Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games

The Potential of One Button [Planning & Game Design] (2022x51)

Air date: Dec 20, 2022

The simplest approach to a game's controls is to distill them down to a single button! But let's not let simplicity lead to sloppiness. I think it's important to differentiate the different gameplay styles, for starters. Note: I’ve noticed that numerous comments have mentioned games that use a directional pad or analog stick together with a button, but in this episode, I’m focusing exclusively on games that literally only use a single button.