Cool Game Mechanics in Games by Tiny Teams
Discovering unique mechanics from indie developers • Modular upgrades and balancing difficulty • Strategic card placement and ritual systems
Video Chapters
- 0:00 Discovering unique mechanics from indie developers
- 2:00 Modular upgrades and balancing difficulty
- 3:55 Strategic card placement and ritual systems
- 7:00 Solving complex single-screen puzzle boxes
- 8:35 A hybrid of match-three and base defense
- 11:00 High-stakes risks for a health reset
- 13:35 Raising the stakes with high-pressure betting
- 17:05 Tracking character motives and evidence
- 18:35 Surviving permadeath in extraction runs
- 20:30 Reimagining the timing of a classic ollie
- 21:55 Enhancing combat tension with skill checks
- 23:45 Upgrading your vessel to restore the ocean