Game Maker's Toolkit

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Game Maker's Toolkit is a deep dive into game design, level design, and game production, hosted by Mark Brown. Want to contact Mark? Visit the GMTK website below to find the contact form.

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How Game Designers Protect Players From Themselves

Game Maker's Toolkit · 5.7M views · 8 years ago

25:43

How Rockstar fit an entire city into PlayStation 2 memory

Game Maker's Toolkit · 1.5M views · 4 months ago

1:05:51

The World Design of Hollow Knight: Silksong

Game Maker's Toolkit · 703K views · 9 months ago

15:41

How Game Designers Solved These 11 Problems

Game Maker's Toolkit · 3.1M views · 3 years ago

12:22

What's The Point Of Hard Games, Anyway?

Game Maker's Toolkit · 714K views · 1 year ago

20:50

My Favourite Games From GMTK Game Jam 2026

Game Maker's Toolkit · 414K views · 1 month ago

2:13:14

The 100 Games That Taught Me Game Design

Game Maker's Toolkit · 2.5M views · 2 years ago

12:58

The Power of Invisible Choices

Game Maker's Toolkit · 1.1M views · 4 years ago

16:46

Should Designers Listen to Negative Feedback?

Game Maker's Toolkit · 990K views · 6 years ago

40:00

The World Design of Hollow Knight | Boss Keys

Game Maker's Toolkit · 4.1M views · 6 years ago

15:38

10 Game Design Lessons from 10 Years of GMTK

Game Maker's Toolkit · 406K views · 1 year ago

19:08

How Games Do Destruction

Game Maker's Toolkit · 535K views · 1 year ago

10:46

How to Keep Players Engaged (Without Being Evil)

Game Maker's Toolkit · 2.8M views · 8 years ago

17:32

Valve's "Secret Weapon"

Game Maker's Toolkit · 1.9M views · 3 years ago

13:07

How To Think Like A Game Designer

Game Maker's Toolkit · 957K views · 3 years ago

13:35

Clockwork Games and Time Loops

Game Maker's Toolkit · 856K views · 6 years ago

27:09

How to find amazing game ideas

Game Maker's Toolkit · 998K views · 1 year ago

29:37

What Makes a Game Feel Mysterious?

Game Maker's Toolkit · 819K views · 2 years ago

15:42

What Makes Good AI?

Game Maker's Toolkit · 3.1M views · 9 years ago

5:19

Secrets of Game Feel and Juice

Game Maker's Toolkit · 1.1M views · 11 years ago

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