Show Notes

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Mark

  • Founded a 501(c)(3) organization, Nice Games Alliance.
  • Got a new job, on a still unannounced game.
  • Renewed the lease on the Noble Robot office

Stephen

  • I made two movies! (Or at least I will have by the end of the year)
  • Immense progress on Future Club game

Ellen

  • My RSV game won multiple industry awards <3 
  • Hired Lydia
  • Running out of plant room

Joanna

  • Solved generalized serialization
  • Palette generation too
  • Lots of iterative things that were worked on last year
     
 2024-12-19T23:45:34-0600 378 2024 Accomplishments IRL

This is not a “best of 2024” or even a definitive list of our favorites. It’s just a few games we want to be nice to.

  • Ellen
    • We Were Here series
    • Bonza
  • Mark
    • Astro Bot
  • Stephen
    • Dragon's Dogma II
    • UFO 50
    • Puzzmo
  • ​​​​​​​Joanna
    • Helldivers II
    • Breath of the Wild 
 2024-12-19T23:45:34-0600 378 2024 "Nicest" Games Gaming, Nicest
  • Ellen
    • Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
    • Winter Burrow
    • FragPunk
    • Borderlands 4
    • Rift of the Necrodancer...???
    • Lunar: Remastered Collection (for Eric)
  • Mark
    • Civilization VII
    • Star Trek Ascendancy: The Final Frontier (the Gorn!)
    • The Switch 2
  • Stephen
    • Dragon Dogma II DLC (I’m cheating I know)
    • Civilization VII
    • Honestly probably Switch 2 stuff, too
  • Joanna
    • Paralives
       
 2024-12-19T23:45:34-0600 378 2025 Most Anticipated Games Gaming
  • Ellen: Finally put together a portfolio site!
  • Mark:
    • Dreamsettler, again!
    • Unannounced project
    • Release Operators!
    • Get Nice Games Alliance some sponsors/donations!
  • Stephen: Play more games! Do more stuff outside of my apartment.
  • Joanna: Put out a bigger better game demo!
 2024-12-19T23:45:34-0600 378 2025 Resolutions IRL
Serialization Wikipedia 2024-12-12T06:00:00-0600 377 Serialization Programming, Tools
BinaryFormatter migration guide gewarren, jeffhandley, terrajobst, adamsitnik, Microsoft Learn 2024-12-12T06:00:00-0600 377 Serialization Programming, Tools
@JsonSubTypes vs. Reflections for Polymorphic Deserialization in Jackson Ovidiu Mihai Tacu, Baeldung 2024-12-12T06:00:00-0600 377 Serialization Programming, Tools
What are the advantages of just-in-time compilation versus ahead-of-time compilation? Stack Overflow 2024-12-12T06:00:00-0600 377 Serialization Programming, Tools
Introspection jolexxa [Joanna], GitHub 2024-12-12T06:00:00-0600 377 Serialization Programming, Tools
IL2CPP Overview Unity 2024-12-12T06:00:00-0600 377 Serialization Programming, Tools
Chickensoft Development Philosophy Chickensoft 2024-12-12T06:00:00-0600 377 Serialization Programming, Tools
Articulate Storyline 360 2024-11-28T15:10:46-0600 375 Digital Escape Rooms Game Design
HyperCard Wikipedia 2024-11-28T15:10:46-0600 375 Digital Escape Rooms Game Design
Exhibit Design Wikipedia 2024-11-28T15:10:46-0600 375 Digital Escape Rooms Game Design
Escape Room Races with the Lads Northernlion, YouTube 2024-11-28T15:10:46-0600 375 Digital Escape Rooms Game Design
Escaping a Room of Terrors GameGrumps, YouTube 2024-11-28T15:10:46-0600 375 Digital Escape Rooms Game Design
Meditations 2024-11-21T04:20:55-0600 374 Iterative Game Jam Events, IRL, Production
Multimedia Fusion 2 Clickteam 2024-11-15T02:00:00-0600 373 Puzzle Systems Game Design, Tools
Clickteam Fusion 2.5 Clickteam 2024-11-15T02:00:00-0600 373 Puzzle Systems Game Design, Tools
Construct Scirra Ltd 2024-11-15T02:00:00-0600 373 Puzzle Systems Game Design, Tools
MP2 2024-11-15T02:00:00-0600 373 Puzzle Systems Game Design, Tools
MP2 Chowdren Engine 2024-11-15T02:00:00-0600 373 Puzzle Systems Game Design, Tools
Bring the ice cube to the goal without exposing it to heat. Increpare 2024-11-15T02:00:00-0600 373 Puzzle Systems Game Design, Tools
PuzzleScript Increpare 2024-11-15T02:00:00-0600 373 Puzzle Systems Game Design, Tools
Covechrome Hempuli, itch.io 2024-11-15T02:00:00-0600 373 Puzzle Systems Game Design, Tools
On crafting Railbound, a cozy track-bending puzzle game Evgeny Obedkov, Game World Observer 2024-11-01T01:42:01-0500 371 Tutorialization with Puzzles Game Design
Dynablaster (game) Wikipedia 2024-11-01T01:42:01-0500 371 Tutorialization with Puzzles Game Design
Phaser 2024-10-24T06:30:00-0500 370 Runtime Asset Management Production, Programming
Simplify your content management with Addressables Unity 2024-10-24T06:30:00-0500 370 Runtime Asset Management Production, Programming
WAD Doom Wiki 2024-10-24T06:30:00-0500 370 Runtime Asset Management Production, Programming
Games Are Better With Double Jumps Heather Alexandra, Kotaku 2024-10-24T06:30:00-0500 370 Double Jump vs. Dash Game Design
Why Celeste's dash feels great Alex Wiltshire, Rock Paper Shotgun 2024-10-24T06:30:00-0500 370 Double Jump vs. Dash Game Design
Kaizo Wikipedia 2024-10-24T06:30:00-0500 370 Double Jump vs. Dash Game Design
Pacing Robert Yang, Andrew Yoder, The Level Design Book 2024-10-17T06:00:00-0500 369 Combat Design Art, Game Design
Really Bad Chess 2024-10-11T05:40:58-0500 368 Communicating Difficulty Game Design
Puzzmo Orta Therox & Zach Gage 2024-10-11T05:40:58-0500 368 Communicating Difficulty Game Design
Aggro Crab Studio 2024-10-11T05:40:58-0500 368 Communicating Difficulty Game Design
"Why Quitting Is Usually Worth It" David Duchovny & Stephen Dubner, Freakonomics Radio Network 2024-10-11T05:40:58-0500 368 Communicating Difficulty Game Design
Metro Nexus Noble Robot 2024-10-11T05:40:58-0500 368 Remixed Play Modes Game Design
10 Most Unique Multiplayer Modes In Video Games James Kennedy, The Gamer 2024-10-11T05:40:58-0500 368 Remixed Play Modes Game Design
Extra game modes Universal Videogame List 2024-10-11T05:40:58-0500 368 Remixed Play Modes Game Design
PARKS Board Game 59 Parks 2024-10-11T05:40:58-0500 368 Remixed Play Modes Game Design
The four types of scoring discussed: 1. Victory Points 2. Experience Points 3. Stats based scoring 4. Hit Points 2024-09-30T21:13:51-0500 367 Scoring 101 Game Design
Perplexity conversation 2024-09-30T21:13:51-0500 367 Scoring 101 Game Design
Noodle The Training Arcade 2024-09-30T21:13:51-0500 367 Scoring 101 Game Design
Kurt Vonnigut The Shape of Stories Stephen Johnson, Big Think 2024-09-30T21:13:51-0500 367 Scoring 101 Game Design
Summing Salt - Mario Kart DS Summing Salt, YouTube 2024-09-30T21:13:51-0500 367 Scoring 101 Game Design
Moonwalking with Einstein Wikipedia 2024-09-30T21:13:51-0500 367 Turning off the Gamedev Brain IRL
Ellen has been watching the behind the scenes special feature for ' The House that Dragons Built' 2024-09-30T21:13:51-0500 367 Turning off the Gamedev Brain IRL
Is Using LINQ in C# Bad for Performance? James Vickers, The Startup 2024-09-26T06:09:29-0500 366 Optimization Hardware, Production, Programming
For Vs Foreach In C# Sagar Gavand, C# Corner 2024-09-26T06:09:29-0500 366 Optimization Hardware, Production, Programming
Wwise Audiokinetic 2024-09-19T04:09:55-0500 365 Audio Middleware Audio, Production
FMOD FMOD 2024-09-19T04:09:55-0500 365 Audio Middleware Audio, Production
Psychic Distance: what it is and how to use it Emma Darwin, This Itch of Writing 2024-09-19T04:09:55-0500 365 Psychic Distance Game Design, Narrative
Top Six Rules for Writing Rulebooks Meeple Mountain 2024-09-05T21:04:25-0500 363 Resources for Rules-Writing Game Design, Physical Games
How to Teach Games The Giant Brain 2024-09-05T21:04:25-0500 363 Resources for Rules-Writing Game Design, Physical Games
Roboston is a tabletop game that the the Nice Games Club came up with during an podcast Game Jam Episode. For anyone new to the podcast, we recommend starting two episodes back (at 362), for some background on the game. For those of you who wish for a full memory restoration, here is the full episode list: 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Instructions Tabletop
More than a script for “the teach” 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Instructions Tabletop
Verbal and visual (and, increasingly, multimedia) 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Instructions Tabletop
Define your Players Steve Bromley, Game User Research 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Instructions Tabletop
User persona is the UX term, Player persona is used in games 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Instructions Tabletop
Does the value affected by the repeater also get multiplied if you’re adding a part? 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Instructions Tabletop
Does the value for a new part always have to come from the torso? 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Instructions Tabletop
Can you send the robot without having arms/legs/heads? 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Instructions Tabletop
How many dice should I try to go for in this check? 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Instructions Tabletop
Box inventory list 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Player Personas
Anatomical diagram of a robot 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Player Personas
Game setup diagram (game as a whole, what’s in your hand) 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Player Personas
Reference cards (player actions, game phases, etc.) 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Player Personas
Table of contents 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Player Personas
Stats for nerds 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Player Personas
Index (?) 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Player Personas
FAQ section 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Player Personas
Invitation to play, sense of fun 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Player Personas
Build trust with the player as the rulebook progresses 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Player Personas
Resource, reference 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Player Personas
Allow them to get right to the core, fast 2024-09-01T17:16:14-0500 364 Player Personas
The MDA Framework Wikipedia 2024-08-20T23:43:51-0500 361 Theming vs. Aesthetics Game Design
Ellen promised Dictionary.com definitions, so here you go: 2024-08-20T23:43:51-0500 361 Theming vs. Aesthetics Game Design
Aesthetics Dictionary.com 2024-08-20T23:43:51-0500 361 Theming vs. Aesthetics Game Design
Theme Dictionary.com 2024-08-20T23:43:51-0500 361 Theming vs. Aesthetics Game Design
Alien Isolation Themes explored n : Demystifying the Terror of Alien Isolation Andy Robertson, Wired 2024-08-20T23:43:51-0500 361 Theming vs. Aesthetics Game Design
Stephen's list of why parries are so popular: 1) A way to reward mastery or paying attention 2) Rewards participation 3) An appreciable way to consider mastering the game 2024-08-20T23:43:51-0500 361 Parries Game Design
The different variations of Parrying 1) Just Dodges 2) Traditional Parrying (miss = block) 3) Dynamic Parrying release parrying 4) Alternate button (paper mario parrying) 2024-08-20T23:43:51-0500 361 Parries Game Design
EVO Moment 37 Wikipedia 2024-08-20T23:43:51-0500 361 Parries Game Design
Control Accessibility Report "Vivek Gohil, Ben Kendall", Family Gaming Database 2024-08-15T04:45:30-0500 360 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
Inclusive Gaming: How Game Developers Can Make Video Games More Inclusive And Accessible To Gamers With Disabilities Accessibility.com 2024-08-15T04:45:30-0500 360 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
  • Visual impairment accessibility musts:
    • High Contrast
      • User-set color schemes
    • Big Icons! (more important even than large text, which is also important)
    • Leverage Haptics (HD Rumble) paired with visual cues
    • Toning the music down (Dave recommends, regretfully)
    • Accessibility options should come up at a game’s first-launch
 2024-08-15T04:45:30-0500 360 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
The next Forza will help blind players race by listening to ‘beeps and boops’ Tom Warren, The Verge 2024-08-15T04:45:30-0500 360 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
Ray Tracer Wayverb 2024-08-15T04:45:30-0500 360 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
How Next-Gen Audio Improvements in Snowdrop Could Mean Real-Time ‘Ray-Tracing Audio’ Youssef Maguid, Ubisoft 2024-08-15T04:45:30-0500 360 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
Tekken 8 Accessibility Features Are Causing Controversy Trumann Tu, GameRant 2024-08-15T04:45:30-0500 360 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
The Importance of Audio Described Cutscenes Dom Parker, LinkedIn 2024-08-15T04:45:30-0500 360 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
Self-Voicing Ren'Py 2024-08-15T04:45:30-0500 360 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
Xbox Accessibility Guidelines V3.2 MIcrosoft 2024-08-15T04:45:30-0500 360 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
Can I Play That? Can I Play That? 2024-08-15T04:45:30-0500 360 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
XR Access XR Access 2024-08-15T04:45:30-0500 360 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
Git fork vs branch Greg Foster, Graphite 2024-08-08T23:34:01-0500 359 Targeting Multiple Platforms Programming
Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengeance of the Slayer Fandom 2024-08-08T23:34:01-0500 359 Targeting Multiple Platforms Programming
Allow controls to be remapped, reconfigured Game Accessibility Guidelines 2024-08-08T23:34:01-0500 359 Targeting Multiple Platforms Programming
A Brief History of the Playstation’s Confirm And Cancel Buttons The Wired Fish Network Blog 2024-08-08T23:34:01-0500 359 Targeting Multiple Platforms Programming
A Brief History of A & B Matthew Gallant, The Quixotic Engineer Blog 2024-08-08T23:34:01-0500 359 Targeting Multiple Platforms Programming
Spirit of Creation channel Discord 2024-08-08T23:34:01-0500 359 Spirit Island Spirits Game Design, Tabletop
Spirit Design Deep Dive emilintle, Google Docs 2024-08-08T23:34:01-0500 359 Spirit Island Spirits Game Design, Tabletop
Spirit Island Greater Than Games 2024-08-08T23:34:01-0500 359 Spirit Island Spirits Game Design, Tabletop
How to Play: Spirit Island Greater Than Games, YouTube 2024-08-08T23:34:01-0500 359 Spirit Island Spirits Game Design, Tabletop
Chipmunk2D Scott Lembcke , GitHub 2024-08-01T06:25:46-0500 358 Physics 101 Programming
Gopher (protocol) 2024-08-01T06:25:46-0500 358 Physics 101 Programming
Building Excalibur.js Erik Onarheim, YouTube 2024-08-01T06:25:46-0500 358 Physics 101 Programming

I'm pretty sure this was the song stuck in Ellen's head.

 2024-08-01T06:25:46-0500 358 Physics 101 Programming
What is an AABB? Michael Rubloff, Radiance Fields 2024-08-01T06:25:46-0500 358 Physics 101 Programming
Veridian Expanse Howling Moon Software, Steam 2024-08-01T06:25:46-0500 358 Physics 101 Programming
Is pool actually just mathematics? Stand-up Maths, YouTube 2024-08-01T06:25:46-0500 358 Physics 101 Programming
What is up with the spherical cow? Rhett Allain, Wired 2024-08-01T06:25:46-0500 358 Physics 101 Programming
Advanced Character Physics Thomas Jakobsen, Carnegie Mellon University 2024-08-01T06:25:46-0500 358 Physics 101 Programming
Arc length of an ellipse Ed Sandifer, The Euler Archive 2024-08-01T06:25:46-0500 358 Physics 101 Programming
Box2D version 3.0 beta test has launched! Erin Catto, Mastodon 2024-08-01T06:25:46-0500 358 Physics 101 Programming
Ten Minute Physics YouTube 2024-08-01T06:25:46-0500 358 Physics 101 Programming
Ellen asks the internet: What are "casual Games"? 2024-07-23T20:54:17-0500 357 Familiarity Gaming
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/What-are-casual-lDsnct7cTKiv.pJMXYef6w 2024-07-23T20:54:17-0500 357 Familiarity Gaming
Ellen asks the internet: What are "Cozy Games"? 2024-07-23T20:54:17-0500 357 Familiarity Gaming
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/What-are-cozy-9nReq70iRU6wRyzD1TTSEA 2024-07-23T20:54:17-0500 357 Familiarity Gaming
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Sets the Standard for Classic Game Remakes Eric Ravenscraft, Wired 2024-07-23T20:54:17-0500 357 Pacing Mechanics Game Design
Pomodoro Technique 2024-07-11T21:26:06-0500 355 Time Management Misc.
What is a sprint? Scrum.org 2024-07-11T21:26:06-0500 355 Time Management Misc.
The Eisenhower Matrix (important vs urgent) Wikipedia 2024-07-11T21:26:06-0500 355 Time Management Misc.
Return to Monkey Island will have a hint system because the internet exists now Joshua Rivera, Polygon 2024-07-04T16:54:33-0500 354 The Intersection of Puzzle and Story Game Design, Narrative, Production
Verdant Skies Steam 2024-07-04T16:54:33-0500 354 The Intersection of Puzzle and Story Game Design, Narrative, Production
Classic Game Postmortem: Maniac Mansion GDC, YouTube 2024-07-04T16:54:33-0500 354 The Intersection of Puzzle and Story Game Design, Narrative, Production

The phrase "confederacy of dunces" derives from a Jonathan Swift quote.

 2024-07-04T16:54:33-0500 354 The Intersection of Puzzle and Story Game Design, Narrative, Production

Examples of movies that feature a poorly-received genre twist include Serenity (2019), Remember Me (2010), and Safe Haven (2013).

 2024-07-04T16:54:33-0500 354 The Intersection of Puzzle and Story Game Design, Narrative, Production
Best practices for writing code comments Ellen Spertus, Stack Overflow Blog 2024-06-27T01:55:56-0500 353 Code Libraries Production, Programming, Tools
Declare namespaces to organize types Microsoft Learn 2024-06-27T01:55:56-0500 353 Code Libraries Production, Programming, Tools
Alternatives to the Game Over screen Game Developer 2024-06-27T01:55:56-0500 353 Game Overs Game Design, Narrative

We didn't mention it in the episode for some reason, but our "Metroidvania-lite" game Widget Satchel had no deaths, game overs, or failure states.

