Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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Basic healing systems in games can get a little dull. But they don’t have to just add a number to a health bar and call it a day. Healing in a game can be risky, strategic, and opportunistic. It can be a vessel for game design dilemmas. If your player is looking for a new lease on life, what are they willing to give up? The answer may surprise you. Let’s talk about a lot of ways you can spice up a dull healing system.
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Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2
Zelda Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom
Advance Wars
Othercide
Hollow Knight
Basically all of Fromsoft’s catalogue
Monster Hunter
Metroid Other M
Doom 2016 and Eternal
Ultrakill
F-Zero 99
A bunch of fighting games
FTL
Dave the Diver
Team Fortress 2
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Click this link https://sponsr.is/DesignDoc and use my code DESIGNDOC to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev. That’s 25% your first month or your first year, depending on the subscription you choose.
Basic healing systems in games can get a little dull. But they don’t have to just add a number to a health bar and call it a day. Healing in a game can be risky, strategic, and opportunistic. It can be a vessel for game design dilemmas. If your player is looking for a new lease on life, what are they willing to give up? The answer may surprise you. Let’s talk about a lot of ways you can spice up a dull healing system.
Featuring:
Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2
Zelda Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom
Advance Wars
Othercide
Hollow Knight
Basically all of Fromsoft’s catalogue
Monster Hunter
Metroid Other M
Doom 2016 and Eternal
Ultrakill
F-Zero 99
A bunch of fighting games
FTL
Dave the Diver
Team Fortress 2
🎧 Patrons get ad-free episodes early, plus access to our behind-the-scenes podcast.
📢 Support Design Doc on Patreon: patreon.com/designdoc
👕 Check out our merch store! crowdmade.com/collections/design-doc
Design Doc on Twitter: twitter.com/Warbot400
