Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

Welcome to Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games!
Candid conversations with game creators that dive deep into the art, craft, and process of making games.

Here are a bunch of ways to follow us and subscribe to the show, check out the buttons below! And if you'd like to join our community, we'd love to have you. 
We also recently launched a Patreon, as a tip jar for the show. Thanks for any support!

  1. All Episodes
  2. 43: A Window Into Narrative Systems with Tom Francis

43: A Window Into Narrative Systems with Tom Francis

Apr 24, 2020

Tom Francis (Gunpoint, Heat Signature) crashes in to discuss his upcoming small-scale strategy game Tactical Breach Wizards, how he finds and focuses on the cores of his games, and the narrative systems that make them sing.

Some things we discussed:

Tom Francis

Gunpoint

Heat Sig

Tactical Breach Wizards (new walkthrough)

RPS: What Works And Why

Morphblade

Imbroglio

GameMaker

Into the Breach

The GIPF Project

Dawn of War: Dark Crusade

Dishonored

Brick

Design Talk: Difficulty is Random