In this episode of the House of Games 🏠🎮, we delve into the world of video game tutorials 📚, puzzles 🧩, and hints 💡, discussing different approaches and how they help or annoy the player. 🎮🗣️🤔

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Chapters

• 00:00 Episode Intro
• 00:32 Episode Theme Introduction
• 01:14 Discussing Examples of Tutorials in Games
• 02:37 Valve
• 04:25 Red Colony Games
• 04:49 Xenoblade Chronicles
• 07:25 Final Fantasy
• 08:26 Fortnite
• 09:29 Website Tutorials
• 09:50 Legend of Zelda
• 10:59 Xenoblade Chronicles
• 11:44 Devil May Cry 4
• 13:14 Fallout 3
• 14:14 Assassin’s Creed
• 15:29 Sunset Moon
• 18:33 The Witness
• 22:37 Nintendo
• 23:35 Red Colony Games
• 24:41 Frustration Controls When Switching From One Game to Another
• 25:35 Battlefield
• 26:16 Playing Fortnite and Winning
• 27:12 Implementing Tutorials
• 28:13 How I Got My Mom to Play Through Plants vs. Zombies
• 31:09 Sunset Moon
• 34:08 Discussing Puzzles in Games
• 35:03 Bioshock Infinite & The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• 37:16 God of War & Horizon Forbidden West
• 38:36 Discussing Hints in Games
• 39:32 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• 41:48 Uncharted
• 44:02 Bioshock
• 44:19 Valve
• 45:23 Uncharted
• 47:28 Mad Max: Fury Road
• 48:02 Quake
• 48:36 Valve
• 49:43 Nintendo
• 50:19 Pikmin
• 50:54 Legend of Zelda
• 51:50 Episode Outro

Your Hosts and Their Games

• https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436180/Sunset_Moon/ — Wishlist Sunset Moon on Steam!
• https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Switch!
• https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Steam!
• https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Switch!
• https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Steam!
• https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/game-development-427e99aefd01 — Read Otto’s blog about game development!
• https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP — The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.

Games and Game Companies

• https://www.square-enix-games.com/games/chrono-trigger — The homepage for Chrono Trigger.
• https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/xenoblade-chronicles-3-switch/ — The Nintendo store page for Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
• https://www.fortnite.com/ — The homepage for Fortnite.
• http://the-witness.net/ — The homepage for The Witness.
• https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/skyrim10 — The homepage for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
• https://bioshockinfinite.ghoststorygames.com/news — The homepage for BioShock Infinite.
• https://www.playstation.com/games/horizon-forbidden-west — The homepage for Horizon Forbidden West.
• https://finalfantasy.com/ — The homepage for the Final Fantasy franchise.
• http://www.zelda.com/ — The homepage for The Legend of Zelda franchise.
• http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/ — The homepage for the Assassin’s Creed franchise.
• https://fallout.bethesda.net/ — The homepage for the Fallout franchise
• https://www.devilmaycry.com/ — The homepage for the Devil May Cry franchise.
• https://kirby.nintendo.com/ — The homepage for the Kirby franchise.
• https://battlefield.com/ — The homepage for the Battlefield franchise.
• https://www.counter-strike.net/ — The homepage for the Counter-Strike franchise.
• https://www.ea.com/ea-studios/popcap/plants-vs-zombies — The homepage for the Plants vs. Zombies franchise.
• https://www.playstation.com/en-us/uncharted/ — The homepage for the Uncharted franchise.
• https://www.playstation.com/en-us/god-of-war/ — The homepage for the God of War franchise.
• https://quake.com/ — The homepage for the Quake franchise.
• https://pikmin.com/ — The homepage for the Pikmin franchise.
• https://www.half-life.com/ — The homepage for the Half-Life franchise.
• https://www.valvesoftware.com/ — The homepage for Valve Software.

Other Links

• https://youtu.be/l_u18_BKczg?si=kXyUFQVUt_LF8QpZ — “The average Bioshock player” by zakata69.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbzhHSexzpY — “How I Got My Mom to Play Through Plants vs. Zombies” by George Fan.
• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/ — The IMDB page for Mad Max: Fury Road.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Assistant — The Wikipedia page for the Microsoft Office Assistant (Clippy).
• https://www.videvo.net/video/top-view-of-a-little-boy-playing-with-a-shape-sorter-while-sitting-at-desk-in-a-montessori-school/1114106/ — Top View Of A Little Boy Playing With A Shape Sorter While Sitting At Desk In A Montessori School by Freepik.