What's The Point of a Weird Status Effect?

Click this link https://sponsr.is/DesignDoc and use my code DESIGNDOC to get 25% off your first payment for Boot.dev You’ve played tons of games with the usual set of status effects. Things like Sleep, Charm, or Poison. But is that all a status effect could be? Of course not! A game is a created reality, and there are no limits as to what you could do with a custom status. Lots of games design their own weird status effects. They can be weird just for fun, or they can do a surprising amount of structural work to help make a game a more complete package. Let’s talk about what a weird status effect can do for a game! Featuring: Hades Kid Icarus, normal and Uprising Kingdom Hearts 2 Wario Land 3 Earthbound Mario and Luigi: Brothership Cassette Beasts Dragon’s Dogma 2 Final Fantasy Tactics Also featuring B-roll from: Thirsty Suitors Omori Persona 5 Shin Megami Tensei V Monster Hunter Wilds Corrections: Ness is 13, not 10. 🎧 Patrons get ad-free episodes early, plus access to our behind-the-scenes podcast. 📢 Support Design Doc on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/designdoc 👕 Check out our merch store! https://crowdmade.com/collections/design-doc Design Doc on Design Doc on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/designdoc.bsky.social #earthbound #hades #gamedesign