Season 1 · Episode 224
#224 Scott Nicholson Talks Escape Rooms
The Game Design Round Table · Dirk Knemeyer, David V. Heron & Scott Nicholson
October 15, 20191h 4m
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Show Notes
Dirk and David discuss escape room design with Scott Nicholson, a game designer and professor who has studied escape rooms extensively. Scott talks about the predecessors to escape rooms, the thematic threat of ludonarrative dissonance, and the importance of asking "why?" with every component of a game's design.