 2024-06-27T01:55:56-0500 353 Game Overs Game Design, Narrative
Corgi Art House 2024-06-20T03:54:26-0500 352 Game Production Production
Blood On The Thames Steam 2024-06-20T03:54:26-0500 352 Game Production Production
ClickUp 2024-06-20T03:54:26-0500 352 Game Production Production
Building Better Games Benjamin Carcich and Aaron Smith 2024-06-20T03:54:26-0500 352 Game Production Production
Becoming a Game Producer Pauline Gepilano 2024-06-20T03:54:26-0500 352 Game Production Production
How to prepare yourself for Game Production Creative Assembly, YouTube 2024-06-20T03:54:26-0500 352 Game Production Production
Five Traits In A Good Producer Timothy Cain, YouTube 2024-06-20T03:54:26-0500 352 Game Production Production
Tango Gameworks of Hi-Fi Rush was closed 2024-06-13T06:00:00-0500 351 Pivoting IRL
The Eisenhower Matrix task managment matrix Asana 2024-06-13T06:00:00-0500 351 Working on Multiple Projects IRL
in a circle chart deMilked 2024-06-13T06:00:00-0500 351 Working on Multiple Projects IRL
in an infographic Open Culture 2024-06-13T06:00:00-0500 351 Working on Multiple Projects IRL
in an article The Marginalian 2024-06-13T06:00:00-0500 351 Working on Multiple Projects IRL
Izotope RX 11 (audio repair toolkit) 2024-06-06T20:23:51-0500 350 Creative Process & Workflow for Music Audio
XO by XLN Audio 2024-06-06T20:23:51-0500 350 Creative Process & Workflow for Music Audio
2 Mello 2024-06-06T20:23:51-0500 350 Creative Process & Workflow for Music Audio
Not in the Groove (game) 2024-06-06T20:23:51-0500 350 Creative Process & Workflow for Music Audio
Sideshow Bob Stepping On Rakes Compilation Cartoon Vids, YouTube 2024-06-06T20:23:51-0500 350 Creative Process & Workflow for Music Audio
Rolling Sampler 2024-06-06T20:23:51-0500 350 Creative Process & Workflow for Music Audio
777 RoughSketch, YouTube 2024-06-06T20:23:51-0500 350 Creative Process & Workflow for Music Audio
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." Hanlon's razor, Wikipedia 2024-06-06T20:23:51-0500 350 Creative Process & Workflow for Music Audio
2024-05-23T06:00:00-0500 348 Your game has a message... did you write it? Art, Game Design, Narrative, Production
Stephen has been QA testing Harvest Kingdom Ben Hunder, Discord 2024-05-16T05:00:00-0500 347 King Making Game Design
The YouTube video that Stephen references Distraction Makers, YouTube 2024-05-16T05:00:00-0500 347 King Making Game Design
Kingmaking in Root (Leder Games) video Cole Wehrle, GDC 2024-05-16T05:00:00-0500 347 King Making Game Design
Smallworld Board Game Geek 2024-05-16T05:00:00-0500 347 King Making Game Design
Return of the Obra Din 2024-05-16T05:00:00-0500 347 Thinky Bits (Off-Screen Gameplay) Game Design
Spirit Island Board Game Geek 2024-05-16T05:00:00-0500 347 Thinky Bits (Off-Screen Gameplay) Game Design
Death Drives a Bus itch.io 2024-05-16T05:00:00-0500 347 Thinky Bits (Off-Screen Gameplay) Game Design
Gylee Games 2024-05-09T23:16:55-0500 346 Work Cultures Misc., Production
Ra Ra Boom! Steam 2024-05-09T23:16:55-0500 346 Work Cultures Misc., Production
Gylee and Friends Podcast 2024-05-09T23:16:55-0500 346 Work Cultures Misc., Production
Ask A Manager Blog 2024-05-09T23:16:55-0500 346 Work Cultures Misc., Production
South by Southwest 2024-05-02T03:54:50-0500 345 South by Southwest 2024 Events, Misc., News
Just Play Jam Cinereach 2024-05-02T03:54:50-0500 345 South by Southwest 2024 Events, Misc., News
Just Play Jam 2023 itch.io 2024-05-02T03:54:50-0500 345 South by Southwest 2024 Events, Misc., News
How Design Thinking Protects White Supremacy talk SWSX 2024-05-02T03:54:50-0500 345 South by Southwest 2024 Events, Misc., News
What Is the Design Thinking Process? The 5 Steps Complete Guide Emily Stevens, Career Foundry 2024-05-02T03:54:50-0500 345 South by Southwest 2024 Events, Misc., News
Intel crushed its supplier diversity targets 8 years early. Here’s how Ben Unglesbee, Supply Change Dive 2024-05-02T03:54:50-0500 345 South by Southwest 2024 Events, Misc., News
Intel® One Mono Intel 2024-05-02T03:54:50-0500 345 South by Southwest 2024 Events, Misc., News
Intel One Mono Typeface GitHub 2024-05-02T03:54:50-0500 345 South by Southwest 2024 Events, Misc., News
Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers David Hamilton, AP News 2024-05-02T03:54:50-0500 345 South by Southwest 2024 Events, Misc., News
Money Spyres, YouTube 2024-05-02T03:54:50-0500 345 South by Southwest 2024 Events, Misc., News
Dragon's Dogma 2 Is Polarizing Its Community, And It's Not Just the Microtransactions Rebekah Valentine, IGN 2024-05-02T03:54:50-0500 345 Player Friction Game Design, Gaming
CDi Zelda Titles Remastered Retro RGB 2024-04-24T20:23:52-0500 344 GameMaker Programming, Tools
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore Wikipedia 2024-04-24T20:23:52-0500 344 GameMaker Programming, Tools
GameMaker Licensing Costs 2024-04-24T20:23:52-0500 344 GameMaker Programming, Tools
YoYoGames GameMaker Github GitHub 2024-04-24T20:23:52-0500 344 GameMaker Programming, Tools
GameMaker history on Wikepdia Wikipedia 2024-04-24T20:23:52-0500 344 GameMaker Programming, Tools
GML Manual 2024-04-24T20:23:52-0500 344 GameMaker Programming, Tools
GameMaker Marketplace 2024-04-24T20:23:52-0500 344 GameMaker Programming, Tools
Add Ons for Game Maker: -Scatterbox -Yellow Afterlife -Juju Adams 2024-04-24T20:23:52-0500 344 GameMaker Programming, Tools
Shaun Spalding GameMaker Tutorials Shaun Spalding, YouTube 2024-04-24T20:23:52-0500 344 GameMaker Programming, Tools
Meow Wolf - Immersive Experiences 2024-04-19T00:22:39-0500 340 Visual Worldbuilding Art
Wrist and forearm stretches for the workplace Mayo Clinic 2024-04-19T00:22:39-0500 340 Visual Worldbuilding Art
The Art of Psychonauts 2 Ashley Esqueda, Double Fine Productions 2024-04-19T00:22:39-0500 340 Visual Worldbuilding Art
Midwest Games 2024-04-11T06:00:00-0500 343 Midwest Games / Carbon Engine
Chris Klimecky LinkedIn 2024-04-11T06:00:00-0500 343 Midwest Games / Carbon Engine
Midwest Games - Work with us 2024-04-11T06:00:00-0500 343 Midwest Games / Carbon Engine
Carbon Engine Limited Run 2024-04-11T06:00:00-0500 343 Midwest Games / Carbon Engine
Shantae Advance Shantae Wiki 2024-04-11T06:00:00-0500 343 Midwest Games / Carbon Engine
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore 2024-04-11T06:00:00-0500 343 Midwest Games / Carbon Engine
ReSpec: Accountability Support 2024-04-04T06:00:00-0500 342 GDC 2024 Special (Part 2)
How Nintendo made Super Mario Bros. Wonder so weird Andrew Webster, The Verge 2024-04-04T06:00:00-0500 342 GDC 2024 Special (Part 2)
Jack Foley (sound effects artist) Wikipedia 2024-04-04T06:00:00-0500 342 GDC 2024 Special (Part 2)
The return of 1ReasonToBe and why we still need it Marie Dealessandri, GamesIndustry.biz 2024-04-04T06:00:00-0500 342 GDC 2024 Special (Part 2)
Panic says two pallets of Playdates worth $400,000 have vanished in Vegas Chris Kerr, Game Developer 2024-04-04T06:00:00-0500 342 GDC 2024 Special (Part 2)
Unity 6 and beyond: A roadmap of Unity Engine and services 2024-03-28T08:20:33-0500 341 GDC 2024 (Part 1)
Click: The Magic of Instant Connection by Ori Brafman, Ron Brafman, Goodreads 2024-03-22T09:25:21-0500 339 Partnering Up Production
Control flow Wikipedia 2024-03-22T09:25:21-0500 339 Control Flow Programming
2024 GDC Public Events Grace Zhou 2024-03-07T03:40:37-0600 337 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2023-2024) IRL, Meta
South By Southwest 2024-03-07T03:40:37-0600 337 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2023-2024) IRL, Meta
Charles Mingus - Moanin' mohammertime, YouTube 2024-03-07T03:40:37-0600 337 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2023-2024) IRL, Meta
Project L Boardcubator, Board Game Geek 2024-03-07T03:40:37-0600 337 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2023-2024) IRL, Meta
Apocalypduck Global Game Jam 2024-03-07T03:40:37-0600 337 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2023-2024) IRL, Meta
IGDATC Merch igdatc 2024-03-07T03:40:37-0600 337 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2023-2024) IRL, Meta
Have a video game concept? Twin Cities group will help you make it a reality Louis Krauss, Star Tribune 2024-03-07T03:40:37-0600 337 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2023-2024) IRL, Meta
Shift Happens Marcin Wichary, Aresluna 2024-03-07T03:40:37-0600 337 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2023-2024) IRL, Meta
Meet the robot guitarist with 78 fingers and coolest cable hair you’ve ever seen Sheena McKenzie, CNN Business 2024-03-07T03:40:37-0600 337 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2023-2024) IRL, Meta

Mark's Accomplishments:

  • Glom
  • Dogpile!
  • IGDA Twin Cities Calendar full of events
  • IGDA Twin Cities's Playtest Event
  • Maintenance of Noble Engine
  • Major Accomplishments in Dreamsettler
    • including securing a big third party developer for a minigame

Stephen's Accomplishments:

  • Glom
  • Future Club got funding to produce a vertical slice of a game
  • Working on Future Club projects and pitching them (to a celebrity!)
  • Survived a snake basement
     

Ellen's Accomplishments:

  • Glom
  • TWO custom game projects that Ellen is not allowed to talk about
  • Noodle Training Arcade
  • Serious Play Conference
  • Got a road bike
  • Moved to Duluth
 2023-12-19T19:50:07-0600 336 Our accomplishments IRL
Mark gave a short presentation at the IGDATC holiday party about all the work that the group did in 2023. 2023-12-19T19:50:07-0600 336 Our accomplishments IRL

Ellen's Nicest:

  • Baldur's Gate III
  • Kirby and the Forgotten Land
  • NY Times Games App Magic the Gathering
  • Rival Stars Horse Racing
  • Games from the Studio 'Afterburn'

Mark's Nicest:

  • Super Mario Wonder
  • Super Nintendo World
  • Star Trek: Resurgence
  • Zachtronics Solitaire Collection
  • Puzzmo

Mark's Honorable Mentions:

  • Spider Man 2
  • Tears of the Kingdom
  • Star Trek: Infinite

Stephen's Nicest:

  • Spirit Island
  • Forspoken
  • Deceive, Inc.

Stephen's Honorable Mentions:

  • Tears of the Kingdom's Ascend ability
  • Baldur's Gate III
 2023-12-19T19:50:07-0600 336 Nicest of 2023 Gaming
Puzzmo is now publicly available! 2023-12-19T19:50:07-0600 336 Nicest of 2023 Gaming

Ellen's picks:

  • Hellblade II: Henua's Saga
  • Ultros
  • Hyper Light Breaker
  • Little Kitty, Big City
  • Dustborn
  • Concord

Mark's picks:

  • Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake
  • Princess Peach: Showtime!
  • More Playdate games!

Stephen's picks:

  • Dragon's Dogma 2
 2023-12-19T19:50:07-0600 336 Most Anticpated of 2024 Gaming

Ellen's Resolutions:

  • Make stuff
  • Make stuff in Godot Engine
  • Make a portfolio
  • Do less work, make more stuff
  • Unpack some boxes

Mark's Resolutions

  • Get Dreamsettler out
  • Set up future for Noble Robot office
  • Set up console SDK environments again for DS and others (Metro Nexus, porting work).

