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Game design history courses

Produce video courses analyzing pivotal game design decisions from classic titles. Aspiring game developers crave detailed postmortems of influential 90s-00s games.

Why now

Retro gaming nostalgia meets booming interest in game development education.

Who for
Aspiring game developers
Business model
Course sales, platform revenue share
Effort
A few months

Most game design education focuses on abstract principles rather than concrete case studies.

Deep-dive video courses examining specific mechanics, business decisions, and code constraints from games like Lemmings, with commentary from original developers when possible.

Sell to indie game devs and students through platform partnerships like Udemy.

Start with one iconic game as a pilot episode.

Risk: Licensing original assets/developer participation could be challenging.

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