Jul 3, 2020
Theresa Duringer (Temple Gates Games) joins us to discuss the process of bringing board games to digital platforms. We discuss tutorial and UI challenges, machine learning for AI, and how to find your niche as a small studio.
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Jun 20, 2020
Soren Johnson (Offworld Trading Company) joins us to discuss his new historical strategy game Old World, as we dive into playing by feel in a numbers-driven game, the problematic themes inherent to the 4X genre, and personalizing games through narrative scale.
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May 29, 2020
In the final installment of our Noita miniseries, Nolla Games'
Petri Purho and Olli Harjola join us for a deep dive Q&A on the
game! We discuss the influence of magic on its design, its origins
and early iterations, how they empower different play styles, and
where the boundaries of the game might
actually be.
Some...
May 22, 2020
It's Andy's big 5-0 and we're celebrating by diving into our
mailbag of thoughtful listener questions! We discuss working within
a team, how academic practice intersects development, framing your
work across a career, the role of aesthetics in games, and the
materiality of engines. Phew!
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May 15, 2020
In the fourth installment of our Noita miniseries, we discuss
the intention of randomness, getting stuck in our play patterns,
leaning into the game's weirdness, and some modifications we'd like
to see.
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