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Design Club - Super Mario Bros: Level 1-1 - How Super Mario Mastered Level Design
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A Design Club episode that analyzes how Super Mario Bros. level 1-1 teaches players to play through level design alone, without text tutorials.
HN cites it as the standard walkthrough of Mario's implicit teaching and as an example of hiding the tutorial inside the problem.
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