Invisible, Inc - Designing Procedural Stealth

James Lantz of Klei Entertainment is the next developer to have his video panel from GDC 205 uploaded to the vault, and he talked about designing procedural stealth.

Developing genuinely novel mechanics means navigating more problems than you'd ever anticipated. In this talk, Klei designer James Lantz discusses the design of Invisible Inc's procedural stealth from its conception to its conclusion. You'll get a good idea of how Klei approaches new mechanics and how to fall into every single hidden pitfall, climb your way out, and come out on the other side with something fun.