger systems in support of that,” he continues.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

More so than anything, Biddle appreciates Nintendo’s simplicity when it comes to creating a world that draws players in without being heavy.<\/p>\n

“As\u00a0much as I enjoy it in other games, I’m not one for putting complex meanings in my games,” he admits.<\/a>\u00a0“I generally like to make something fun; a toy, something to be played with, something that hopefully makes people smile.”<\/p>\n

The full interview at PC Gamer profiles more\u00a0indie devs\u00a0who discuss the influence Nintendo has on their games, which you should check out here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

– Developer\u00a0of The Swords of Ditto Jonathan Biddle\u00a0on how Nintendo influenced his design decisions. In an interview with PC Gamer published earlier today, a few independent developers reflect on how Nintendo has influenced their\u00a0own games throughout the development process. Jonathan Biddle, whose next game is the co-op title The Swords of Ditto, admires the company’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15336","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\/15336","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=15336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}