Your Game Feels Like a Spreadsheet — Here's the Fix

Game feel is the difference between your game being satisfying and being a functional prototype nobody wants to play — and most devs treat it as a polish layer instead of core architecture.

This video breaks down the four techniques (hit stop, squash and stretch, particles as feedback, and input forgiveness) that account for 80% of perceived game feel, drawing on insights from Battlefield 6's choreography approach and Donkey Kong Bananza's chain of destruction at GDC 2026.

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Your Game Feels Like a Spreadsheet — Here's the Fix