“This Is the Only Correct Game Design refers to a series of memes exploiting and parodying an illustration of the game world design from the 1996 video game Diablo. The format achieved virality on Twitter in mid-June 2023 after a user posted the illustration as a joking example of ‘the only correct game design.’
On June 15th, 2023, Twitter user @dialacina tweeted an image from the 1994 pitch document for the 1996 video game Diablo depicting the general layout of the game’s world. The image, captioned by @dialacina ‘This is the only correct game design.’ received over 3,400 retweets and 47,600 likes in six days.”