Stephen's Resolutions

  • Look into game engines other than Unity
 2023-12-19T19:50:07-0600 336 2024 Gamedev Resolutions IRL
Kablam! IMDB 2023-12-14T22:31:12-0600 335 Creative Career Paths Art, Game Design, IRL, Misc.
Headkicker II Arcade History 2023-12-14T22:31:12-0600 335 Creative Career Paths Art, Game Design, IRL, Misc.
U.B. Funkeys Wikipedia 2023-12-14T22:31:12-0600 335 Creative Career Paths Art, Game Design, IRL, Misc.
Microsoft Solitaire turns 30 years old today and still has 35 million monthly players The Verge 2023-12-14T22:31:12-0600 335 Creative Career Paths Art, Game Design, IRL, Misc.
NYT Connections Game The New York Times 2023-12-14T22:31:12-0600 335 Creative Career Paths Art, Game Design, IRL, Misc.
Traveling While Black Felix and Paul 2023-12-14T22:31:12-0600 335 Creative Career Paths Art, Game Design, IRL, Misc.
EverFi 2023-12-14T22:31:12-0600 335 Creative Career Paths Art, Game Design, IRL, Misc.
Build Your Stax (game) 2023-12-14T22:31:12-0600 335 Creative Career Paths Art, Game Design, IRL, Misc.
The debug menu Mark made for Widget Satchel. 2023-11-30T05:49:45-0600 333 Debug Functionality Production, Programming, Tools
Explaining the "Probes" of Theatre Chris Peterson, OnStage Blog 2023-11-30T05:49:45-0600 333 Debug Functionality Production, Programming, Tools
The Art Of Game Polish: Developers Speak J. Matthew Zoss, Game Developer 2023-11-30T05:49:45-0600 333 Polish Production, Programming, UI / UX
Bad Viking talks about Strange Horticulture, their most recent game 2023-11-22T22:05:39-0600 332 Scoping for your Project Production
Best Best review for Strange Horticulture Alice Bell, Rock Paper Shotgun 2023-11-22T22:05:39-0600 332 Scoping for your Project Production
PC Gamer Review Christopher Livingston, PC Gamer 2023-11-22T22:05:39-0600 332 Scoping for your Project Production
Serious Play Conference 2023-11-16T03:19:15-0600 331 Game-based Learning Events, Game Design, Production
Wisconsin Games Alliance 2023-11-16T03:19:15-0600 331 Game-based Learning Events, Game Design, Production
Filament Games 2023-11-16T03:19:15-0600 331 Game-based Learning Events, Game Design, Production
Dr. David Chandross at TMU 2023-11-10T20:39:27-0600 330 Excerpt from a conversation with Dr. David Chandross Art, Game Design, Misc., Narrative
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Wikipedia 2023-11-10T20:39:27-0600 330 Excerpt from a conversation with Dr. David Chandross Art, Game Design, Misc., Narrative
John Dewey (educational psychologist) 2023-11-10T20:39:27-0600 330 Excerpt from a conversation with Dr. David Chandross Art, Game Design, Misc., Narrative
Kurt Vonnegut on the 8 “shapes” of stories Big Think 2023-11-10T20:39:27-0600 330 Excerpt from a conversation with Dr. David Chandross Art, Game Design, Misc., Narrative
Bloom's Cognitive Taxonomy University of Central Florida 2023-11-10T20:39:27-0600 330 Excerpt from a conversation with Dr. David Chandross Art, Game Design, Misc., Narrative
Roz Hussin LinkedIn 2023-11-10T20:39:27-0600 330 Excerpt from a conversation with Roz Hussin Game Design, IRL, Misc.
About MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) edX 2023-11-10T20:39:27-0600 330 Excerpt from a conversation with Roz Hussin Game Design, IRL, Misc.
RoutineFlow App 2023-11-10T20:39:27-0600 330 Excerpt from a conversation with Roz Hussin Game Design, IRL, Misc.
Walkr App 2023-11-10T20:39:27-0600 330 Excerpt from a conversation with Roz Hussin Game Design, IRL, Misc.
Megagame Wikipedia 2023-11-02T03:48:26-0500 329 Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games
Model United Nations United Nations 2023-11-02T03:48:26-0500 329 Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games
Watch the Skies! South West Megagames 2023-11-02T03:48:26-0500 329 Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games
Origins of Megagames Jim Wallman, No Game Survives 2023-11-02T03:48:26-0500 329 Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games
Megagame Makers Megagame Makers UK 2023-11-02T03:48:26-0500 329 Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games
SU&SD PLAY… A GODDAMN MEGAGAME Shut Up & Sit Down 2023-11-02T03:48:26-0500 329 Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games
Very Large Huge Games Very Large Huge Games 2023-11-02T03:48:26-0500 329 Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games
Can Horses Climb Stairs? Can Horses Go Up & Down Stairs? Katie Plakson, Horse Bonding Success 2023-11-02T03:48:26-0500 329 Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games
Dread Erik Schmidt, Unpossible Journeys 2023-11-02T03:48:26-0500 329 Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games
Den of Wolves South West Megagames 2023-11-02T03:48:26-0500 329 Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games
Mansa Musa Wikipedia 2023-11-02T03:48:26-0500 329 Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games
The National Security Decision Making Game Rex Brynen, PAXsims 2023-11-02T03:48:26-0500 329 Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games
Megagame Coalition Megagame Coalition 2023-11-02T03:48:26-0500 329 Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games
Megagame Assembly Megagame Assembly 2023-11-02T03:48:26-0500 329 Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games
Assets and Images of Deephaven and other megagames 2023-11-02T03:48:26-0500 329 Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games
Shepard. Wrex. Grunt. YouTube 2023-10-27T02:13:24-0500 328 Save Scumming Game Design, Gaming
Composition over inheritance Wikipedia 2023-10-11T19:35:53-0500 326 Composition over Inheritance Programming
Elegant Program PC Mag 2023-10-11T19:35:53-0500 326 Elegance Game Design
10 Things Elegant Woman Wear - How to dress classy and elegant Australian Finishing School 2023-10-11T19:35:53-0500 326 Elegance Game Design
Terms of Art #30: Elegance (and Aesthetic Concepts) Aesthetics for Birds 2023-10-11T19:35:53-0500 326 Elegance Game Design
What makes a game system elegant? Leo Lesetre, Medium 2023-10-11T19:35:53-0500 326 Elegance Game Design
Elegant Game Design gabahulk, Reddit 2023-10-11T19:35:53-0500 326 Elegance Game Design
DreadXP 2023-10-07T09:42:46-0500 325 Horror Games 101 Game Design
SCP Foundation: Secure, Contain, Protect collaborative fiction, Wikidot 2023-10-07T09:42:46-0500 325 Horror Games 101 Game Design
Confessions of a Semi-Reformed Video Game Completionist Matthew Gault, Vice 2023-09-28T06:00:00-0500 323 Completionism Gaming
Research on the Effects of Media Douglas Gentile 2023-09-28T06:00:00-0500 323 Completionism Gaming
Composition with Red Blue and Yellow (Piet Mondrian) Wikipedia 2023-09-28T06:00:00-0500 323 Completionism Gaming
Hieronymus Bosch painted sheet music on a man's butt and now you can hear it Sarah Dougherty, The World 2023-09-28T06:00:00-0500 323 Completionism Gaming
Educating Intuition Robin M. Hogarth, The University of Chicago Press 2023-09-28T06:00:00-0500 323 Educating Intuition IRL, Misc.
Doorway effect Wikipedia 2023-09-28T06:00:00-0500 323 Educating Intuition IRL, Misc.
The original policy: "Unity plan pricing and packaging updates" Unity 2023-09-22T19:42:29-0500 324 Unity Runtime Fee and Subsequent Policy Correction IRL, Tools
The current policy: "An open letter to our community" Unity 2023-09-22T19:42:29-0500 324 Unity Runtime Fee and Subsequent Policy Correction IRL, Tools
Unity's Marc Whitten - Answers Unity Price Policy Jason Weimann, YouTube 2023-09-22T19:42:29-0500 324 Unity Runtime Fee and Subsequent Policy Correction IRL, Tools
'Flappy Bird' Guy Gets $12 Million Bill From Unity Mark Roebuck, Hard Drive 2023-09-22T19:42:29-0500 324 Unity Runtime Fee and Subsequent Policy Correction IRL, Tools
Work: A deep history, from the stone age to the age of robots James Suzman, Penguin Random House 2023-09-14T03:38:09-0500 322 Working on a Bigger Team Production
An example of what Ellen brings up during the episode, probably. 2023-09-14T03:38:09-0500 322 Working on a Bigger Team Production
A Necessary Evil: Grinding in Games Brice Morrison, Game Developer 2023-09-02T18:37:00-0500 320 Grind Game Design
Anti-cheat in video games: The A to Z Reinhard Blaukovitsch, Irdeto 2023-08-17T03:42:05-0500 318 Cheating, Part 3 Gaming, IRL, Programming
Medal of dishonour: why do so many people cheat in online video games? Keith Stuart, The Guardian 2023-08-17T03:42:05-0500 318 Cheating, Part 3 Gaming, IRL, Programming
Report: Cheating Is Becoming A Big Problem In Online Gaming Nelson Granados, Forbes 2023-08-17T03:42:05-0500 318 Cheating, Part 3 Gaming, IRL, Programming
167: Randomly Generated Title Coffee with Butterscotch, Butterscotch Shenanigans 2023-08-17T03:42:05-0500 318 Cheating, Part 3 Gaming, IRL, Programming
CS:GO - Overwatch guide Ed Thorn, Rock Paper Shotgun 2023-08-17T03:42:05-0500 318 Cheating, Part 3 Gaming, IRL, Programming
HOW TO GET OVERWATCH CASES IN CS:GO: CLEAN UP THE GAME Daniel Morris, eSports.net 2023-08-17T03:42:05-0500 318 Cheating, Part 3 Gaming, IRL, Programming
17 Video Games That ROAST Cheaters T5G, YouTube 2023-08-17T03:42:05-0500 318 Cheating, Part 3 Gaming, IRL, Programming
Tackling Cheating In Gaming GDC, YouTube 2023-08-17T03:42:05-0500 318 Cheating, Part 3 Gaming, IRL, Programming
How DayZ Deals With Cheaters GDC, YouTube 2023-08-17T03:42:05-0500 318 Cheating, Part 3 Gaming, IRL, Programming
Robocalypse Now: Using Deep Learning to Combat Cheating in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive GDC, YouTube 2023-08-17T03:42:05-0500 318 Cheating, Part 3 Gaming, IRL, Programming
Venba Visai Games 2023-08-17T03:42:05-0500 318 Putting the Real World in Games Game Design, Narrative
Sonder A Hot Clock Production, itch.io 2023-08-17T03:42:05-0500 318 Putting the Real World in Games Game Design, Narrative
Smile Simulator Anyanwu, itch.io 2023-08-17T03:42:05-0500 318 Putting the Real World in Games Game Design, Narrative
Servant Leadership Mind Tools 2023-08-10T03:35:27-0500 317 Leadership IRL, Production
Servant Leadership is NOT What You Think John S. Todorovic, LinkedIn 2023-08-10T03:35:27-0500 317 Leadership IRL, Production
Women in Games Discord 2023-08-10T03:35:27-0500 317 Leadership IRL, Production
Why Dream kept his face hidden — and why he revealed it (2022) Ana Diaz , Polygon 2023-08-04T02:14:30-0500 316 Cheating, Part 2 Game Design, Gaming
YouTube’s big Minecraft cheating scandal, explained (2020) Patricia Hernandez, Polygon 2023-08-04T02:14:30-0500 316 Cheating, Part 2 Game Design, Gaming
Anti-cheat in video games: The A to Z Reinhard Blaukovitsch, Irdeto 2023-08-04T02:14:30-0500 316 Cheating, Part 2 Game Design, Gaming
Medal of dishonour: why do so many people cheat in online video games? Keith Stuart, The Guardian 2023-08-04T02:14:30-0500 316 Cheating, Part 2 Game Design, Gaming
Report: Cheating Is Becoming A Big Problem In Online Gaming Nelson Granados, Forbes 2023-08-04T02:14:30-0500 316 Cheating, Part 2 Game Design, Gaming
Episode 167: Randomly Generated Title Coffee with Butterscotch 2023-08-04T02:14:30-0500 316 Cheating, Part 2 Game Design, Gaming
17 Video Games That Roast Cheaters Top 5 Gaming, YouTube 2023-08-04T02:14:30-0500 316 Cheating, Part 2 Game Design, Gaming
GDC 2021 Fair Play Summit: Tackling Cheating in Gaming GDC, YouTube 2023-08-04T02:14:30-0500 316 Cheating, Part 2 Game Design, Gaming
GDC Europe 2015: How DayZ Deals with Cheaters GDC, YouTube 2023-08-04T02:14:30-0500 316 Cheating, Part 2 Game Design, Gaming
GDC 2018 Robocalypse Now: Using Deep Learning to Combat Cheating in CS:GO GDC, YouTube 2023-08-04T02:14:30-0500 316 Cheating, Part 2 Game Design, Gaming
Atmospheric sci-fi western roguelike The Foglands launches on PS VR2 this year Derek O'Dell, Playstation Blog 2023-07-28T04:48:00-0500 315 Writing for Games IRL, Narrative
The Foglands Steam 2023-07-28T04:48:00-0500 315 Writing for Games IRL, Narrative
Confluence Atlassian 2023-07-28T04:48:00-0500 315 Writing for Games IRL, Narrative
Scrivener 2023-07-28T04:48:00-0500 315 Writing for Games IRL, Narrative
Ink Inkle Studios 2023-07-28T04:48:00-0500 315 Writing for Games IRL, Narrative
Twine Twinery 2023-07-28T04:48:00-0500 315 Writing for Games IRL, Narrative
Articy 2023-07-28T04:48:00-0500 315 Writing for Games IRL, Narrative
Bitsy 2023-07-28T04:48:00-0500 315 Writing for Games IRL, Narrative
Gamer Motivation Profile Quantic Foundry 2023-07-19T06:00:00-0500 314 Player Motivations Game Design, Gaming
Board Game Motivation Profile Quantic Foundry 2023-07-19T06:00:00-0500 314 Player Motivations Game Design, Gaming
4 Chords The Axis Of Awesome, YouTube 2023-07-19T06:00:00-0500 314 Copying Others Art, Game Design, Narrative
An Outcry Quinn K, itch.io 2023-07-13T01:54:12-0500 313 Postmortem: "An Outcry"
RPG Maker 2003 2023-07-13T01:54:12-0500 313 Postmortem: "An Outcry"
Oulipo: freeing literature by tightening its rules Andrew Gallix, The Guardian 2023-07-13T01:54:12-0500 313 Postmortem: "An Outcry"
Dogme 95 Movements in Film 2023-07-13T01:54:12-0500 313 Postmortem: "An Outcry"
Huanted PS1 Demo Disc 2021 itch.io 2023-07-13T01:54:12-0500 313 Postmortem: "An Outcry"
The Shrike (ship) Memory Alpha 2023-07-13T01:54:12-0500 313 Postmortem: "An Outcry"
Hiring Game Designers Game Developer 2023-07-08T10:44:36-0500 312 Finding Help Production
[The] 10 Best Companions In Gaming History Jom Elauria, ScreenRant 2023-07-08T10:44:36-0500 312 Companion Characters Game Design, Gaming
Sell sheet for "Dogpile!" 2023-06-29T00:02:53-0500 311 The State of "Dogpile!" IRL, Tabletop
Rules document for "Dogpile!" 2023-06-29T00:02:53-0500 311 The State of "Dogpile!" IRL, Tabletop
Sell Sheets for Game Designers 101 Luke Laurie, League of Gamemakers 2023-06-29T00:02:53-0500 311 The State of "Dogpile!" IRL, Tabletop
Cooper Black Wikipedia 2023-06-29T00:02:53-0500 311 The State of "Dogpile!" IRL, Tabletop
‘Heroin for middle-class nerds’: how Warhammer conquered gaming Alex Hern, The Guardian 2023-06-29T00:02:53-0500 311 The State of "Dogpile!" IRL, Tabletop
A complete guide to font licensing for designers Garrick Webster, Creative Bloq 2023-06-22T06:00:00-0500 310 Licensing IRL, Production
For the record, the third deck that was renamed goal, was originally called “Scoring System Deck.” 2023-06-14T18:08:44-0500 309 Nice Thinking about our future in Board Games IRL
Mark's List of 5 Games 2023-06-14T18:08:44-0500 309 Nice Thinking about NiceGameJam Games with Potential Game Design
They also mention these GameJam Games: 2023-06-14T18:08:44-0500 309 Nice Thinking about NiceGameJam Games with Potential Game Design
Origins is June 21-25 2023 in Columbus OH 2023-06-14T18:08:44-0500 309 Nice Thinking about traveling to conferences Tabletop
GenCon is August 3-6 in Indianapolis, IN 2023-06-14T18:08:44-0500 309 Nice Thinking about traveling to conferences Tabletop
Nintendo’s classic Ultra Hand toy lives on in Tears of the Kingdom Michael McWhertor, Polygon 2023-06-11T09:50:54-0500 308 Lessons from Tears of the Kingdom Game Design
Bolson, a character in Breath of the Wild Fandom 2023-06-11T09:50:54-0500 308 Lessons from Tears of the Kingdom Game Design
How to Fall Dougald MacDonald, Climbing.com 2023-06-11T09:50:54-0500 308 Fall Damage Game Design
Unreal Engine Epic Games 2023-06-01T06:00:00-0500 307 Unreal Engine Game Design, Production, Programming, Tools
Lighting in Unreal Engine 5 for Beginners William Faucher, YouTube 2023-06-01T06:00:00-0500 307 Unreal Engine Game Design, Production, Programming, Tools
Introduction to Blueprints Unreal Engine Documentation, Epic Games 2023-06-01T06:00:00-0500 307 Unreal Engine Game Design, Production, Programming, Tools
Epic Games Store now lets developers publish their own games Justin Carter, Game Developer 2023-06-01T06:00:00-0500 307 Unreal Engine Game Design, Production, Programming, Tools
Free Epic Games Content (for Unreal Engine) Epic Games 2023-06-01T06:00:00-0500 307 Unreal Engine Game Design, Production, Programming, Tools
Impact JS 2023-05-18T11:47:57-0500 305 Wandering into Game Development IRL
Apache Cordova 2023-05-18T11:47:57-0500 305 Wandering into Game Development IRL
Visual attention and motion design Mark Hazlewood, Inside Design from InVision 2023-05-14T23:39:39-0500 304 The Psychology of Animation Art, Game Design, UI / UX
5 examples of web animation done right Joe Jordan, Inside Design from InVision 2023-05-14T23:39:39-0500 304 The Psychology of Animation Art, Game Design, UI / UX
Animation for Attention and Comprehension Aurora Harley, Nielsen Norman Group 2023-05-14T23:39:39-0500 304 The Psychology of Animation Art, Game Design, UI / UX
Motion onset really does capture attention Kendra C. Smith & Richard A. Abrams, Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 2023-05-14T23:39:39-0500 304 The Psychology of Animation Art, Game Design, UI / UX
The necessity of interactive animation for games Christiaan Moleman, Game Developer 2023-05-14T23:39:39-0500 304 The Psychology of Animation Art, Game Design, UI / UX
Study explores how visual effects in videogames help players to make sense of game worlds Ingrid Fadelli, Tech Xplore 2023-05-14T23:39:39-0500 304 The Psychology of Animation Art, Game Design, UI / UX
The CEO of Corn (aka "Corn Kid") Recess Therapy, YouTube 2023-05-14T23:39:39-0500 304 The Psychology of Animation Art, Game Design, UI / UX
The Mane Quest 2023-05-03T23:18:26-0500 303 The Taxonomy of Horse Games Game Design, Gaming, Production
Horse Tales - Emerald Valley Ranch 2023-05-03T23:18:26-0500 303 The Taxonomy of Horse Games Game Design, Gaming, Production
Lusory Attitude Wikipedia 2023-04-27T06:00:00-0500 302 Lusory Attitude Gaming, IRL
Lusory Definition Merriam-Webster 2023-04-27T06:00:00-0500 302 Lusory Attitude Gaming, IRL
WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) Wikipedia 2023-04-12T21:54:11-0500 298 CSS Programming

Mark asked if there is an ISO Standard for this, and there is! ISO 40500:2012

 2023-04-12T21:54:11-0500 298 CSS Programming

There is also one for UI: ISO 30071-1

 2023-04-12T21:54:11-0500 298 CSS Programming

Mark mentions that you should look up the 'Blink' tag, but Dale already did it for you, here.

 2023-04-12T21:54:11-0500 298 CSS Programming
Unity Style Sheet (USS) Unity 2023-04-12T21:54:11-0500 298 CSS Programming
There is a USS Unity in Star Trek 2023-04-12T21:54:11-0500 298 CSS Programming

And Stephen mentions the Div-Div Crow, based on this webcomic.

 2023-04-12T21:54:11-0500 298 CSS Programming
Online Simulator Rosalie Vile, itch.io 2023-04-06T09:53:18-0500 299 Tiny Horrors Game Design, Narrative
Sunday EZBake Games, itch.io 2023-04-06T09:53:18-0500 299 Tiny Horrors Game Design, Narrative
Skinamarink 2023-04-06T09:53:18-0500 299 Tiny Horrors Game Design, Narrative
A Normal Lost Phone Dear Villagers 2023-04-06T09:53:18-0500 299 Tiny Horrors Game Design, Narrative
This House Has People in It Adult Swim, YouTube 2023-04-06T09:53:18-0500 299 Tiny Horrors Game Design, Narrative
Haunted PS1 Demo Disc 2021 The Haunted PS1, itch.io 2023-04-06T09:53:18-0500 299 Tiny Horrors Game Design, Narrative
C.A.R.L. Andrew Kenady and Morningstar Game Studio 2023-03-23T06:00:00-0500 297 Postmortem: "C.A.R.L." Game Design, Marketing, Production
C.A.R.L. on Steam Andrew Kenady and Morningstar Game Studio, Steam 2023-03-23T06:00:00-0500 297 Postmortem: "C.A.R.L." Game Design, Marketing, Production
Nintendrew YouTube 2023-03-23T06:00:00-0500 297 Postmortem: "C.A.R.L." Game Design, Marketing, Production
Morningstar Game Studio 2023-03-23T06:00:00-0500 297 Postmortem: "C.A.R.L." Game Design, Marketing, Production
Matt Bitner Barry Carenza, Premium Edition Games 2023-03-23T06:00:00-0500 297 Postmortem: "C.A.R.L." Game Design, Marketing, Production
The Controversy of Super Paper Mario Nintendrew, YouTube 2023-03-23T06:00:00-0500 297 Postmortem: "C.A.R.L." Game Design, Marketing, Production
Novy Unlimited 2023-03-23T06:00:00-0500 297 Postmortem: "C.A.R.L." Game Design, Marketing, Production
Everything is a Remix 2023-03-23T06:00:00-0500 297 Postmortem: "C.A.R.L." Game Design, Marketing, Production
[SPOILERS] Undertale reference in new indie game, Pony Island PxlSqrl, Reddit 2023-03-23T06:00:00-0500 297 Postmortem: "C.A.R.L." Game Design, Marketing, Production
The Super Mario 64 Coin that Took 18 Years To Collect Patricia Hernandez, Kotaku 2023-03-16T06:00:00-0500 296 Secrets & Easter Eggs Game Design
PC Cheat Codes IGN 2023-03-16T06:00:00-0500 296 Secrets & Easter Eggs Game Design
Reddit on video game Secrets Reddit 2023-03-16T06:00:00-0500 296 Secrets & Easter Eggs Game Design
Secrets That Weren't Discovered in Games For Years Jordan Baranowski, SVG 2023-03-16T06:00:00-0500 296 Secrets & Easter Eggs Game Design

Children's drawings

The art is here on Google Drive for you all to enjoy. 

  • Whale, may or may not be pizza-related
  • T-rex sort of on fire, facing us
  • Brontosaurus amoeba
  • Cat and soulless dog 
  • [Pizza] donut
  • Pizza Knight with an axe, maybe
  • Ice cream leaking out of the cone
  • Pizza t-rex
  • Pizza crocodile
  • Pizza shark
  • Pizza rock, since upgraded to pizza geode
  • Pizza pyramid
  • Man made of pizzas x 2

Ellen's drawings

Game design conclusions

  • Players start out with a random collection of ingredients
  • They collect ingredients as they go through the game
  • Everyone’s delivering a pizza and they start with a crust
  • The Pizza Knight has specific interests & tastes in each game, so different ingredients are more important in each playthrough
  • If a monster catches you it eats a certain number of ingredients (0, 1, 2, or 3)
  • A grading scale for the team; the pizza knight filling out stars on the app

Movement with d6s. When players move, they can roll 2 dice and choose the result, moving forwards or backwards.

Unspoken, but maybe good ideas?

  • Monsters all move on the same die roll, and they only move forward.
  • Players have to be on the same tile to give an object to another person.
     
 2023-03-09T23:17:07-0600 295 Nice Thinking Notes Game Design
Composition for Noobs Flow Studio, YouTube 2023-03-02T06:00:00-0600 294 Visual Composition Art, Game Design, UI / UX
Composition in Level Design Mateusz Piaskiewicz, Game Developer 2023-03-02T06:00:00-0600 294 Visual Composition Art, Game Design, UI / UX
Design Principles: Compositional, Symmetrical And Asymmetrical Balance Steven Bradley, Smashing Magazine 2023-03-02T06:00:00-0600 294 Visual Composition Art, Game Design, UI / UX
Mario Party Games That Are Just Part-Time Jobs Abigail Kwak, The Gamer 2023-03-02T06:00:00-0600 294 Minigames Gaming
Zachtronics website 2023-02-23T06:00:00-0600 293 The Logistics of Moving On IRL, Production
Last Call BBS 2023-02-23T06:00:00-0600 293 The Logistics of Moving On IRL, Production
Why Zachtronics is shutting down for good this time Alex Calvin, gameindustry.biz 2023-02-23T06:00:00-0600 293 The Logistics of Moving On IRL, Production
Legal Systems Very Different From Ours David Friedman, Peter Leeson, David Skarbek 2023-02-23T06:00:00-0600 293 The Logistics of Moving On IRL, Production
Why Walking Helps Us Think Ferris Jabr, The New Yorker 2023-02-23T06:00:00-0600 293 The Logistics of Moving On IRL, Production
Coincidence 2023-02-23T06:00:00-0600 293 The Logistics of Moving On IRL, Production

Ellen's Nicest:

  • Metroid: Dread
  • Flappy Dragon
  • Banner Saga 1
  • Endling: Extinction is Forever

Mark's Nicest:

  • Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
  • Stray
  • Last Call BBS

Stephen's Nicest:

  • Kirby and the Forgotten Land
  • Splatoon 3
  • Rumbleverse
  • Spirit Island

Holly's Nicest:

  • Ooblets
  • Splatoon 3
  • Bear and Breakfast
  • Cult of the Lamb
  • Slime Rancher II
 2023-02-16T18:37:30-0600 291 Nicest of 2022 Gaming

Ellen's picks:

  • Mars First Logistics
  • Banner Saga II and III
  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps
  • Slime Rancher II
  • Cyberpunk 2077

Mark's picks:

  • Horizon: Call of the Mountain on Playstation VR 2
  • Assassin's Creed: Mirage
  • Season: A Letter to the Future
  • Dreamsettler

Stephen's picks:

  • Dragon's Dogma II
  • Street Fighter 6

Holly's picks:

  • Mineko's Night Market
  • Thirsty Suitors
  • Hades II
  • Sea of Stars

Picked by everyone:

  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
 2023-02-16T18:37:30-0600 291 Most Anticipated of 2023 Gaming
Banner Saga 2023-02-09T06:00:00-0600 292 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2022-2023) IRL, Meta
Death Drives a Bus 2023-02-09T06:00:00-0600 292 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2022-2023) IRL, Meta
Agent A 2023-02-09T06:00:00-0600 292 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2022-2023) IRL, Meta
Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe Edition 2023-02-09T06:00:00-0600 292 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2022-2023) IRL, Meta
You Suck at Parking 2023-02-09T06:00:00-0600 292 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2022-2023) IRL, Meta

(Scoring is out of four stars.)

