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Overview:
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Islands of Insight was a puzzle MMO released by Lunarch Studios and Behaviour Interactive in February 2024. With over 10,000 handmade puzzles, it was one of the biggest puzzle games ever made.nnThis talk is a design post-mortem by the director of Islands of Insight. It will cover many of the key learnings from the game's development, on topics such as prototyping new puzzle types, structuring content to avoid sticking points, enhancing accessibility through UI and tutorial design, and balancing puzzle-heavy content for flow and pacing.nnIt will also detail some of the successful innovations in puzzle creation that were beloved by fans of the game, as well as some of the lessons learned from puzzle types that were never shipped or were less well-received.
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