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Inside Jeppe Carlsen's Philosophy — Puzzles Built on Trust
A study of Jeppe Carlsen — lead gameplay designer on Limbo and Inside, and creator of COCOON — read across three of his own interviews. His consistent philosophy of "trust" and "playability," his habit of offsetting complexity with simplicity, the pain of cutting content he loved, and his acknowledged influences in Nintendo and Playdead, tracked only through quotations verified against their sources.
Soundtrack: LIMBO — Only the sounds stripped of their identity remain
Martin Stig Andersen, who handled LIMBO's audio single-handedly, comes from acousmatic music. By distorting the 'identity' of sounds and refusing music that manipulates emotion, he laid sonic shadows over a silhouette world. What does 'retry-proof music' for a die-and-learn puzzle game look like? Black coffee in hand, I, Doremi, take it apart.