  • Dual (⭐⭐⭐)
  • Sharp Stick (⭐⭐⭐)
  • All My Friends Hate Me (⭐⭐⭐)
  • 7 Days (⭐⭐)
  • The Drop (⭐⭐)
  • Darby and the Dead (⭐⭐⭐)
  • Sex Appeal (⭐⭐⭐)
  • We Broke Up (⭐⭐⭐⭐)
  • Mark, Mary and Some Other People (⭐⭐)
  • Single all the Way (⭐⭐⭐)
  • Sex Guaranteed (⭐) - “Did not like it”
 2023-02-09T06:00:00-0600 292 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2022-2023) IRL, Meta
The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter Russell T Davies & Benjamin Cook 2023-02-09T06:00:00-0600 292 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2022-2023) IRL, Meta
Chao World Chao Island 2022-12-08T03:51:23-0600 290 Characterization in Pet Management Games Art, Game Design, Gaming
Do Dogs Smile? What’s Really Behind That Adorable Smile? Joelle Audette, Canine Campus 2022-12-08T03:51:23-0600 290 Characterization in Pet Management Games Art, Game Design, Gaming
Bugaboo Pocket Beta Bugaboo Pocket 2022-12-08T03:51:23-0600 290 Characterization in Pet Management Games Art, Game Design, Gaming
What is an isopod? NOAA Ocean Exploration 2022-12-08T03:51:23-0600 290 Characterization in Pet Management Games Art, Game Design, Gaming
Video of Praying Mantis 2022-12-08T03:51:23-0600 290 Characterization in Pet Management Games Art, Game Design, Gaming
Video of Jerusalem Crickets (Potato Bugs) 2022-12-08T03:51:23-0600 290 Characterization in Pet Management Games Art, Game Design, Gaming
Video of Syrphid Fly (Hoverfly) 2022-12-08T03:51:23-0600 290 Characterization in Pet Management Games Art, Game Design, Gaming
2022-12-08T03:51:23-0600 290 Characterization in Pet Management Games Art, Game Design, Gaming
Neko Atsume Hit-Point Co., Ltd 2022-12-08T03:51:23-0600 290 Characterization in Pet Management Games Art, Game Design, Gaming
Wobbledogs Animal Uprising 2022-12-08T03:51:23-0600 290 Characterization in Pet Management Games Art, Game Design, Gaming
Merge Dragons Gram Games 2022-12-08T03:51:23-0600 290 Characterization in Pet Management Games Art, Game Design, Gaming
Bugaboo Pocket Bugaboo Pocket 2022-12-08T03:51:23-0600 290 Characterization in Pet Management Games Art, Game Design, Gaming
Where Should We Begin? A Game of Stories Esther Perel 2022-11-26T08:01:43-0600 288 Where Should We Begin? A Game of Stories Physical Games
The Mousetrap Agatha Christie, Wikipedia 2022-11-26T08:01:43-0600 288 Where Should We Begin? A Game of Stories Physical Games
Three ways to improvise an arm sling John Godino, Alpine Savvy 2022-11-26T08:01:43-0600 288 Where Should We Begin? A Game of Stories Physical Games
Hypertheticals Chuck Klosterman, Penguin Random House 2022-11-26T08:01:43-0600 288 Hypertheticals Physical Games
Myth Caller: The Nightmare Shaman Karatkuro 2022-11-17T05:33:45-0600 287 Fusing Genres Game Design, Marketing
Xander the Monster Morpher: Universe Breaker Karatkuro, Steam 2022-11-17T05:33:45-0600 287 Fusing Genres Game Design, Marketing
Linear Interpolation Wikipedia 2022-11-10T03:46:31-0600 286 Cameras Game Design, Programming
Super Mario World Camera Logic Review Shaun Inman, YouTube 2022-11-10T03:46:31-0600 286 Cameras Game Design, Programming
Camera Movements for 2D Platformers: How Do I Know Which One to Choose Sam Hu, Sam J H Hu 2022-11-10T03:46:31-0600 286 Cameras Game Design, Programming
Pro Camera 2D Luís Pedro Fonseca, Unity Asset Store 2022-11-10T03:46:31-0600 286 Cameras Game Design, Programming
Parkinson's Law Wikipedia 2022-11-10T03:46:31-0600 286 Bug Tracking and Triage Production, Programming
Responsible Bug Reporting and Triage Smartbear 2022-11-10T03:46:31-0600 286 Bug Tracking and Triage Production, Programming
Auction-based serious game for bug tracking """Çağdaş Üsfekes,Eray Tüzün,Murat Yılmaz,Yagup Macit,Paul Clarke""", The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2022-11-10T03:46:31-0600 286 Bug Tracking and Triage Production, Programming
Bug Triaging Principles Bugsnag 2022-11-10T03:46:31-0600 286 Bug Tracking and Triage Production, Programming
Game Development Essentials: Bugtracking (or how we ended up writing our own bug tracker) Andre Weissflog, The Brain Dump 2022-11-10T03:46:31-0600 286 Bug Tracking and Triage Production, Programming
Production Testing and Bug Tracking Jamie Fristrom, Game Developer 2022-11-10T03:46:31-0600 286 Bug Tracking and Triage Production, Programming
What makes a good bug report? Nick Barrett, GamesIndustry.biz 2022-11-10T03:46:31-0600 286 Bug Tracking and Triage Production, Programming
Azure DevOps MIcrosoft 2022-11-10T03:46:31-0600 286 Bug Tracking and Triage Production, Programming
Stephen leaving an old employeer for a new job also leaves him room for improvement on a rhythm fighting game. The main problems with the old prototype: not rhythmic enough and too simple. The beats the player had to match were up to the sixteenth note (quarter beat) which left players not understanding which beat they were playing to, and an impression of the game feeling sluggish 2022-11-02T20:25:19-0500 285 Rhythm Rumble Game Design
Some thoughts from the discussion -Use beat patterns rather than make people keep the beat -Being able to store (and playback) beats to conjure special moves -Give the instruments personality to the fighting moves they can make -Make the game into a metaphor, give it personality - these beats might control instruments, which control rock-em-sock-em robots, rather than making the avatars hit each other with a very expensive bass clarinet. 2022-11-02T20:25:19-0500 285 Rhythm Rumble Game Design
They mention Sukuri's youtube video about the influence '90's fighting games had on the design of SmashBrothers 2022-11-02T20:25:19-0500 285 Rhythm Rumble Game Design
Super Smash Bros. [Game Concepts] MasahiroSakurai on Creating Games, YouTube 2022-11-02T20:25:19-0500 285 Rhythm Rumble Game Design
Smash TV Wikipedia 2022-10-28T06:04:35-0500 284 Branding & Iconography Marketing
Thomas Was Alone Bithell Games 2022-10-28T06:04:35-0500 284 Branding & Iconography Marketing
Egg, Inc. Auxbrain, Inc. 2022-10-28T06:04:35-0500 284 The Ethics of Engagement Game Design
Idle Acorns Aleros LLC 2022-10-28T06:04:35-0500 284 The Ethics of Engagement Game Design
BeReal social media 2022-10-28T06:04:35-0500 284 The Ethics of Engagement Game Design

A little learning is a dangerous thing

Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

This is a line from Alexander Pope's Essay on Criticism (1711). The Pierian spring is a fountain in Pieria, a district round Mount Olympus and the native country of the Muses. You can read the full text for free here on Project Gutenberg.

 2022-10-28T06:04:35-0500 284 The Ethics of Engagement Game Design
Super Rare Games 2022-10-20T01:13:33-0500 283 Physical Releases for Indies Marketing, Production
Super Rare Games Twitter 2022-10-20T01:13:33-0500 283 Physical Releases for Indies Marketing, Production
Super Rare Games - Developers & Publishers 2022-10-20T01:13:33-0500 283 Physical Releases for Indies Marketing, Production
publishmygame@superraregames.com 2022-10-20T01:13:33-0500 283 Physical Releases for Indies Marketing, Production
The Criterion Collection 2022-10-20T01:13:33-0500 283 Physical Releases for Indies Marketing, Production
International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) Wikipedia 2022-10-20T01:13:33-0500 283 Physical Releases for Indies Marketing, Production
Strong Museum of Play 2022-10-20T01:13:33-0500 283 Physical Releases for Indies Marketing, Production
The Centre for Computing History 2022-10-20T01:13:33-0500 283 Physical Releases for Indies Marketing, Production
Star Trek Lower Decks: The Badgey Directive Review: The Final Fun-tier? Steven Shaw, Droid Gamers 2022-10-13T06:00:00-0500 282 Idle Games Game Design, Gaming
How to make an idle game: Everything you need to know about incremental mobile games David Hartery, Adjust 2022-10-13T06:00:00-0500 282 Idle Games Game Design, Gaming
Idle Games: The Mechanics and Monetization of Self-Playing Games Anthony Pecorella, YouTube 2022-10-13T06:00:00-0500 282 Idle Games Game Design, Gaming
“It Started as a Joke”: On the Design of Idle Games Katta Spiel, Sultan A. Alharthi, Andrew Jian-Lan Cen, Jessica Hammer, Lennart E. Nacke, Z O. Toups and Tess Tanenbaum, CHI PLAY 2022-10-13T06:00:00-0500 282 Idle Games Game Design, Gaming
"Mark's Home Office" 11/11/2021 Nice Games Club, Patreon 2022-09-30T11:01:20-0500 280 Keeping a Game Design Journal Game Design
Beanstacker: Reading tracker app Google Play Store 2022-09-30T11:01:20-0500 280 Keeping a Game Design Journal Game Design
Contraindication (definition) Wikipedia 2022-09-30T11:01:20-0500 280 Keeping a Game Design Journal Game Design
The Complete Guide to Video Game Genres: From Scrollers, Shooters, to Sports GameDesigning.org 2022-09-30T11:01:20-0500 280 Keeping a Game Design Journal Game Design
List of video game genres Wikipedia 2022-09-30T11:01:20-0500 280 Keeping a Game Design Journal Game Design
Octalysis Yu-kai Chou, Octalysis Group 2022-09-30T11:01:20-0500 280 Keeping a Game Design Journal Game Design
Chronicle of the Movies: A Year-by-Year History from the Jazz Singer to Today Leonard Multon, Biblio.com 2022-09-30T11:01:20-0500 280 Keeping a Game Design Journal Game Design
Games I've played (Ellen's journal v1, with new entries!) - Google sheet Ellen Burns-Johnson 2022-09-30T11:01:20-0500 280 Keeping a Game Design Journal Game Design
Gameplay journal (Ellen's journal v2 input form) - Google form Ellen Burns-Johnson 2022-09-30T11:01:20-0500 280 Keeping a Game Design Journal Game Design
Gameplay journal (Ellen's journal v2, responses) - Google sheet Ellen Burns-Johnson 2022-09-30T11:01:20-0500 280 Keeping a Game Design Journal Game Design
Fan Shows Us What A Frasier Game Would Look Like… Hectic Sean Murray, TheGamer.com 2022-09-30T11:01:20-0500 280 Bringing Other Media into Games Art, Game Design
Single-Camera vs. Multi-Camera TV Sitcom Scripts: What's the Difference? Ken Miyamoto, Screen Craft 2022-09-30T11:01:20-0500 280 Bringing Other Media into Games Art, Game Design
The Project Gutenberg eBook of "Goody Two-Shoes" Anonymous, Project Gutenberg 2022-09-30T11:01:20-0500 280 Bringing Other Media into Games Art, Game Design
Sanctuary Shattered Sun: Real Time Strategy 2022-09-22T07:07:12-0500 279 Designing a Spiritual Successor Game Design, Gaming, Production
Supreme Commander Wikipedia 2022-09-22T07:07:12-0500 279 Designing a Spiritual Successor Game Design, Gaming, Production
Interview With Special Bread! Sanctuary, YouTube 2022-09-22T07:07:12-0500 279 Designing a Spiritual Successor Game Design, Gaming, Production
Pac-Man Championship Edition is an electrifying reinvention of a classic and fine farewell from Pac’s creator Richard Stanton, GamesRadar 2022-09-22T07:07:12-0500 279 Designing a Spiritual Successor Game Design, Gaming, Production
Chris Taylor lets us know what he thinks about Sanctuary Sanctuary, YouTube 2022-09-22T07:07:12-0500 279 Designing a Spiritual Successor Game Design, Gaming, Production
Verisimilitude Definition Dictionary.com 2022-09-15T06:00:00-0500 278 Verisimilitude Art, Game Design
Veracity Definition Dictionary.com 2022-09-15T06:00:00-0500 278 Verisimilitude Art, Game Design
The Quest For Verisimilitude: Realism, Illusion, and Consistency In Video Games Erik Kain, Forbes 2022-09-15T06:00:00-0500 278 Verisimilitude Art, Game Design
How to build verisimilitude in your games? Thunderdices, Reddit 2022-09-15T06:00:00-0500 278 Verisimilitude Art, Game Design
One comment of note in the thread: “Your point about making things simple is extremely important. Lots of things in real life are simple and it’s the combination of items interacting that it becomes complicated. When a DM makes the simple complicated there’s a danger of the world becoming too complex and breaking verisimilitude from the other side.” 2022-09-15T06:00:00-0500 278 Verisimilitude Art, Game Design
Thrive Adam's Apple Games 2022-09-15T06:00:00-0500 278 Verisimilitude Art, Game Design
Brobdingnagian Definition Dictionary.com 2022-09-15T06:00:00-0500 278 Verisimilitude Art, Game Design
Thomas Was Alone Bithell Games, Steam 2022-09-15T06:00:00-0500 278 Verisimilitude Art, Game Design
MobyGames MobyGames 2022-09-15T06:00:00-0500 278 Indie Game Credits Production
Film Credits: Everything You Need To Know Nashville Film Institute 2022-09-15T06:00:00-0500 278 Indie Game Credits Production
Electric Scrapeboard Shake That Button 2022-09-08T21:35:23-0500 277 Postmortem: "Scrapeboard" Events, Game Design, Hardware
Makey Makey 2022-09-08T21:35:23-0500 277 Postmortem: "Scrapeboard" Events, Game Design, Hardware
About formalism Dario D'Ambra, Game Developer 2022-09-08T21:35:23-0500 277 Postmortem: "Scrapeboard" Events, Game Design, Hardware
Game Dev Tools for Raspberry Pi 2022-09-08T21:35:23-0500 277 Postmortem: "Scrapeboard" Events, Game Design, Hardware
Babycastles 2022-09-08T21:35:23-0500 277 Postmortem: "Scrapeboard" Events, Game Design, Hardware
Wonderville 2022-09-08T21:35:23-0500 277 Postmortem: "Scrapeboard" Events, Game Design, Hardware
Playtest Thursdays NYU Game Center 2022-09-08T21:35:23-0500 277 Postmortem: "Scrapeboard" Events, Game Design, Hardware
Come Out & Play Festival 2022-09-08T21:35:23-0500 277 Postmortem: "Scrapeboard" Events, Game Design, Hardware
"A Work of Art Is Never Finished, Merely Abandoned" Quote Investigator 2022-09-08T21:35:23-0500 277 Postmortem: "Scrapeboard" Events, Game Design, Hardware
No More Jokeys Channel on YouTube No More Jockeys, YouTube 2022-09-01T06:00:00-0500 276 Broken games Game Design
Monopoly Hotels Daisy Barringer, Trillist 2022-09-01T06:00:00-0500 276 Broken games Game Design
"Is Connect Four a Solved Game? and what does that even mean" Gamesver 2022-09-01T06:00:00-0500 276 Broken games Game Design
-Emotional Support -Financial Support -Someplace to live 2022-09-01T06:00:00-0500 276 Support Systems IRL
"We quit our jobs, remortgaged our houses" Alex Gilyadov, GamesRadar 2022-09-01T06:00:00-0500 276 Support Systems IRL
Stephen was wrong, here's a marketplace for GameMaker plugins YoYo Games 2022-08-18T06:00:00-0500 274 GameMaker for Unity Devs Programming, Tools
What is the difference between statically typed and dynamically typed languages? Stack Overflow 2022-08-18T06:00:00-0500 274 GameMaker for Unity Devs Programming, Tools
Rust Rust Team 2022-08-18T06:00:00-0500 274 GameMaker for Unity Devs Programming, Tools
Main Theme for Rooty Tooty Fresh n Shooty (Stephen's Work Project) Stephen McGregor 2022-08-18T06:00:00-0500 274 GameMaker for Unity Devs Programming, Tools
5 Examples of Behavioral Economics in Your Everyday Life Rebecca Koch, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology 2022-08-18T06:00:00-0500 274 Inspiration from Behavioral Economics Game Design, Gaming
Choice architecture Wikipedia 2022-08-18T06:00:00-0500 274 Inspiration from Behavioral Economics Game Design, Gaming
What determines human decisions? Daniel Kahneman, UBS 2022-08-18T06:00:00-0500 274 Inspiration from Behavioral Economics Game Design, Gaming
Richard Thaler Wikipedia 2022-08-18T06:00:00-0500 274 Inspiration from Behavioral Economics Game Design, Gaming
Nudge (book) Wikipedia 2022-08-18T06:00:00-0500 274 Inspiration from Behavioral Economics Game Design, Gaming
Predictably Irrational Dan Ariely 2022-08-18T06:00:00-0500 274 Inspiration from Behavioral Economics Game Design, Gaming
Freakonomics Freakonomics Radio Network 2022-08-18T06:00:00-0500 274 Inspiration from Behavioral Economics Game Design, Gaming
Prospect theory Behavioral Economics 2022-08-18T06:00:00-0500 274 Inspiration from Behavioral Economics Game Design, Gaming
Owlchemy Labs 2022-08-11T00:05:20-0500 273 VR in 2022 and its Future VR / AR / XR
The Design of Everyday Things Don Norman, book 2022-08-11T00:05:20-0500 273 VR in 2022 and its Future VR / AR / XR
Pico VR Headset 2022-08-11T00:05:20-0500 273 VR in 2022 and its Future VR / AR / XR
Playstation VR2 2022-08-11T00:05:20-0500 273 VR in 2022 and its Future VR / AR / XR
VRTK (Virtual Reality Tool Kit) 2022-08-11T00:05:20-0500 273 VR in 2022 and its Future VR / AR / XR
TButt Turbo Button 2022-08-11T00:05:20-0500 273 VR in 2022 and its Future VR / AR / XR
Cosmonius High on Tik Tok Tik Tok 2022-08-11T00:05:20-0500 273 VR in 2022 and its Future VR / AR / XR
Cosmonius High on Twitter 2022-08-11T00:05:20-0500 273 VR in 2022 and its Future VR / AR / XR
Cosmonius High on Steam 2022-08-11T00:05:20-0500 273 VR in 2022 and its Future VR / AR / XR
Coffee with Butterscotch podcast Butterscotch Shenanigans 2022-07-28T06:00:00-0500 271 Neurodiversity in Gamedev Events, IRL
How the Gender Gap Leaves Girls and Women Undertreated for ADHD CHADD 2022-07-28T06:00:00-0500 271 Neurodiversity in Gamedev Events, IRL
Strategic Planning for Nonprofits National Council of Nonprofits 2022-07-28T06:00:00-0500 271 Neurodiversity in Gamedev Events, IRL
Git Submodules git 2022-07-21T06:00:00-0500 270 Maintaining an Open-Source Project Programming
LDoc Steve Donovan, GitHub 2022-07-21T06:00:00-0500 270 Maintaining an Open-Source Project Programming
Markdown Guide Mark Cone, The Markdown Guide 2022-07-21T06:00:00-0500 270 Maintaining an Open-Source Project Programming
Typora Typora 2022-07-21T06:00:00-0500 270 Maintaining an Open-Source Project Programming
Bartle’s Player Types for Gamification Janaki Mythily Kumar, Mario Herger and Rikke Friis Dam, Interaction Design Foundation 2022-07-21T06:00:00-0500 270 Should we design for Killers? Game Design, Gaming
Bartle's Taxonomy of Player Types (And Why It Doesn't Apply to Everything) Kyatric, tuts+ 2022-07-21T06:00:00-0500 270 Should we design for Killers? Game Design, Gaming
MUD Wikipedia 2022-07-21T06:00:00-0500 270 Should we design for Killers? Game Design, Gaming
Nina mentions the Geam Design program at Kent State 2022-07-14T07:00:00-0500 269 Level and Interaction Design Game Design
About Curling World Curling Federation 2022-07-07T14:48:18-0500 268 Curling Game Design
Why is this Olympic Sport called Chess on Ice? by user "Pete", Chess.com 2022-07-07T14:48:18-0500 268 Curling Game Design
Curling might be an antidote to our troubled times Kristen Gelineau, The Detroit News 2022-07-07T14:48:18-0500 268 Curling Game Design
Glossary of curling Wikipedia 2022-07-07T14:48:18-0500 268 Curling Game Design
Deflategate Wikipedia 2022-07-07T14:48:18-0500 268 Curling Game Design
How Gaming Breaks Can Make You a Better Player... and Why They're Important Michael Harman, Make Use Of 2022-07-07T14:48:18-0500 268 Off-Ramps Game Design, Gaming
How Creative Leaders Play the Long Game for Innovation Ideo U 2022-06-30T21:29:18-0500 267 Gamedev in Peru IRL, Production
IGDA Peru 2022-06-30T21:29:18-0500 267 Gamedev in Peru IRL, Production
IGDA Peru - Education 2022-06-30T21:29:18-0500 267 Gamedev in Peru IRL, Production
Lima Game Jam 2022-06-30T21:29:18-0500 267 Gamedev in Peru IRL, Production
LEAP Game Studios 2022-06-30T21:29:18-0500 267 Gamedev in Peru IRL, Production
Bamtang Games 2022-06-30T21:29:18-0500 267 Gamedev in Peru IRL, Production
Dirección Audiovisual, la Fonografía y los Nuevos Medios 2022-06-30T21:29:18-0500 267 Gamedev in Peru IRL, Production
Parasocial Interaction Wikipedia 2022-06-23T06:00:00-0500 266 Parasocial Relationships IRL, Narrative
“The Player’s Parasocial Interaction with Digital Entities” Katrine Kavli, IT University in Copenhagen 2022-06-23T06:00:00-0500 266 Parasocial Relationships IRL, Narrative
“Is It Weird for Adults to Have Imaginary Friends?” Stephen Dubner and Angela Duckworth, No Stupid Questions 2022-06-23T06:00:00-0500 266 Parasocial Relationships IRL, Narrative
“Tragic but true: how podcasters replaced our real friends” Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian 2022-06-23T06:00:00-0500 266 Parasocial Relationships IRL, Narrative
"Kurt Vonnegut on the 8 'shapes' of stories" Stephen Johnson, Big Think 2022-06-23T06:00:00-0500 266 Narrative Pacing Game Design, Narrative
Elemetals: Death Metal Death Match WALLRIDE, Steam 2022-06-16T08:04:45-0500 265 Nice Thinking Events
Astral Gunners Sati Bros, Steam 2022-06-16T08:04:45-0500 265 Nice Thinking Events
HyperDot Charles McGregor, Steam 2022-06-16T08:04:45-0500 265 Nice Thinking Events
Summer Games Done Quick 2022-06-16T08:04:45-0500 265 Nice Thinking Events
Combo Breaker Tournament 2022-06-16T08:04:45-0500 265 Nice Thinking Events
EVO Tournament 2022-06-16T08:04:45-0500 265 Nice Thinking Events
"Challenges and Strategies for Hosting Massive Independent eSports Events" James Lampkin, GDC 2022-06-16T08:04:45-0500 265 Nice Thinking Events
An Architectural Approach to Level Design Christopher W. Totten 2022-06-09T04:25:15-0500 264 Teaching Gamedev to Young People, Again! Game Design, IRL
Kudzu Pie for Breakfast Studios, itch.io 2022-06-09T04:25:15-0500 264 Teaching Gamedev to Young People, Again! Game Design, IRL
La Mancha Pie for Breakfast Studios, Board Game Geek 2022-06-09T04:25:15-0500 264 Teaching Gamedev to Young People, Again! Game Design, IRL
GDEX and Origins 2022, June 8-12 2022-06-09T04:25:15-0500 264 Teaching Gamedev to Young People, Again! Game Design, IRL
Truman Simpson volunteers with Gameheads. Gameheads is an organization that teaches youth and prepares them for careers in game development. Gameheads is lead by Damon Packwood and operates out of Oakland and the Bay Area, CA, with possible expansions around the US. 2022-06-03T00:13:26-0500 263 Teaching Gamedev to Young People Game Design, IRL
Gameheads Website 2022-06-03T00:13:26-0500 263 Teaching Gamedev to Young People Game Design, IRL
Gameheads Twitter 2022-06-03T00:13:26-0500 263 Teaching Gamedev to Young People Game Design, IRL
Damon Packwood's Twitter 2022-06-03T00:13:26-0500 263 Teaching Gamedev to Young People Game Design, IRL
Truman Simpson's twitter 2022-06-03T00:13:26-0500 263 Teaching Gamedev to Young People Game Design, IRL
Ellen mentions that Teaching and Games is a cross-pollination that is a whole other episode, here are some Episodes on that topic from the archives 2022-06-03T00:13:26-0500 263 Teaching Gamedev to Young People Game Design, IRL
Stephen is working with Project Success to design a learning curriculum for middle school aged youths. 2022-06-03T00:13:26-0500 263 Teaching Gamedev to Young People Game Design, IRL
Project Success Website 2022-06-03T00:13:26-0500 263 Teaching Gamedev to Young People Game Design, IRL
Soylent Green is set in the year 2022 (that's this year!) and something we got distracted by on a tangent. Yes, soylent is a real product now. 2022-06-03T00:13:26-0500 263 Teaching Gamedev to Young People Game Design, IRL
In 1973, 'Soylent Green' envisioned the world in 2022. George Bass, The Washington Post 2022-06-03T00:13:26-0500 263 Teaching Gamedev to Young People Game Design, IRL
Soylent (the real product 2022-06-03T00:13:26-0500 263 Teaching Gamedev to Young People Game Design, IRL
And, if the people from Soylent want to sponsor us, please reach out at contact@nicegames.club 2022-06-03T00:13:26-0500 263 Teaching Gamedev to Young People Game Design, IRL
Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards Yu-kai Chou, Octalysis Group 2022-05-26T23:54:00-0500 262 Diagramming Gameplay Loops Game Design
How To Perfect Your Game’s Core Loop Nathan Lovato, Game Analytics 2022-05-26T23:54:00-0500 262 Diagramming Gameplay Loops Game Design
Loops and Arcs Daniel Cook, Lost Garden 2022-05-26T23:54:00-0500 262 Diagramming Gameplay Loops Game Design
How Games Use Feedback Loops Game Maker's Toolkit, YouTube 2022-05-26T23:54:00-0500 262 Diagramming Gameplay Loops Game Design
Daniel Cook: Game Design Theory I Wish I had Known When I Started IGDA Seattle, YouTube 2022-05-26T23:54:00-0500 262 Diagramming Gameplay Loops Game Design
Expanding UX: Gameplay Loops Vitaly Starush, Medium 2022-05-26T23:54:00-0500 262 Diagramming Gameplay Loops Game Design
The Gameplay Loop: a Player Activity Model for Game Design and Analysis Emmanuel Guardiola, ResearchGate 2022-05-26T23:54:00-0500 262 Diagramming Gameplay Loops Game Design
Kurt Vonnegut Diagrams the Shape of All Stories in a Master’s Thesis Rejected by U. Chicago Josh Jones, Open Culture 2022-05-26T23:54:00-0500 262 Diagramming Gameplay Loops Game Design
Dreamsettler Reveal Trailer No More Robots, YouTube 2022-05-26T23:54:00-0500 262 Art Direction Art
Simulated AI creatures demonstrate how mind and body evolve and succeed together Devin Coldewey, TechCrunch 2022-05-19T03:47:03-0500 261 Machine Learning Narrative, Programming
What is GitHub Copilot? An AI Pair Programmer for Everyone Daniel Diaz, Sitepoint 2022-05-19T03:47:03-0500 261 Machine Learning Narrative, Programming
Github Copilot Wants to Play Chess Instead of Code Ido Nov, DagsHub Blog 2022-05-19T03:47:03-0500 261 Machine Learning Narrative, Programming
Chat Mapper 2022-05-19T03:47:03-0500 261 Machine Learning Narrative, Programming
Botpress 2022-05-19T03:47:03-0500 261 Machine Learning Narrative, Programming
Documentation as a gateway to open source James Turnbull, Increment 2022-05-19T03:47:03-0500 261 Machine Learning Narrative, Programming
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor Makes AI Meaningful and Menacing Andy Brice, GamingBolt 2022-05-19T03:47:03-0500 261 Machine Learning Narrative, Programming
Instructional Design Reddit Reddit 2022-05-12T06:00:00-0500 260 Postmortem: "LxJamathon" Production
Instructional Design Discord Discord 2022-05-12T06:00:00-0500 260 Postmortem: "LxJamathon" Production
LxJamathon Website Ellen Burns-Johnson and Mark Hamilton, LxJamathon 2022-05-12T06:00:00-0500 260 Postmortem: "LxJamathon" Production
LxJamathon itch.io Ellen Burns-Johnson and Mark Hamilton, itch.io 2022-05-12T06:00:00-0500 260 Postmortem: "LxJamathon" Production
Midwest Mysteries - The Oscaloose SoundCloud 2022-05-12T06:00:00-0500 260 Postmortem: "LxJamathon" Production
LxJamathon Entries itch.io 2022-05-12T06:00:00-0500 260 Postmortem: "LxJamathon" Production
A Simple Guide to Four Popular Online Learning Formats Nameera Sallum, CommLab India 2022-05-12T06:00:00-0500 260 Postmortem: "LxJamathon" Production
Infernax Twitter 2022-04-29T00:44:59-0500 256 Postmortem: "Infernax" Production
Just Shapes and Beats 2022-04-29T00:44:59-0500 256 Postmortem: "Infernax" Production
Berzerk Studio 2022-04-29T00:44:59-0500 256 Postmortem: "Infernax" Production

