Game Design Breakdown: Katamari Damacy

Alexia Mandeville
3 min readMay 18, 2023

This is one of my all time favorite games so it’s such a treat to break it down for a game design analysis. You’ll find most of my analyses show that some of the best games have extremely simple game loops, making them easy to understand. So when you’re designing a game, keep it simple!

The best things about Katamari Damacy in my opinion in order:

  • It’s a simple game.

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Alexia Mandeville

game designer | writing about game design & building products | www.bodeville.com | prev: Niantic, Oculus | twitter: @flexmandeville