Metroidvania World Design 7 Rules (Level Design / Lore)

In this indie game devlog video, I analyze the principles I use to create the world of 'Astra: Fading Stars'. This is a metroidvania game influenced by connoseurs of the genre, such as Hollow Knight and Ori, made with the Godot Engine.
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This video is part of a devlog series about indie game development made with Godot Engine.

[@user-mh2ri7pf7q]

Thanks so much for breaking down the key principles of Metroidvania design so well!
This will help me as I take a deeper dive into my Metroidvania initial ideation process of brainstorming character mechanics x environment and world map x narrative. Cheers comrade!

[@kilogalaxia2035]

Thank you for the positive feedback, my friend!

[@praetosstuff8230]

As a person who is considering to make a metroidvania at some point, I learned a lot from this! Also, wow the game looks good!

[@kilogalaxia2035]

Glad to see you find it useful. Good luck with your game!

[@PJutch]

Nice breakdown, also it feels that this isn't metroidvania specific things.

[@kilogalaxia2035]

Yeah, these are some principles you can apply to most adventure games!

[@LANMEE2]

Wow just found this, as a solo indie dev who is currently working on my own metroidvania in godot this is fascinating. How much time did you invest getting into this phase?

[@kilogalaxia2035]

Hello and thank you. We have gone through a lot of iterations with this one so alla and all about 5 years.

[@LANMEE2]

@@kilogalaxia2035 amazing, gl with the project!

[@kilogalaxia2035]

@@LANMEE2 Thank you!

[@TheBikeOnTheMoon]

the game is quite promising for a solo project, I'll try it out.

[@kilogalaxia2035]

thank you my friend!

[@iuliuslovin37]

is that character male or female?

[@kilogalaxia2035]

female

[@iuliuslovin37]

@@kilogalaxia2035 awesome :)