As promised, Hunter's PO Box: PO Box 10275, Albuquerque, NM 87184

 2022-04-29T00:44:59-0500 256 Postmortem: "Infernax" Production
Cat Cafe Manager Roost Games 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Strange Horticulture, a game about selling plants, is one of the best games this year Nicole Carpenter, Polygon 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Small Life yueqiWU 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Puzzles for Clef Weasel Token 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Dune: Spice Wars launches in early access in April Oli Welsh, Polygon 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Infinity Game Table 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Eolia Is A Fully Hand-Tracked Follow Up To Rhythm Of The Universe: Ionia Jamie Feltham, UploadVR 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Midnight Protocol is a cyberpunk hacking RPG that cuts out all the filler Adi Robertson, The Verge 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Neurodiver, sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories, is headed to PS5 and Switch Chris Moyse, Destructoid 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Cusco Paradox Indaga Studios 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Ai Apaec Satoshi Waku 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Bugaboo Pocket 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Star Salvager A-Game Studios 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
[I] doesn't exist - a modern text adventure LUAL Games 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Patchworld from PatchXR brings you a novel way to create music with your Meta Quest Virtual Reality headset. Micah Blumberg, Medium 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
You Suck at Parking™ Happy Volcano 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Agent Intercept PikPok 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Mini Motorways and the delicate art of marrying complexity and minimalism Game Developer 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Broken Pieces Elseware Experience, Benoit Dereau, Mael Vignaux 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Mail Time Kela van der Deijl 2022-04-21T08:00:45-0500 258 GDC 2022 Special (Part 2) Events
Armor Games adopts four-day work week permanently Brendan Sinclair, GamesIndustry.biz 2022-04-15T14:27:12-0500 255 Work Weeks Production
August’s previous employer, Kongregate 2022-04-15T14:27:12-0500 255 Work Weeks Production
August is now doing platform relations at Armor Games 2022-04-15T14:27:12-0500 255 Work Weeks Production
John Cooney (Armor Games CEO) Twitter thread on the four-day workweek results John Cooney, Twitter 2022-04-15T14:27:12-0500 255 Work Weeks Production
GDC 2022 Independent Games Summit: Four-Day Workweek: We Did It! What now? Game Developer Conference 2022-04-15T14:27:12-0500 255 Work Weeks Production
“Eidos-Montreal and Eidos-Sherbrook shifting to the 4-day work week” Edios Montreal 2022-04-15T14:27:12-0500 255 Work Weeks Production
“The Research Is Clear: Long Hours Backfire for People and for Companies” Sarah Green Carmichael, Harvard Business Review 2022-04-15T14:27:12-0500 255 Work Weeks Production
“Indie Studio Forms First Video Game Union In The Country” EThan Gach, Kotaku 2022-04-15T14:27:12-0500 255 Work Weeks Production
“How the 40-hour work week became the norm” Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi, NPR 2022-04-15T14:27:12-0500 255 Work Weeks Production
Treibball (push ball) - giant football for dogs! Naturally Happy Dogs, YouTube 2022-04-07T06:00:00-0500 254 Games With Your Dogs Game Design, Physical Games
Getting started and teaching 'outside' FluentPet, YouTube 2022-04-07T06:00:00-0500 254 Games With Your Dogs Game Design, Physical Games
Here's a picture of Ellen's dogs! 2022-04-07T06:00:00-0500 254 Games With Your Dogs Game Design, Physical Games
Games Industry Gathering 2022-03-31T02:11:53-0500 257 GDC 2022 Special (Part 1) Events
Yerba Buena Gardens 2022-03-31T02:11:53-0500 257 GDC 2022 Special (Part 1) Events
IGF Accepts Over 400 Entries for GDC 2022 Independent Games Festival 2022-03-31T02:11:53-0500 257 GDC 2022 Special (Part 1) Events
'Unpacking' and 'Inscryption' Lead in IGF 2022 Nominations Independent Games Festival 2022-03-31T02:11:53-0500 257 GDC 2022 Special (Part 1) Events
Inscryption wins the IGF Grand Prize and GDC Game Of The Year Award 2022 Jai Singh Bains, Rock Paper Shotgun 2022-03-31T02:11:53-0500 257 GDC 2022 Special (Part 1) Events
Charles destroys his brother on the air 2022-03-24T06:00:00-0500 253 Building Assets and Plugins Programming, Tools
Rewired Unity Plugin Guavaman, Unity Asset Store 2022-03-24T06:00:00-0500 253 Building Assets and Plugins Programming, Tools
Playmaker Add-ons Hutong Games 2022-03-24T06:00:00-0500 253 Building Assets and Plugins Programming, Tools
Managed Plug-ins Unity 2022-03-24T06:00:00-0500 253 Building Assets and Plugins Programming, Tools
Ink Engine Inkle Studios 2022-03-24T06:00:00-0500 253 Ink Engine Narrative, Programming, Tools
Ink Unity Integration Inkle Studios 2022-03-24T06:00:00-0500 253 Ink Engine Narrative, Programming, Tools
Playmaker Hutong Games, Unity Asset Store 2022-03-17T22:09:16-0500 252 Visual Coding Programming, Tools
Bolt Unity, Unity Asset Store 2022-03-17T22:09:16-0500 252 Visual Coding Programming, Tools
Blueprint Visual Scripting Unreal Engine 2022-03-17T22:09:16-0500 252 Visual Coding Programming, Tools
Processing 2022-03-17T22:09:16-0500 252 Visual Coding Programming, Tools
Scratch MIT 2022-03-17T22:09:16-0500 252 Visual Coding Programming, Tools
10 Most Nostalgic Flash Games From The Early 2000s Samuel Williams, CBR 2022-03-17T22:09:16-0500 252 Visual Coding Programming, Tools
Stephen J. Guy, Director, Applied Motion Lab University of Minnesota 2022-03-17T22:09:16-0500 252 Visual Coding Programming, Tools
ZebraZapps 2022-03-17T22:09:16-0500 252 Visual Coding Programming, Tools
Milestone Wikipedia 2022-03-10T03:11:55-0600 251 Milestone Builds Production
How to pause Elden Ring Jeffrey Parkin, Polygon 2022-03-10T03:11:55-0600 251 Wikis and Guides Gaming
Nice Games Club's 1hr Game Jam Challenge - Part 1 Game Dev London, YouTube 2022-03-03T04:03:56-0600 250 Safecracker!! Game Design, Tabletop
Creating "Safecracker!!" in part 1 of Game Dev London's 2-part episode 2022-03-03T04:03:56-0600 250 Safecracker!! Game Design, Tabletop
The Lockpicking Lawyer YouTube 2022-03-03T04:03:56-0600 250 Safecracker!! Game Design, Tabletop
Nice Games Club's 1hr Game Jam Challenge - Part 2 Game Dev London, YouTube 2022-03-03T04:03:56-0600 250 Adventurer, Please Game Design, Tabletop
Creating "Adventurer, Please" in part 2 of Game Dev London's 2-part episode 2022-03-03T04:03:56-0600 250 Adventurer, Please Game Design, Tabletop
Mark's Beverly Crusher t-shirt 2022-03-03T04:03:56-0600 250 Adventurer, Please Game Design, Tabletop
Jefferies Tube Memory Alpha 2022-03-03T04:03:56-0600 250 Adventurer, Please Game Design, Tabletop
Unplugged Independents: Weave: Storytelling Redefined Seamus Conneely, Cannibal Halfling Gaming 2022-03-03T04:03:56-0600 250 Adventurer, Please Game Design, Tabletop
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate tip: How to get 3 years of access to hundreds of games for dirt cheap PCWorld 2022-02-26T12:06:31-0600 249 Games You Get for Free Gaming
Ko-Fi 2022-02-26T12:06:31-0600 249 Games You Get for Free Gaming
The Jolly Jawbreaker 2022-02-26T12:06:31-0600 249 Games You Get for Free Gaming
The Giver: Language and Communication Study guide, Shmoop 2022-02-26T12:06:31-0600 249 Joy vs. Fun Game Design
The path to unionizing has been rough for Raven Software, and it’s about to get rougher Ash Parrish, The Verge 2022-02-17T11:38:35-0600 248 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2021-2022) IRL, Meta
Game Dev London 2022-02-17T11:38:35-0600 248 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2021-2022) IRL, Meta
Seven Billion Humans 2022-02-17T11:38:35-0600 248 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2021-2022) IRL, Meta
Untitled Goose Game is getting a second goose and local co-op Nicole Carpenter, Polygon 2022-02-17T11:38:35-0600 248 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2021-2022) IRL, Meta
David Bowie Brilliant Adventure (1992 – 2001) 2022-02-17T11:38:35-0600 248 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2021-2022) IRL, Meta
Esperanza Spalding Is The 21st Century's Jazz Genius Lara Pellegrinelli, NPR 2022-02-17T11:38:35-0600 248 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2021-2022) IRL, Meta
Fingeance by Escape Industries itch.io 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Local Releases (2021) IRL
Totally Reliable Delivery Service (console release this year) YouTube 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Local Releases (2021) IRL
Anodyne 2: Return to Dust (on Nintendo Switch this year) Nintendo.com 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Local Releases (2021) IRL
Closed Hands by Passenger Games Ltd. 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Local Releases (2021) IRL
Hades by Supergiant Games 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Nicest (2021) Gaming
Firewatch by Campo Santo 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Nicest (2021) Gaming
Where Should We Begin? A Game of Stories from Esther Perel 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Nicest (2021) Gaming
Metroid: Fusion (Ellen played it on emulator) Nintendo.com 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Nicest (2021) Gaming
Pokémon Quest Pokemon.com 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Nicest (2021) Gaming
Bowser’s Fury Nintendo.com 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Nicest (2021) Gaming
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Playstation.com 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Nicest (2021) Gaming
Metroid: Dread Nintendo.com 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Nicest (2021) Gaming
Humankind 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Nicest (2021) Gaming
Deathloop 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Nicest (2021) Gaming
Rogue Company 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Nicest (2021) Gaming
Haven YouTube 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Nicest (2021) Gaming
Valheim 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Nicest (2021) Gaming
It Takes Two Steam 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Nicest (2021) Gaming
Endling: Extinction is Forever (from Handy Games) 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Most Anticipated (for 2022) Gaming
Weird West (by Wolfeye Studios, published by Devolver) Game Informer 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Most Anticipated (for 2022) Gaming
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Game Informer 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Most Anticipated (for 2022) Gaming
SCHiM Ewoud 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Most Anticipated (for 2022) Gaming
Solo-developed ‘Mars First Logistics’ is a physics-based sandbox on Mars Alan Wen, NME.com 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Most Anticipated (for 2022) Gaming
Cyberpunk cat adventure Stray will let you do highly accurate cat stuff Michael McWhertor, Polygon 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Most Anticipated (for 2022) Gaming
Little Kitty, Big City Double Dagger Studio 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Most Anticipated (for 2022) Gaming
The Playdate handheld system!!! 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Most Anticipated (for 2022) Gaming
Kirby™ and the Forgotten Land Nintendo.com 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Most Anticipated (for 2022) Gaming
Multiversus (from Warner Bros) 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Most Anticipated (for 2022) Gaming
Dragon's Dogma 2 will run on the same engine as Resident Evil Village, leaker says Connor Sheridan, GamesRadar 2021-12-17T16:31:55-0600 246 Most Anticipated (for 2022) Gaming
Alternity Sasquatch Game Studio 2021-12-09T14:04:23-0600 247 Designing like a Dungeon Master Game Design, Narrative, Tabletop
MDA: A Formal Approach to Game Design and Game Research Robin Hunicke, Marc LeBlanc, Robert Zubek, Northwestern University 2021-12-09T14:04:23-0600 247 Designing like a Dungeon Master Game Design, Narrative, Tabletop
Dread, a game of horror and suspense The Impossible Dream 2021-12-09T14:04:23-0600 247 Designing like a Dungeon Master Game Design, Narrative, Tabletop
Thousand Year Old Vampire Tim Hutchings 2021-12-09T14:04:23-0600 247 Designing like a Dungeon Master Game Design, Narrative, Tabletop
Robin's Laws of Good Game Mastering Robin D. Laws 2021-12-09T14:04:23-0600 247 Designing like a Dungeon Master Game Design, Narrative, Tabletop
Unpossible Game Labs 2021-12-09T14:04:23-0600 247 Designing like a Dungeon Master Game Design, Narrative, Tabletop
Con of the North 2021-12-09T14:04:23-0600 247 Designing like a Dungeon Master Game Design, Narrative, Tabletop
Developers explain why 4 is the magic multiplayer number Cass Marshall, Polygon 2021-12-03T12:48:11-0600 245 Player Count Game Design, Hardware
Multitap Wikipedia 2021-12-03T12:48:11-0600 245 Player Count Game Design, Hardware
MAG Review DAN RYCKERT, Game Informer 2021-12-03T12:48:11-0600 245 Player Count Game Design, Hardware
Parenting young kids is exhausting. Should we rethink the nuclear family? Sophie Brickman 2021-12-03T12:48:11-0600 245 Player Count Game Design, Hardware
Articulate Storyline 360, an e-learning development tool 2021-11-25T07:00:00-0600 244 Learning to Use Tools Misc., Tools
Godot, an open-source 2D & 3D game engine 2021-11-25T07:00:00-0600 244 Learning to Use Tools Misc., Tools
Godot: Getting Started >> Step by step Juan Linietsky, Ariel Manzur and the Godot community, Godot 2021-11-25T07:00:00-0600 244 Learning to Use Tools Misc., Tools
Tuckman's stages of group development Wikipedia 2021-11-25T07:00:00-0600 244 Learning to Use Tools Misc., Tools
CoDecks: Playful Planning 2021-11-25T07:00:00-0600 244 Learning to Use Tools Misc., Tools
Sonder (a story) Ludum Dare 2021-11-25T07:00:00-0600 244 Learning to Use Tools Misc., Tools
Proactive and Retroactive Interference (re: learning interference) Dr. Saul McLeod, Simply Psychology 2021-11-25T07:00:00-0600 244 Learning to Use Tools Misc., Tools
Overcooked Co-Op Review: Five-star co-op gaming Jason Love, Co-Optimus 2021-11-25T07:00:00-0600 244 Co-Op Games Game Design
There’s a Difference Between Cooperation and Collaboration Ron Ashkenas, Harvard Business Review 2021-11-25T07:00:00-0600 244 Co-Op Games Game Design
List of best-selling video game franchises Wikipedia 2021-11-18T03:59:04-0600 243 Franchises Gaming, Marketing
How many Super Mario games are there? jan Misali, YouTube 2021-11-18T03:59:04-0600 243 Franchises Gaming, Marketing
Cave Games Cave Interactive Co., Ltd, Wikipedia 2021-11-11T01:15:00-0600 242 Early Access Marketing, Production
Astral Gunners 2021-11-11T01:15:00-0600 242 Early Access Marketing, Production

