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Design Club - Super Mario Bros: Level 1-1 - How Super Mario Mastered Level Design

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What it is

A Design Club episode that analyzes how Super Mario Bros. level 1-1 teaches players to play through level design alone, without text tutorials.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as the standard walkthrough of Mario's implicit teaching and as an example of hiding the tutorial inside the problem.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “To get a sense for this, watch this video [1] (from 7 years ago) walking through the design of level 1-1 of SMB.”

    Walkthrough of Mario level 1-1 design

    jader201, 2021-06 · Recommendation · in “SNES – Super Mario World Widescreen”

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Topics: super mario bros, level 1-1, game design, tutorials, nintendo

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