Bloodborne

Hardcore Action RPG in a dark gothic fantasy world

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From Software

First released in

2015

Developer’s vision

Developer's Vision


Inspired by

Gameplay mechanics

Shoot, brawl, climb, explore


Spoiler

Shooting was added very late in production (that is unbelievable). They had an auto-aim, showed off Drake beating enemies with items.

Playground structure


Mood & aesthetics


Spare thoughts


My background

I was

Conclusion

Conclusion


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YBdesigning is a personal blog and guide into game design by Yelnar Bolatov, classical web & app UI/UX designer

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Camera

World

Time

Movement

Combat

Interact with objects

Play a Role

Management

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Foundations overview

Vision

Genre

Accessibility

Difficulty

Adaptive design

Game Size

Game Feel

Aesthetics overview

Theme

Mood

Game feel

Physics

Visual style

Sound

User Interface

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UI overview

Typography

Colors

Structure overview

Progression for

Story

Levels

Skill

Abilities, resources

Progression order

Linear

Open World

Branching

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Foundation

Foundations

Components

Mechanics

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Structure

aesthetic palette

Aesthetics

case library

Cases

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Bloodborne

Hardcore Action RPG in a dark gothic fantasy world

First released in

2015

Developed by

From Software

Where to Play

...

Developer’s vision

Developer's Vision


Inspired by

Gameplay mechanics

Shoot, brawl, climb, explore


Spoiler

Shooting was added very late in production (that is unbelievable). They had an auto-aim, showed off Drake beating enemies with items.

Playground structure


Mood & aesthetics


Spare thoughts


My background

I was

Conclusion

Conclusion


Mini Metro

On this page

Bloodborne

Logo of YBdesigning

YBdesigning is a personal blog and guide into game design by Yelnar Bolatov, classical web & app UI/UX designer

Social

Instagram

Bluesky

YouTube

Patreon

More

References

Top patrons

Changelog

About project