The Sati Bros. Present: Tips for Early Access

  • Make sure you can finish your game if nobody buys it:
    • Delaying release maybe is OK for your reputation.
    • Cancelling a release will reflects badly on your reputation and will make it tougher to release your next game.
  • Being open and honest with players (customers).
  • Make sure your core game is finished, so the only things you need to add in are extras and content: levels, features, characters, etc.
  • Centralize your player feedback forums. Think about where you would like to talk about a similar game.
 2021-11-11T01:15:00-0600 242 Early Access Marketing, Production
Working in the Inspector: Toggling Debug Mode Unity 2021-11-05T00:05:20-0500 241 Debugging Programming
Concept: Silent Protagonist Giant Bomb 2021-11-05T00:05:20-0500 241 Silent Protagonists Game Design, Narrative
Silent protagonist Wikipedia 2021-11-05T00:05:20-0500 241 Silent Protagonists Game Design, Narrative
Heroic Mime TV Tropes 2021-11-05T00:05:20-0500 241 Silent Protagonists Game Design, Narrative
A Brief History of Beat ’em Up Video Games Hero Concept 2021-10-27T20:55:04-0500 240 Sledgehammer Bride Game Design, Narrative
Prospective Teachers Misperceive Black Children as Angry Bryan Goodman, American Psychological Association 2021-10-27T20:55:04-0500 240 Sledgehammer Bride Game Design, Narrative
The Brute Caricature History on the Net 2021-10-27T20:55:04-0500 240 Sledgehammer Bride Game Design, Narrative
Examining Game Pace: How Single-Player Levels Tick Mark Davies 2021-10-27T20:55:04-0500 240 Sledgehammer Bride Game Design, Narrative
Shank 2 Klei Entertainment, Steam 2021-10-27T20:55:04-0500 240 Sledgehammer Bride Game Design, Narrative
How the Original Hyrule Warriors Broke The Mold for Musou Games Forever Dale Bashir, IGN 2021-10-27T20:55:04-0500 240 Sledgehammer Bride Game Design, Narrative
‘Optica’ is the Mind-Bending Spiritual Successor to ‘Strata’ that’s Launching Next Week Jared Nelson, Touch Arcade 2021-10-22T06:23:47-0500 239 Relaxing Games Game Design, Gaming
Monument Valley 2 2021-10-22T06:23:47-0500 239 Relaxing Games Game Design, Gaming
Really Bad Chess 2021-10-22T06:23:47-0500 239 Relaxing Games Game Design, Gaming
What is Chess 960 or Fischer Random Chess? Chess.com 2021-10-22T06:23:47-0500 239 Relaxing Games Game Design, Gaming
Doctor Who 2048 2021-10-22T06:23:47-0500 239 Relaxing Games Game Design, Gaming
Understanding What "Commitment" Means in Fighting Games LordKnight, YouTube 2021-10-22T06:23:47-0500 239 Commitment Game Design
So Mew2King just got 3-stocked... Hungrybox, YouTube 2021-10-22T06:23:47-0500 239 Commitment Game Design
“I’m not fast enough to play fighting games” Patrick Miller, Medium 2021-10-22T06:23:47-0500 239 Commitment Game Design
Rock, Paper, Scissors: Deluxe Edition (on Kickstarter) 2021-10-15T09:28:35-0500 238 Deluxe Editions Gaming, Marketing, Physical Games
Day of Dragons (in early access) 2021-10-15T09:28:35-0500 238 Deluxe Editions Gaming, Marketing, Physical Games
Jellyvision Labs 2021-10-15T09:28:35-0500 238 Illusions of Choice Game Design
Jellyvision (history) Wikipedia 2021-10-15T09:28:35-0500 238 Illusions of Choice Game Design
Stop signs Wikipedia 2021-10-15T09:28:35-0500 238 Illusions of Choice Game Design
Operation Lifesaver 2021-10-15T09:28:35-0500 238 Illusions of Choice Game Design
The Illusion of Choice in Telltale Games' The Walking Dead Adrian Froschauer, Ontological Geek 2021-10-15T09:28:35-0500 238 Illusions of Choice Game Design
The Only Certainty Is That He Won’t Show Up Dave Itzkoff, The New York Times 2021-09-24T07:21:17-0500 234 Learning a Game Engine Programming, Tools
Step by Step Godot Documentation - Index Godot Engine 2021-09-24T07:21:17-0500 234 Learning a Game Engine Programming, Tools
Step by Step Godot Documentation - Instancing Godot Engine 2021-09-24T07:21:17-0500 234 Learning a Game Engine Programming, Tools
Stop Waiting for Godot Jam Terry Cavanagh, itch.io 2021-09-24T07:21:17-0500 234 Learning a Game Engine Programming, Tools
#stopwaitingforgodot Twitter 2021-09-24T07:21:17-0500 234 Learning a Game Engine Programming, Tools
Types of Interference in Psychology Kendra Cherry, verywellmind 2021-09-24T07:21:17-0500 234 Learning a Game Engine Programming, Tools
Critical Reaction to Mass Effect Citadel Metacritic 2021-09-24T07:21:17-0500 234 Guns Game Design
20 years on, Bushido Blade remains a fighting game masterpiece Simon Parkin, Eurogamer 2021-09-24T07:21:17-0500 234 Guns Game Design
Any good 1 hit kill games out there? Reddit 2021-09-24T07:21:17-0500 234 Guns Game Design
Ergonomic stools by Herman Miller 2021-09-16T14:40:14-0500 235 The New Clubhouse IRL, Meta

The cover image for this episode's page is from The Treehouse, an educational game published in 1991. Ellen played this game a lot when she was a kid. Learn more here: https://www.myabandonware.com/game/the-treehouse-1ag

 2021-09-16T14:40:14-0500 235 The New Clubhouse IRL, Meta

For show notes, check out the episode's page on the Enterprising Individuals website.

 2021-09-10T00:45:29-0500 233 Star Trek games (from Enterprising Individuals) Gaming, IRL
Protospiel MN (2020) 2021-08-26T16:46:55-0500 231 Pitching Tabletop Games Marketing, Physical Games, Tabletop
Twin Cities Playtest with IGDA-TC 2021-08-26T16:46:55-0500 231 Pitching Tabletop Games Marketing, Physical Games, Tabletop
GenCon 2021-08-26T16:46:55-0500 231 Pitching Tabletop Games Marketing, Physical Games, Tabletop
Origins Game Fair 2021-08-26T16:46:55-0500 231 Pitching Tabletop Games Marketing, Physical Games, Tabletop
Tabletop Simulator - notes on importing cards Dale LaCroix 2021-08-26T16:46:55-0500 231 Pitching Tabletop Games Marketing, Physical Games, Tabletop
The Game Crafter Print cards on demand with this website 2021-08-26T16:46:55-0500 231 Pitching Tabletop Games Marketing, Physical Games, Tabletop
Dark Slope Studios 2021-08-19T04:31:45-0500 230 Designing for VR Game Design, IRL, VR / AR / XR
The Void Wikipedia 2021-08-19T04:31:45-0500 230 Designing for VR Game Design, IRL, VR / AR / XR
Malls have a future: location-based entertainment Kim Schaefer, VentureBeat 2021-08-19T04:31:45-0500 230 Designing for VR Game Design, IRL, VR / AR / XR
Curtis Hickman - Speaker Biography Future of Storytelling 2021-08-19T04:31:45-0500 230 Designing for VR Game Design, IRL, VR / AR / XR
Facebook Horizon 2021-08-19T04:31:45-0500 230 Designing for VR Game Design, IRL, VR / AR / XR

Games mentioned in this segment included:

  • Paper Mario: The Origami King
  • Closed Hands
  • 30 Flights of Loving
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  • Batman: Arkham series
 2021-08-12T09:08:19-0500 229 Bonus Content Gaming, Production
‘Ask Iwata’ Book Review: A Much Needed Chronicle Of A Gaming Legend Ollie Barder, Forbes 2021-08-12T09:08:19-0500 229 Bonus Content Gaming, Production
Wrinkles in Spacetime: The Warped Astrophysics of Interstellar Adam Rogers, Wired 2021-08-12T09:08:19-0500 229 Bonus Content Gaming, Production
First Images of a Black Hole from the Event Horizon Telescope* Susanna Kohler, AAS NOVA 2021-08-12T09:08:19-0500 229 Bonus Content Gaming, Production
Game Changers (2019 exhibit) Science Museum of Minnesota 2021-08-12T09:08:19-0500 229 Bonus Content Gaming, Production

* CORRECTION: The black hole in question is Messier 87, not "TON 68" as Ellen mentioned on the podcast. The designation of the black hole that Ellen thought she was referring to is TON 618. The black hole that's part of the TON 618 quasar is one of the most massive black holes ever discovered.

 2021-08-12T09:08:19-0500 229 Bonus Content Gaming, Production
View recently-broadcasted talks from IGDA-TC Twitch 2021-08-12T09:08:19-0500 229 Giving Talks Events, Marketing
Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences (a book) Nancy Duarte 2021-08-12T09:08:19-0500 229 Giving Talks Events, Marketing
Googly-Eyed Trash Eaters May Clean a Harbor Near You Jackie Snow, National Geographic 2021-08-04T18:44:31-0500 227 Giblet the Trash Can Game Design, IRL
Indie SoapBox GDC 2021-07-29T00:45:56-0500 228 GDC 2021 Sessions Events
Glitch City LA 2021-07-29T00:45:56-0500 228 GDC 2021 Sessions Events
Demystifying Indie Publishing Offers August Brown, GDC 2021-07-29T00:45:56-0500 228 GDC 2021 Sessions Events
Avoid an Identity Crisis as a Technical Designer GDC 2021-07-29T00:45:56-0500 228 GDC 2021 Sessions Events
A slide from "Avoid an Identity Crisis as a Technical Designer" 2021-07-29T00:45:56-0500 228 GDC 2021 Sessions Events
Experimental Gameplay Workshop GDC 2021-07-29T00:45:56-0500 228 GDC 2021 Sessions Events
Schim 2021-07-29T00:45:56-0500 228 GDC 2021 Sessions Events
HyperRogue 2021-07-29T00:45:56-0500 228 GDC 2021 Sessions Events
Kroma 2021-07-29T00:45:56-0500 228 GDC 2021 Sessions Events
Kristallijn 2021-07-29T00:45:56-0500 228 GDC 2021 Sessions Events
L'Oeuf-Sphinx 2021-07-29T00:45:56-0500 228 GDC 2021 Sessions Events
AI Dungeon 2021-07-29T00:45:56-0500 228 GDC 2021 Sessions Events
Despelote 2021-07-29T00:45:56-0500 228 GDC 2021 Sessions Events
Spreadsheet Smarter Not Harder 2021-07-29T00:45:56-0500 228 GDC 2021 Sessions Events
The Evolution of the Xbox Controller Alessandro Fillari, GameSpot 2021-07-23T09:53:23-0500 226 Gamepads Hardware
The Evolution of the PlayStation Controller Adam Bankhurst, IGN 2021-07-23T09:53:23-0500 226 Gamepads Hardware
List of Nintendo controllers Wikipedia 2021-07-23T09:53:23-0500 226 Gamepads Hardware
Minneapolis Named Best City Park System in U.S. on Trust for Public Land’s Annual ParkScore Index (2020) Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board 2021-07-23T09:53:23-0500 226 Nature in Games Art
Minneapolis slides to third in urban park rankings; St. Paul rises to second (2021) Susan Du, Star Tribune 2021-07-23T09:53:23-0500 226 Nature in Games Art
Spend Time Outside in Twin Cities Parks and Lakes Cinnamon Janzer, Explore Minnesota 2021-07-23T09:53:23-0500 226 Nature in Games Art
Endling: Extinction is Forever Handy Games 2021-07-23T09:53:23-0500 226 Nature in Games Art
Firewatch Campo Santo 2021-07-23T09:53:23-0500 226 Nature in Games Art
Conflict minerals: Which gaming companies may have funded human rights abuses in 2019? Rebekah Valentine, GamesIndustry.biz 2021-07-09T22:31:37-0500 224 Ethical Consumption Gaming, Misc.
Is There Really Such a Thing as “Ethical Consumerism”? Maya Singer, Vogue 2021-07-09T22:31:37-0500 224 Ethical Consumption Gaming, Misc.
Summary of sexual and non-sexual allegations (megathread) Reddit 2021-07-09T22:31:37-0500 224 Ethical Consumption Gaming, Misc.
r/truegaming: For those who like talking about games as much as playing them. Reddit 2021-07-09T22:31:37-0500 224 Grind Game Design, Gaming

Ellen’s take on grind: “Going through the same content multiple times as a means to progress towards an in-game goal that doesn’t pertain to the player’s skill.”

