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Welcome back to the School of Stealth, a GMTK miniseries on how stealth games work. In episode two, let’s look at stealth game gadgets. From optic fibre cameras to camouflage outfits to the trusty silenced pistol. Subscribe to ensure you catch future episodes.

Sources

What Works And Why: Unfair intel in stealth games | Rock Paper Shotgun
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018...

DGC Ep 136: Interview with Randy Smith and Greg LoPiccolo | Dev Game Club
http://www.devgameclub.com/blog/2018/...

Design reboot: Thief | Radiator Design Blog
https://www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/...

Video chapters

00:00 - Introduction
00:51 - Category 1: Information Gathering
02:04 - Category 2: AI Manipulation
03:15 - Category 3: Redefining Space
04:46 - Category 4: Movement Systems
05:29 - Category 5: Dispatching Enemies
06:18 - Balancing These Gadgets
10:49 - Conclusion

Games shown in this episode (in order of appearance)

Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios, 2016)
Hitman (IO Interactive, 2016)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint (Ubisoft Paris, 2019)
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Kojima Productions, 2015)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (Nintendo, 2013)
Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios, 2011)
Batman: Arkham Knight (Rocksteady Studios, 2015)
Splinter Cell: Blacklist (Ubisoft Toronto, 2013)
Control (Remedy Entertainment, 2019)
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (Ubisoft Montreal, 2005)
Alien: Isolation (The Creative Assembly, 2014)
Invisible, Inc. (Klei Entertainment, 2015)
Dishonored (Arkane Studios, 2012)
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (Kojima Productions, 2014)
Gunpoint (Suspicious Developments, 2013)
Metal Gear Solid (Konami, 1998)
Hitman 2 (IO Interactive, 2018)
Mark of the Ninja (Klei Entertainment, 2012)
Thief: The Dark Project (Looking Glass Studios, 1998)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios, 2009)
Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones (Curve Digital, 2014)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Konami, 2004)
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins (Aquire, 1998)
Persona 5 (Atlus, 2017)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Konami, 2001)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal, 2018)
Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft Montreal, 2012)
Assassin's Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal, 2017)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands (Ubisoft Paris, 2017)
The Last of Us (Naughty Dog, 2013)
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos Montreal, 2016)
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (Mimimi, 2016)
ECHO (Ultra Ultra, 2017)

Music used in this episode

Splinter Cell: Double Agent soundtrack - Michael McCann
Systematic - Lee Rosevere (https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com)
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory soundtrack - Amon Tobin & Jesper Kyd
Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes soundtrack - Harry Gregson-Williams and co

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