How to combine video game genres

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Combining different genres can create great video games – but finding the right mix isn't easy. In this video, we explore the three main methods for merging genres and look at the problems and solutions of each approach.

Before you look

Content warning: Mild violence

Sources

– [1] Spelunky Boss Fight books
https://bossfightbooks.com/products/spelunky-by-derek-yu

[2] The Sid Meier Legacy GameSpot
https://web.archive.org/web/19991103090659/http://www.gamespot.com/features/sidlegacy/interview12.html

[3] How Deus Ex mixed genres and changed shooters forever Ars Technica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?vBb98qIZfwgc

[4] Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Design post-mortem Digital Dragons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?vHu_RkBI27Jw

[5] Why Pocket Dungeon? Yacht Club Games
– https://www.yachtclubgames.com/blog/why-pocket-dungeon

Chapter

00:00 – Introduction
01:27 – Method 1: Handover
05:49 – Method 2: Playing style
09:25 – Method 3: Mixing
12:23 – Conclusion

Showing games

Super Mario Bros. (1985)
NetHack (1987)
Spelunky Classics (2008)
Enter the Gungeon (2016)
Return (2021)
Florence (2018)
Rayman Legends (2013)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
Forza Horizon 5 (2021)
You are Baba (2019)
Outlast (2013)
Persona5 (2016)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
Kill the Tower (2019)
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (2014)
Grand Theft Auto V (2013)
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016)
DOOM (2016)
God of War (2005)
Shovel Knight: King of Cards (2019)
The Black One (2011)
The Last Airbender (2015)
XCOM 2 (2016)
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (2002)
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020)
Unnamed magnet game (unpublished)
Grapple Dog (2022)
Far Cry 5 (2018)
Batman: Arkham City (2011)
Immortals Fenyx Rising (2020)
Sid Meier's Covert Action (1990)
BioShock (2007)
Dishonored (2012)
Deus Ex (2000)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
Alpha Protocol (2010)
Prey (2017)
Half-Life (1998)
Baldur’s Gate (1998)
Thief: The Dark Project (1998)
Death Loop (2021)
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2017)
The Last of Us (2022)
The Last Airbender (2020)
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011)
Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)
Thumper (2016)
Dead Cells (2018)
Portals (2007)
Half-Life 2: Episode One (2006)
Battle Chief Brigade (2017)
Bejeweled 3 (2010)
FIFA21 (2020)
Burnout Paradise (2008)
Yoku's Island Express (2018)
Crypt of the NecroDancer (2015)
Toodee and Topdee (2021)
Bonfire (2017)
Octopath Traveller (2018)
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (2007)
Mass Effect 2 (2010)
Undertale (2015)
Everlasting (2021)
Abyss (2018)
Hollow Knight (2017)
Assassin's Creed: Origins (2017)
Marvel's Avengers (2020)
Speleology (2012)
Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon (2021)
Mixolumia (2020)
868 Hack (2013)
Lumines Remastered (2018)