 2021-07-09T22:31:37-0500 224 Grind Game Design, Gaming
Noble Engine, a li'l game engine for Playdate Noble Robot, GitHub 2021-07-01T04:33:17-0500 223 "So, you made a game engine?" Hardware, Programming
Noble Engine Project Template Noble Robot, GitHub 2021-07-01T04:33:17-0500 223 "So, you made a game engine?" Hardware, Programming
Playdate console 2021-07-01T04:33:17-0500 223 "So, you made a game engine?" Hardware, Programming
Playdate developer portal 2021-07-01T04:33:17-0500 223 "So, you made a game engine?" Hardware, Programming
The 7 Cooperative Principles The National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International 2021-06-24T13:07:57-0500 221 Co-op Studios IRL, Production
Mission Statements Adam Schwartz, The Cooperative Way 2021-06-24T13:07:57-0500 221 Co-op Studios IRL, Production
Co-ops in Spain’s Basque Region Soften Capitalism’s Rough Edges Peter S. Goodman, The New York Times 2021-06-24T13:07:57-0500 221 Co-op Studios IRL, Production
Embracing the Co-Op Studio Model in Indie Games Scott Benson, Ted Anderson, Steve Filby, Ian Thomas, Bethany Hockenberry, GDC 2021-06-24T13:07:57-0500 221 Co-op Studios IRL, Production
The Game Debate: Video Games as Innovative Storytelling Melissa Somerdin, The Oswald Review 2021-06-19T00:05:50-0500 222 Storytelling Game Design, Narrative
The Importance Of Video Game Narrative Adeyemi Thompson, Sliced Bread Animation 2021-06-19T00:05:50-0500 222 Storytelling Game Design, Narrative
The Unique Storytelling Power of Video Games Anthony Jondreau, Medium 2021-06-19T00:05:50-0500 222 Storytelling Game Design, Narrative
3 approaches to storytelling in games Simon K Jones, Medium 2021-06-19T00:05:50-0500 222 Storytelling Game Design, Narrative
Wavedashing in Super Smash Bros Melee pahlz, Instructables 2021-06-19T00:05:50-0500 222 Exploits Gaming, IRL
8 of the Most Notorious Video Game Exploits of All Time Brandin Tyrrel, IGN 2021-06-19T00:05:50-0500 222 Exploits Gaming, IRL
What's the biggest game exploit you'll admit to using? PC Gamer 2021-06-19T00:05:50-0500 222 Exploits Gaming, IRL
South Korea’s COVID Success Stems From an Earlier Infectious Disease Failure Jiyeon Kim and Neil Richards, Slate 2021-06-10T02:47:22-0500 220 Special In-Person Special IRL, Meta, Misc.
Game to Grow blog 2021-06-03T12:19:39-0500 219 Therapeutic Games Game Design, Tabletop
Critical Core on Kickstarter 2021-06-03T12:19:39-0500 219 Therapeutic Games Game Design, Tabletop
Drama Therapy North American Drama Therapy Association 2021-06-03T12:19:39-0500 219 Therapeutic Games Game Design, Tabletop
Wheelhouse Workshop 2021-06-03T12:19:39-0500 219 Therapeutic Games Game Design, Tabletop
Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Understood.com 2021-06-03T12:19:39-0500 219 Therapeutic Games Game Design, Tabletop
Collaboration vs. cooperation: What's the difference? The Ripple Team, Ripple Intranet 2021-06-03T12:19:39-0500 219 Therapeutic Games Game Design, Tabletop
Game to Grow Keynote at the 2018 Washington Therapy Conference Adam Davis 2021-06-03T12:19:39-0500 219 Therapeutic Games Game Design, Tabletop
No Thank You, Evil: The Award-Winning Game of Make-believe for Creative Kids and Their Families 2021-06-03T12:19:39-0500 219 Therapeutic Games Game Design, Tabletop
Educating Intuition The University of Chicago Press 2021-05-27T10:54:29-0500 218 Intuition Game Design
Jason Silva on Intuition Brain Games, National Geographic 2021-05-27T10:54:29-0500 218 Intuition Game Design
Intuition, Expectations and Culture: Learning from Psychology to Build Better Game Interfaces Ara Shirinian, Game Developer 2021-05-27T10:54:29-0500 218 Intuition Game Design
Numerical Intuition Brain Games, National Geographic 2021-05-27T10:54:29-0500 218 Intuition Game Design
The unique power of games in building intuition Bryan Braun 2021-05-27T10:54:29-0500 218 Intuition Game Design
Open Source Definition 2021-05-20T16:59:03-0500 217 Open Source Software Programming, Tools
Demo video of Veloren, an Open Source MMORPG Open Source Games, YouTube 2021-05-20T16:59:03-0500 217 Open Source Software Programming, Tools
Zero D, an open source game 2021-05-20T16:59:03-0500 217 Open Source Software Programming, Tools
"Standards" (#927) xkcd 2021-05-20T16:59:03-0500 217 Open Source Software Programming, Tools
Embark Studios 2021-05-20T16:59:03-0500 217 Open Source Software Programming, Tools
Adobe Brackets 2021-05-20T16:59:03-0500 217 Open Source Software Programming, Tools
Awesome Open Source 2021-05-20T16:59:03-0500 217 Open Source Software Programming, Tools
To Do Group 2021-05-20T16:59:03-0500 217 Open Source Software Programming, Tools
Free Open Source Compliance Course for Developers The Linux Foundation 2021-05-20T16:59:03-0500 217 Open Source Software Programming, Tools
Code Covenant 2021-05-20T16:59:03-0500 217 Open Source Software Programming, Tools
Rust Programming Language 2021-05-20T16:59:03-0500 217 Open Source Software Programming, Tools
Bevy, a "refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust" 2021-05-20T16:59:03-0500 217 Open Source Software Programming, Tools
The Training Arcade 2021-05-13T15:25:19-0500 215 Gameful UX Game Design, UI / UX
"Jeopardy!" TV Challenge Demo 2021-05-13T15:25:19-0500 215 Gameful UX Game Design, UI / UX
An 'Overjoyed' LeVar Burton Welcomes Chance To Guest-Host 'Jeopardy!' Bill Chappell, NPR 2021-05-13T15:25:19-0500 215 Gameful UX Game Design, UI / UX
What is a Lottie? 2021-05-13T15:25:19-0500 215 Gameful UX Game Design, UI / UX
Howler.js 2021-05-13T15:25:19-0500 215 Gameful UX Game Design, UI / UX
What is middleware? 2021-05-13T15:25:19-0500 215 Gameful UX Game Design, UI / UX
Adobe XD 2021-05-13T15:25:19-0500 215 Gameful UX Game Design, UI / UX
Expert Tips Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Doesn't Tell You Justin Clark, SVG 2021-04-22T05:47:41-0500 213 Playing Outside Your Genre / Difficulty Accessibility, Game Design
How the Video Game Industry Quietly Powered Through a Pandemic Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter 2021-04-22T05:47:41-0500 213 Playing Outside Your Genre / Difficulty Accessibility, Game Design
Here’s how ‘Hades’ makes going back to hell feel fresh Gene Park, The Washington Post 2021-04-22T05:47:41-0500 213 Cheating Game Design, Gaming
9 out of 10 people played Mass Effect as Paragon Brett Makedonski, Destructoid 2021-04-22T05:47:41-0500 213 Cheating Game Design, Gaming
US favorite video game devices 2020 J. Clement, Statista 2021-04-14T18:33:59-0500 212 Ellen's PC Build - The Journey Begins Hardware
Gaming - Statistics and Facts Statista 2021-04-14T18:33:59-0500 212 Ellen's PC Build - The Journey Begins Hardware
Video Game Industry Statistics In 2020 2021-04-14T18:33:59-0500 212 Ellen's PC Build - The Journey Begins Hardware
PC Part Picker 2021-04-14T18:33:59-0500 212 Ellen's PC Build - The Journey Begins Hardware
ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS 2021-04-14T18:33:59-0500 212 Ellen's PC Build - The Journey Begins Hardware
Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry Jason Schreier, Amazon 2021-04-14T18:33:59-0500 212 Press Reset by Jason Schreier Misc.
The Game Crafter 2021-04-08T07:36:54-0500 211 Building Blocks of Design Art, Game Design, IRL, Tabletop, Tools
A selection of cards from "Ali and Mimi's Card Game" 2021-04-08T07:36:54-0500 211 Building Blocks of Design Art, Game Design, IRL, Tabletop, Tools
2021-04-08T07:36:54-0500 211 Building Blocks of Design Art, Game Design, IRL, Tabletop, Tools
Osama's son trying to look professional while presenting "City Game I Love This." 2021-04-08T07:36:54-0500 211 Building Blocks of Design Art, Game Design, IRL, Tabletop, Tools
Osama's daughter beaming with pride at her creation, "05Q7654321 0." 2021-04-08T07:36:54-0500 211 Building Blocks of Design Art, Game Design, IRL, Tabletop, Tools
Osama's kids' first video game. 2021-04-08T07:36:54-0500 211 Building Blocks of Design Art, Game Design, IRL, Tabletop, Tools
Gamer Motivation Profile 2021-03-25T05:08:49-0500 209 Your Internal Battery Gaming, IRL
5 Signs That You May Be an Ambivert Rena Goldman, Healthline 2021-03-25T05:08:49-0500 209 Your Internal Battery Gaming, IRL
Nemesis Jam CannibalInteractive, itch.io 2021-03-25T05:08:49-0500 209 Your Internal Battery Gaming, IRL
History and Evolution of Typography Konstantin Kirilov; Nikolay Petroussenko, Font Fabric 2021-03-18T16:01:54-0500 208 Fonts Misc.
The history of fonts Prepressure 2021-03-18T16:01:54-0500 208 Fonts Misc.
Popular Standards ISO 2021-03-18T16:01:54-0500 208 Fonts Misc.
Mini Metro 2021-03-18T16:01:54-0500 208 Fonts Misc.
Destiny 2021-03-18T16:01:54-0500 208 Fonts Misc.
Night in the Woods 2021-03-18T16:01:54-0500 208 Fonts Misc.
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action 2021-03-18T16:01:54-0500 208 Fonts Misc.
Balan Wonderworld is a strange game of furry musicality Michael McWhertor, Polygon 2021-03-18T16:01:54-0500 208 Jank Game Design
Balan Wonderland gameplay video Kinda Funny Gamescast, YouTube 2021-03-18T16:01:54-0500 208 Jank Game Design
Bullet Witch on Steam 2021-03-18T16:01:54-0500 208 Jank Game Design
Goat Simulator 2021-03-18T16:01:54-0500 208 Jank Game Design
Human Fall Flat on Steam 2021-03-18T16:01:54-0500 208 Jank Game Design
L.O.V.E.R.S in a Dangerous Spacetime 2021-03-18T16:01:54-0500 208 Jank Game Design
INSIDE 2021-03-18T16:01:54-0500 208 Jank Game Design
Overcooked 2021-03-18T16:01:54-0500 208 Jank Game Design
Roboston: Game Rules 2021-03-11T06:00:01-0600 207 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2020-2021) Game Design, IRL, Meta
Roboston: Development Session Notes 2021-03-11T06:00:01-0600 207 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2020-2021) Game Design, IRL, Meta
Your nice hosts' hiatus "Working Agreement" 2021-03-11T06:00:01-0600 207 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2020-2021) Game Design, IRL, Meta
We brought Roboston to Twin Cities Playtest in January... 2021-03-11T06:00:01-0600 207 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2020-2021) Game Design, IRL, Meta
...and again in February. 2021-03-11T06:00:01-0600 207 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2020-2021) Game Design, IRL, Meta
HyperDot 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Local Releases (2020) News
Elemetals 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Local Releases (2020) News
Widget Satchel (in Japan) 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Local Releases (2020) News
Color Jumper (on Switch) 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Local Releases (2020) News
Death Drives a Bus 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Local Releases (2020) News
Astral Gunners (in Early Access) 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Local Releases (2020) News
Flailure 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Local Releases (2020) News

Ellen played 2019's Baba Is You on Switch this year.

 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Nicest (2020) Nicest

Ellen played 2019's Borderlands 3 at the beginning on the pandemic.

 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Nicest (2020) Nicest

Ellen is staring down the HUGE pile of games from 2020's Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality.

 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Nicest (2020) Nicest
Paper Mario: The Origami King is a laugh-out-loud funny RPG on the Switch Andrew Webster, Polygon 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Nicest (2020) Nicest

Civilization VI didn't come out in 2020, but with all the new content, it sometimes feels like it!

 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Nicest (2020) Nicest
Nioh 2 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Nicest (2020) Nicest
Endling 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Most Anticipated (for 2021) Nicest
The Medium 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Most Anticipated (for 2021) Nicest
Boyfriend Dungeon 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Most Anticipated (for 2021) Nicest
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Most Anticipated (for 2021) Nicest
Away: The Survival Series 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Most Anticipated (for 2021) Nicest
Baldur’s Gate 3 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Most Anticipated (for 2021) Nicest
Deathloop 2020-12-26T12:08:30-0600 206 Most Anticipated (for 2021) Nicest
What Makes a 4X Game "Micah ""Marlowe"" Dutro", Explorminate 2020-12-16T00:00:00-0600 205 4X Games Game Design, Gaming
Welcome to CivAnon 2K, YouTube 2020-12-16T00:00:00-0600 205 4X Games Game Design, Gaming
The Best Scenarios in Civilization 6 Sam Woodrick, GameRant 2020-12-16T00:00:00-0600 205 4X Games Game Design, Gaming
'Civilization' and Strategy Games' Progress Delusion Gabriel Soares, Vice 2020-12-16T00:00:00-0600 205 4X Games Game Design, Gaming
Colonialism is Fun? Sid Meier’s Civilization and the Gamification of Imperialism Nick Pullen, Imperial & Global Forum 2020-12-16T00:00:00-0600 205 4X Games Game Design, Gaming
Yu-kai Chou: Gamification & Behavioral Design 2020-12-16T00:00:00-0600 205 Actionable Gamification by Yu-kai Chou Game Design, Tools
Bartle’s Player Types for Gamification "Janaki Mythily Kumar, Mario Herger, and Rikke Friis Dam ", Interaction Design Foundation 2020-12-16T00:00:00-0600 205 Actionable Gamification by Yu-kai Chou Game Design, Tools
The 4 Keys to Fun Nicole Lazzaro, XEODesign 2020-12-16T00:00:00-0600 205 Actionable Gamification by Yu-kai Chou Game Design, Tools
Did eBay Just Prove That Paid Search Ads Don’t Work? Ray Fisman, Harvard Business Review 2020-12-16T00:00:00-0600 205 Actionable Gamification by Yu-kai Chou Game Design, Tools
HermitCraft (Minecraft streamer) 2020-12-10T03:42:37-0600 204 Families in Games Gaming
Roblox 2020-12-10T03:42:37-0600 204 Families in Games Gaming
Spelunx 2020-12-10T03:42:37-0600 204 Families in Games Gaming
Into the Breach 2020-12-10T03:42:37-0600 204 Families in Games Gaming
Robotron 2020-12-10T03:42:37-0600 204 Families in Games Gaming
Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) for Minnesota 2020-12-10T03:42:37-0600 204 Families in Games Gaming
igdatc's Gamedev Meeting for November 2020, cued up to the start of Ellen's presentation. 2020-12-01T15:26:03-0600 203 Tips for Designing Games for Learning Events, Game Design, UI / UX
What It’s Like to Be Quarantined on an Island Over Coronavirus Fears Isabella Kwai, The New York Times 2020-11-25T08:26:49-0600 202 Business Speak Events, IRL, Marketing
IndieCade's "Playing TogethAR Showcase" 2020-11-25T08:26:49-0600 202 Business Speak Events, IRL, Marketing
Seven Touches – A Basic Marketing Principle in Action LisaMarie Dias, CompuKol 2020-11-25T08:26:49-0600 202 Business Speak Events, IRL, Marketing
Here's how to reduce friction in sales George Brontén, Membrain 2020-11-25T08:26:49-0600 202 Business Speak Events, IRL, Marketing
Understanding Indie Publishers Callum Underwood, YouTube 2020-11-25T08:26:49-0600 202 Business Speak Events, IRL, Marketing
How to Pitch to Raw Fury 2020-11-25T08:26:49-0600 202 Business Speak Events, IRL, Marketing
Chunking (psychology) Wikipedia 2020-11-25T08:26:49-0600 202 Business Speak Events, IRL, Marketing
HomeTeam GameDev 2020-11-25T08:26:49-0600 202 Business Speak Events, IRL, Marketing
From Sage on the Stage to Guide on the Side Alison King, College Teaching 2020-11-25T08:26:49-0600 202 Business Speak Events, IRL, Marketing
Shadow Complex (2009) Wikipedia 2020-11-18T22:00:11-0600 201 Fail States Game Design
"Queer identity in Watch Dogs: Legion should be more than flavor text" Carolyn Petit, Polygon 2020-11-18T22:00:11-0600 201 Worldbuilding Game Design, Narrative

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 2020-11-12T15:16:17-0600 200 100th Episode Special (revisit) IRL, Meta
Favicon (pronounciation) Wiktionary 2020-11-12T15:16:17-0600 200 100th Episode Special (revisit) IRL, Meta
Pointer (computer programming) Wikipedia 2020-11-12T15:16:17-0600 200 Learning Through Games (revisit) Game Design, Meta, UI / UX
Adventures With Anxiety! Nicky Case 2020-11-12T15:16:17-0600 200 Learning Through Games (revisit) Game Design, Meta, UI / UX
Portal 2 Finds A Unique Way to Offend Michael McWhertor, Kotaku 2020-11-12T15:16:17-0600 200 Messages and Meanings (revisit) Game Design, Meta
No chess at the Olympics anytime soon André Schulz, ChessBase 2020-11-12T15:16:17-0600 200 Messages and Meanings (revisit) Game Design, Meta
Our favorite games from the Itch.io racial justice bundle Engadget 2020-11-12T15:16:17-0600 200 Game Libraries (revisit) Gaming, Meta
Lizzy Crossing Eva Lee 2020-11-12T15:16:17-0600 200 Game Libraries (revisit) Gaming, Meta
Designing for Youth - Making Games for Players Under 14 Extra Credits, YouTube 2020-11-04T22:40:00-0600 199 Games for Young Children Game Design, Marketing
Designing Apps and Games for Kids (The Right Way) Paul Armstrong, Carly Gloge, Jim Nichols, Alex Bowman, GDC 2020-11-04T22:40:00-0600 199 Games for Young Children Game Design, Marketing
Car Wash Game for Kids (gameplay video) YouTube 2020-11-04T22:40:00-0600 199 Games for Young Children Game Design, Marketing
Zen Koi - Game for iOS and Android LandShark Games 2020-11-04T22:40:00-0600 199 Games for Young Children Game Design, Marketing
Scratch from MIT 2020-11-04T22:40:00-0600 199 Games for Young Children Game Design, Marketing

"Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century."

 2020-11-04T22:40:00-0600 199 Games for Young Children Game Design, Marketing
Ellen mentioned children's franchises Blues Clues, "Baby Shark" from Pinkfong, and P.J. Masks. 2020-11-04T22:40:00-0600 199 Games for Young Children Game Design, Marketing

We mentioned the following games and game series during this part of the roundtable:

  • Ratchet and Clank
  • Job Simulator
  • Octodad: Dadliest Catch
  • Inflatality
  • Divekick
  • The Stanley Parable

 2020-11-04T22:40:00-0600 199 Comedy in Games Game Design, Narrative
Website 2020-10-31T10:43:18-0500 198 Gamedev in Kenya Misc.
DevsKenya on Twitter 2020-10-31T10:43:18-0500 198 Gamedev in Kenya Misc.
GameDevs on Instagram Instagram 2020-10-31T10:43:18-0500 198 Gamedev in Kenya Misc.
Covid Killer - Game 2020-10-31T10:43:18-0500 198 Gamedev in Kenya Misc.
Game Devs Kenya is running another boot camp on November 7th! 2020-10-31T10:43:18-0500 198 Gamedev in Kenya Misc.
Nairobi Game Development Center 2020-10-31T10:43:18-0500 198 Gamedev in Kenya Misc.

Kenya has a co-working space for game developers called Nairobi Game Development Center. Here are some pictures!

Image of Nairobi Garage
A picture of the Nairobi Game Development Center.
A picture of the Nairobi Game Development Center.
2020-10-31T10:43:18-0500 198 Gamedev in Kenya Misc.
Usiku Games is a mobile games studio located in Kenya. 2020-10-31T10:43:18-0500 198 Gamedev in Kenya Misc.
Nairobi Garage - annother coworking space 2020-10-31T10:43:18-0500 198 Gamedev in Kenya Misc.
Four-part, moderated debate about Xbox vs Playstation! Game Devs Kenya, SoundCloud 2020-10-31T10:43:18-0500 198 Gamedev in Kenya Misc.
Africa Comicade recently held a 3-day Game Jam. 2020-10-31T10:43:18-0500 198 Gamedev in Kenya Misc.
Mark Cerny goes over the possibilities of the new hardware within the Playstation 5. PlayStation, YouTube 2020-10-31T10:43:18-0500 198 Gamedev in Kenya Misc.
Kine Steam 2020-10-14T22:44:34-0500 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio
Lab Rats (a satirical puzzler by Gwen Bond, formerly Gwen Frey) Steam 2020-10-14T22:44:34-0500 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio
Reaper 2020-10-14T22:44:34-0500 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio
Reason 2020-10-14T22:44:34-0500 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio
FL Studio (stand for Fruit Loops) 2020-10-14T22:44:34-0500 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio
Helm Audio 2020-10-14T22:44:34-0500 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio
TAL Noisemaker 2020-10-14T22:44:34-0500 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio
Musescore - Software for Written Music 2020-10-14T22:44:34-0500 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio
Komplete - Native Instruments 2020-10-14T22:44:34-0500 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio
Kontact - Native Instruments 2020-10-14T22:44:34-0500 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio
Focusrite -Scarlett Series 2020-10-14T22:44:34-0500 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio
Shure SM57 2020-10-14T22:44:34-0500 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio
Shure SM58 2020-10-14T22:44:34-0500 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio
Shure SM7b 2020-10-14T22:44:34-0500 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio
Audio-Technica AT2035 2020-10-14T22:44:34-0500 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio
Game Sound Con 2020-10-14T22:44:34-0500 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio
Chel and her friend Tiffany Otto are going for 120 stars on Super Mario 64! ChelWongAudio, Twitch 2020-10-14T22:44:34-0500 196 Game Audio Tools and Workflows Audio
Why I’m not buying the Harry Potter game Stacey Henley, Polygon 2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500 195 Games in Other Media Game Design, Gaming, Narrative
Any news on the IRL, playable version of Nine Kings? Reddit 2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500 195 Games in Other Media Game Design, Gaming, Narrative
‘The West Wing’ Cast To Perform 2002 Episode On HBO Max To Benefit Michelle Obama’s Nonpartisan Voter Drive Greg Evans, Deadline 2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500 195 Games in Other Media Game Design, Gaming, Narrative
Why 'Edge of Tomorrow' Got Retitled 'Live Die Repeat' Jack Giroux, /Film 2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500 195 Games in Other Media Game Design, Gaming, Narrative
List of games in Star Trek Wikipedia 2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500 195 Games in Other Media Game Design, Gaming, Narrative
'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' Review: Interactive Movie Falls Short Daniel D'Addario, Variety 2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500 195 Games in Other Media Game Design, Gaming, Narrative
Kimmy Schmidt vs. the Reverend Is What Interactive TV Was Made For Jen Chaney, Vulture 2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500 195 Games in Other Media Game Design, Gaming, Narrative

The "horror movie where the seats had creepy touch" that Stephen was talking about might have been the infamous 1950s camp classic The Tingler.

 2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500 195 Games in Other Media Game Design, Gaming, Narrative
Minnesota Fringe 2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500 195 Games in Other Media Game Design, Gaming, Narrative
The 49 Original Whose Line Is It Anyway? Games, Ranked Luke Winkie, Vulture 2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500 195 Games in Other Media Game Design, Gaming, Narrative
It makes more sense in context... 2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500 195 Games in Other Media Game Design, Gaming, Narrative
Explaining how fighting games use delay-based and rollback netcode Ricky Pusch, Ars Technica 2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500 195 Online Play Game Design, Programming, Tools
Most people who play video games online experience 'severe' harassment, new study finds Dave Smith, Business Insider 2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500 195 Online Play Game Design, Programming, Tools
Unity Multiplay 2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500 195 Online Play Game Design, Programming, Tools
Steam Multiplayer Overview 2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500 195 Online Play Game Design, Programming, Tools
Photon 2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500 195 Online Play Game Design, Programming, Tools
PlayFab 2020-10-07T05:43:05-0500 195 Online Play Game Design, Programming, Tools
Team Toadhouse: Call Me Cera 2020-10-02T18:11:10-0500 194 Impostor Syndrome Art
The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci and is displayed at The Louvre in France 2020-10-02T18:11:10-0500 194 Impostor Syndrome Art
Lightbox Conference & Expo 2020-10-02T18:11:10-0500 194 Impostor Syndrome Art
What is impostor syndrome and how can you combat it? Elizabeth Cox , TED-Ed 2020-10-02T18:11:10-0500 194 Impostor Syndrome Art
Ep. 3: "The problem with all-stars" WorkLife Podcast with Adam Grant, TED 2020-10-02T18:11:10-0500 194 Impostor Syndrome Art
How to Overcome ‘Impostor Syndrome’ Jessica Bennett, The New York Times 2020-10-02T18:11:10-0500 194 Impostor Syndrome Art
Frog Fractions Has Done It Again--Here's How To Access A New Sequel James O'Connor, GameSpot 2020-09-22T23:34:15-0500 193 Media Influences Game Design, IRL, Narrative
Destiny 2: Forsaken Brings Back Paul McCartney's Very Bad Song From the Original Destiny Caty McCarthy, USgamer 2020-09-22T23:34:15-0500 193 Media Influences Game Design, IRL, Narrative
Paul McCartney Announces ‘Hope for the Future’ Vinyl Release With ‘Thrash’ Remix Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone 2020-09-22T23:34:15-0500 193 Media Influences Game Design, IRL, Narrative
Development of Half-Life 2 Combine OverWiki 2020-09-22T23:34:15-0500 193 Media Influences Game Design, IRL, Narrative
The death and rebirth of Duke Nukem Forever: a history Ben Kuchera, Ars Technica 2020-09-22T23:34:15-0500 193 Media Influences Game Design, IRL, Narrative
That XCOM FPS Isn't Dead. And It Isn't an FPS Anymore Evan Narcisse, Kotaku 2020-09-22T23:34:15-0500 193 Media Influences Game Design, IRL, Narrative
Reuse Everything Xalavier Nelson Jr., GDoC Expo 2020-09-22T23:34:15-0500 193 Media Influences Game Design, IRL, Narrative
The 2021 Game Developers Conference will try to go physical again - but now in July Sean Hollister, The Verge 2020-09-10T09:57:45-0500 191 Online Events Events, IRL
The ESA sets dates for E3 2021 Rebekah Valentine, GamesIndustry.biz 2020-09-10T09:57:45-0500 191 Online Events Events, IRL
Summer Games Done Quick 2020 Raises $2.3 Million Adam Bankhurst, IGN 2020-09-10T09:57:45-0500 191 Online Events Events, IRL
As sexual abuse allegations flood in, the world of video games faces a reckoning Mark Serrels , CNET 2020-09-10T09:57:45-0500 191 Online Events Events, IRL
Putting comments in code: the good, the bad, and the ugly Bill Sourour, freeCodeCamp 2020-09-10T09:57:45-0500 191 Documentation Game Design, Production, Tools
What Is Performance Support And Why Should You Use Performance Support Tools? Asha Pandey, eLearning Industry 2020-09-10T09:57:45-0500 191 Documentation Game Design, Production, Tools
The perfect client brief: Does it exist? Oliver McAteer, Campaign US 2020-09-10T09:57:45-0500 191 Documentation Game Design, Production, Tools

Here's a full list of topics and relevant links from this week's episode. Additional articles and such are below. Enjoy!

 2020-09-01T23:56:46-0500 190 Programming VR Games Programming, VR / AR / XR
Lessons Learned from Five Years of VR Locomotion Experiments Paul White, Game Developer 2020-09-01T23:56:46-0500 190 Programming VR Games Programming, VR / AR / XR
Google is discontinuing the Daydream View VR headset, and the Pixel 4 won’t support Daydream Adi Robertson, The Verge 2020-09-01T23:56:46-0500 190 Programming VR Games Programming, VR / AR / XR
Samsung is killing its VR applications now that Gear VR is dead Mariella Moon, Engadget 2020-09-01T23:56:46-0500 190 Programming VR Games Programming, VR / AR / XR
Play Adia's small stories! 2020-08-25T17:07:10-0500 189 Small Projects Game Design, Narrative
Adia spoke at a recent igdatc meetup about her Electron+Ink work IGDA TC, YouTube 2020-08-25T17:07:10-0500 189 Small Projects Game Design, Narrative
Narrascope 2020-08-25T17:07:10-0500 189 Small Projects Game Design, Narrative
BLASEBALL 2020-08-25T17:07:10-0500 189 Escapist Games Gaming
Dale and Mark have been playing 8-bit versions of "Jeopardy!" 2020-08-25T17:07:10-0500 189 Escapist Games Gaming
Grounded Early Access Review Jon Ryan, IGN 2020-08-25T17:07:10-0500 189 Escapist Games Gaming

Check out Glen's games on Itch.io and Steam! 

We talked about most of these titles during the episode:

Grimm and Tonic
Questlike
Hail
SHLD FLNG
M@ge
Shiny Gauntlet
Questlike Pocket (coming soon)

Find Glen's art on his ArtStation page (NSFW) and watch him speed paint on his YouTube channel.

 2020-08-20T21:16:33-0500 188 Indiedev During the Pandemic Game Design, IRL

Additional links and resources

Ren.js - "a new videogame engine for making Visual Novels that run directly in the web browser. Based on Ren'Py and powered by PhaserJS, it's easy to use and easy to extend."

Winter Wolves Games - Developer of visual novels, dating sims, and RPGs.

Narrascope Conference - Conference, Discord chat, game jam, and more.

 2020-08-20T21:16:33-0500 188 Indiedev During the Pandemic Game Design, IRL
Zach Gage's wise tweet about making small games Twitter 2020-08-20T21:16:33-0500 188 Indiedev During the Pandemic Game Design, IRL
Grimm & Tonic Webcomic Spritewrench 2020-08-20T21:16:33-0500 188 Indiedev During the Pandemic Game Design, IRL
The Kindaichi Case Files (Manga) Wikipedia 2020-08-20T21:16:33-0500 188 Indiedev During the Pandemic Game Design, IRL
Kinetic Novel TV Tropes 2020-08-20T21:16:33-0500 188 Indiedev During the Pandemic Game Design, IRL
Isekai Wikipedia 2020-08-20T21:16:33-0500 188 Indiedev During the Pandemic Game Design, IRL
D.I.C.E. Summit 2002 Mark Cerny, YouTube 2020-08-11T00:13:57-0500 187 Prototyping Game Design, Tools
BLARP! on Steam Isaac Cohen 2020-08-11T00:13:57-0500 187 Prototyping Game Design, Tools
Adobe XD 2020-08-11T00:13:57-0500 187 Prototyping Game Design, Tools

Alanna’s guidelines on depicting mental illness in games:

  • Ask yourself why you’re putting mental health issues in your game.
  • Make sure to have correct definitions, and not promote stigmas.
  • Try not to use triggering content for the audience you’re serving.
  • Avoid harmful tropes.

 2020-08-06T06:23:02-0500 186 Mental Health IRL, Production
Mental Illness: The Bio-Psycho-Social Spheres of Influence Allan Schwartz, MentalHelp.Net 2020-08-06T06:23:02-0500 186 Mental Health IRL, Production
I’m a “Spoonie.” Here’s What I Wish More People Knew About Chronic Illness Kirsten Schultz, Healthline 2020-08-06T06:23:02-0500 186 Mental Health IRL, Production
Stoicism Wikiwand 2020-08-06T06:23:02-0500 186 Mental Health IRL, Production
Radio calisthenics Wikiwand 2020-08-06T06:23:02-0500 186 Mental Health IRL, Production
Daylio mood tracker and micro-diary 2020-08-06T06:23:02-0500 186 Mental Health IRL, Production
You can get an hourglass similar to Alanna's 2020-08-06T06:23:02-0500 186 Mental Health IRL, Production
Two clear glass hourglasses, one with white sand, one with black sand.
2020-08-06T06:23:02-0500 186 Mental Health IRL, Production
Burn-out, an "occupational phenomenon" World Health Organization 2020-07-28T13:37:59-0500 185 Burnout IRL
Teacher Burnout: What It Is, Why It Happens, and How You Can Prevent End-Of-Year Burnout Waterford 2020-07-28T13:37:59-0500 185 Burnout IRL
Toxic management cost an award-winning game studio its best developers Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge 2020-07-28T13:37:59-0500 185 Burnout IRL
Asynchronous Multiplay: Futures for Casual Multiplayer Experience Ian Bogost, Georgia Institute of Technology 2020-07-28T13:37:59-0500 185 Asynchronous and Asymmetric Gameplay Game Design
Relaxed Hardcore: Why Asynchronous is the Next Big Thing in Core Gaming Ian Hardingham, GDC 2020-07-28T13:37:59-0500 185 Asynchronous and Asymmetric Gameplay Game Design
Why an Asymmetric Board Game Pissed Off Me and My Friends Kyle Rogacion, Goomba Stomp 2020-07-28T13:37:59-0500 185 Asynchronous and Asymmetric Gameplay Game Design
Are Asymmetrical Multiplayer Games Becoming a Major Trend? Micah Shapiro, GameRant 2020-07-28T13:37:59-0500 185 Asynchronous and Asymmetric Gameplay Game Design
Games Industry Gathering 2020-07-24T01:32:52-0500 184 Community Development Game Design, Marketing, Production
ArcGIS 2020-07-24T01:32:52-0500 184 Community Development Game Design, Marketing, Production
PaxSouth: MageQuit (Review) Christine Marten, Gaming Access Weekly 2020-07-24T01:32:52-0500 184 Community Development Game Design, Marketing, Production
Grandia HD Collection 2020-07-24T01:32:52-0500 184 Community Development Game Design, Marketing, Production
Sprout 2020-07-24T01:32:52-0500 184 Community Development Game Design, Marketing, Production
Agora Pulse 2020-07-24T01:32:52-0500 184 Community Development Game Design, Marketing, Production
Buffer 2020-07-24T01:32:52-0500 184 Community Development Game Design, Marketing, Production
Hootsuite 2020-07-24T01:32:52-0500 184 Community Development Game Design, Marketing, Production
Mailchimp 2020-07-24T01:32:52-0500 184 Community Development Game Design, Marketing, Production

Victoria Tran with KitFox Games

 2020-07-24T01:32:52-0500 184 Community Development Game Design, Marketing, Production

Harris Foster with Finji

 2020-07-24T01:32:52-0500 184 Community Development Game Design, Marketing, Production
Hypersonic.Xtreme Custom editor (Track 4) Rwaaaaar, YouTube 2020-07-14T09:18:40-0500 183 Level Editors Game Design, Programming, Tools, UI / UX
Starcraft 2 Map Editor - Getting Started scfoxcode, YouTube 2020-07-14T09:18:40-0500 183 Level Editors Game Design, Programming, Tools, UI / UX
ModNation Racers Wikipedia 2020-07-14T09:18:40-0500 183 Level Editors Game Design, Programming, Tools, UI / UX
Mega Man Powered Up (1D): Creating a Stage [Construction] Bean1227, YouTube 2020-07-14T09:18:40-0500 183 Level Editors Game Design, Programming, Tools, UI / UX
Serious Play Conference Home Page 2020-07-10T07:26:47-0500 182 Serious Play Conference 2020 Events
Serious Play Conference Schedule 2020-07-10T07:26:47-0500 182 Serious Play Conference 2020 Events
New Metaari Forecast for Worldwide 2020-2025 Game-Based Learning Market Shows North America Sales Will Soon Outstrip Asia Pacific as Game Revenues in China Slow Serious Play Wire 2020-07-10T07:26:47-0500 182 Serious Play Conference 2020 Events
Stop & Think: Teaching Players About Media Manipulation in Headliner GDC, YouTube 2020-07-10T07:26:47-0500 182 Serious Play Conference 2020 Events
MDA: A Formal Approach to Game Design and Game Research (PDF) Robin Hunicke, Marc LeBlanc, Robert Zubek, Northwestern University 2020-07-10T07:26:47-0500 182 Serious Play Conference 2020 Events
MDA Framework Wikipedia 2020-07-10T07:26:47-0500 182 Serious Play Conference 2020 Events
5 Reasons Why Game-Based Learning Should Matter to Organizations Karl Kapp, Allen Interactions 2020-07-10T07:26:47-0500 182 Serious Play Conference 2020 Events
Gamification vs Games-Based Learning: What’s the Difference? Halden Ingwersen, Capterra Blog 2020-07-10T07:26:47-0500 182 Serious Play Conference 2020 Events
Ellen and Eric took blacksmithing at the Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center 2020-07-10T07:26:47-0500 182 Working with Family IRL
A Conspiracy of Silence: How NDAs Are Harming The Games Industry Rick Lane, Kotaku 2020-06-26T01:11:27-0500 181 NDAs Marketing
What Makes a Game Replayable? Design Doc, YouTube 2020-06-26T01:11:27-0500 181 Replayability Game Design
Realtime Procedurally Animated Spiders YouTube 2020-06-11T23:54:53-0500 178 Animation Art, Programming
Research: How Virtual Reality Can Help Train Surgeons Gideon Blumstein, Harvard Business Review 2020-06-11T23:54:53-0500 178 Animation Art, Programming
The Animator's Survival Kit (Expanded Edition) Richard E. Williams 2020-06-11T23:54:53-0500 178 Animation Art, Programming

Does Russia have McDonald’s? Yes, McD's has been there for 30 years.

 2020-06-11T23:54:53-0500 178 Establishing a Sense of Place Game Design, Narrative
What Spider-Man PS4 gets right (and wrong) about New York City Simone de Rochefort, Polygon 2020-06-11T23:54:53-0500 178 Establishing a Sense of Place Game Design, Narrative
Gaming can make a better world Jane McGonigal, TED 2020-06-04T05:58:55-0500 177 Leadership IRL, Production
Tetris: The Games People Play by Box Brown review James Smart, The Guardian 2020-06-04T05:58:55-0500 177 Leadership IRL, Production
Sakurai Battled Through Health Issues With An IV Drip During Smash Ultimate Development Ryan Craddock, Nintendo Life 2020-06-04T05:58:55-0500 177 Leadership IRL, Production
Former Nintendo chief Reggie Fils-Aimé joins new podcast to raise funds for homeless youths Gene Park, The Washington Post 2020-06-04T05:58:55-0500 177 Leadership IRL, Production
Godot Engine was awarded an Epic MegaGrant Juan Linietsky, Godot 2020-06-04T05:58:55-0500 177 Leadership IRL, Production
Train Jam perfectly captures the magic of both traveling and game dev Katherine Cross, Game Developer 2020-06-04T05:58:55-0500 177 Leadership IRL, Production
Massively Overthinking: Are modern games too cheap? Bree Royce, Massively Overpowered 2020-06-04T05:58:55-0500 177 Pricing Gaming, Marketing
Here's the reason most new console video games cost $60 Michelle Yan and Ben Gilbert, Business Insider 2020-06-04T05:58:55-0500 177 Pricing Gaming, Marketing
Developers Cash In By Selling Their Switch Games For Pennies Stephen J. Bronner, Kotaku 2020-06-04T05:58:55-0500 177 Pricing Gaming, Marketing
The Top 50 mobile games of 2006 Stuart Dredge, Pocket Gamer 2020-05-26T08:55:45-0500 176 Gamedev in the Philippines Misc.
Spacechem Steam 2020-05-26T08:55:45-0500 176 Gamedev in the Philippines Misc.
GDAP (Game Developers Association of the Philippines) 2020-05-26T08:55:45-0500 176 Gamedev in the Philippines Misc.
IGDA Philippines Manila 2020-05-26T08:55:45-0500 176 Gamedev in the Philippines Misc.
ESGS conference on Instagram 2020-05-26T08:55:45-0500 176 Gamedev in the Philippines Misc.
Bit Summit conference (Japan) 2020-05-26T08:55:45-0500 176 Gamedev in the Philippines Misc.
Level Up conference (Kuala Lumpur) 2020-05-26T08:55:45-0500 176 Gamedev in the Philippines Misc.
Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder Steam 2020-05-26T08:55:45-0500 176 Gamedev in the Philippines Misc.
Ryan's posts on Gamasutra Ryan Sumo, Game Developer 2020-05-26T08:55:45-0500 176 Gamedev in the Philippines Misc.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Is Bringing Back The Instakill Hidden Blade, In A Signal To Hardcore Fans Stephen Totilo, Kotaku 2020-05-19T06:54:46-0500 175 Fun in Games Game Design
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Developers Say Breaking Series Traditions Made For A Better Game Stephen Totilo, Kotaku 2020-05-19T06:54:46-0500 175 Fun in Games Game Design
15 things you can do to make Breath of the Wild feel new again Patricia Hernandez, Polygon 2020-05-19T06:54:46-0500 175 Fun in Games Game Design
Raph Koster's Theory of Fun, ten years on Leigh Alexander, Game Developer 2020-05-19T06:54:46-0500 175 Fun in Games Game Design
Solaris (1972) - trailer 2020-05-19T06:54:46-0500 175 Fun in Games Game Design
Your Indie Game on Console: A Practical Guide to Porting Thomas O'Connor, GDC 2020-05-19T06:54:46-0500 175 Porting Your Game Hardware, Programming
OUYA works with Xbox 360 and PS3 controllers Rik Henderson, Pocket-lint 2020-05-19T06:54:46-0500 175 Porting Your Game Hardware, Programming
Microsoft Windows Astoria bridge for Android is dead Jan Vermeulen, MyBroadband 2020-05-19T06:54:46-0500 175 Porting Your Game Hardware, Programming
Haxe (programming langauge) Wikipedia 2020-05-19T06:54:46-0500 175 Porting Your Game Hardware, Programming
Post-Mortem on Transitioning from Flash to Haxe Doug Pearson, GameDaily Connect 2020-05-19T06:54:46-0500 175 Porting Your Game Hardware, Programming
C-- (programming language) Wikipedia 2020-05-19T06:54:46-0500 175 Porting Your Game Hardware, Programming
Introduction to OpenFL HaxeFlixel documentation 2020-05-19T06:54:46-0500 175 Porting Your Game Hardware, Programming
Epic Games' Unreal Engine Heads To Flash Kris Graft, Game Developer 2020-05-19T06:54:46-0500 175 Porting Your Game Hardware, Programming
Adobe Flash Player Export in Unity 4.0 Ralph Hauwert, Unity 2020-05-19T06:54:46-0500 175 Porting Your Game Hardware, Programming
Sunsetting Flash David Helgason, Unity 2020-05-19T06:54:46-0500 175 Porting Your Game Hardware, Programming
Development of Duke Nukem Forever Wikipedia 2020-05-19T06:54:46-0500 175 Porting Your Game Hardware, Programming
Currencies in Star Trek Online Gamepedia 2020-05-13T15:37:52-0500 173 Economies Game Design
How Warframe built an ethical free-to-play economy Ben Kuchera, Polygon 2020-05-13T15:37:52-0500 173 Economies Game Design
I Am Not At All Relaxed by Animal Crossing Cecilia D’Anastasio, Wired 2020-05-13T15:37:52-0500 173 Economies Game Design
The Gamer’s Guide to Ergonomics: Your Posture, Chair, Desk, Fingers and everything Else Matthew Hwu, 1HP 2020-05-13T15:37:52-0500 173 Ergonomics IRL
Your posture is killing you: What gamers should know about ergonomics Roman Jakob, VentureBeat 2020-05-13T15:37:52-0500 173 Ergonomics IRL
Herman Miller Embody chair 2020-05-13T15:37:52-0500 173 Ergonomics IRL
Mark's very neat workspace. 2020-05-13T15:37:52-0500 173 Ergonomics IRL
"Kind of messy. Don't show my mom." ~ Stephen 2020-05-13T15:37:52-0500 173 Ergonomics IRL
Ellen's workspace. Rustic. Dog. 2020-05-13T15:37:52-0500 173 Ergonomics IRL
Substance & 3D News Livestream (GDC 2020 Keynote) GDC, YouTube 2020-05-05T04:58:50-0500 174 Building Substance Art, Production, Tools
Adobe Announces Substance Designer and Painter Updates Animation World Network 2020-05-05T04:58:50-0500 174 Building Substance Art, Production, Tools
Definition of Done Agile Alliance 2020-04-21T09:32:52-0500 171 Ending Projects IRL, Production
"A Work of Art Is Never Finished, Merely Abandoned" Quote Investigator 2020-04-21T09:32:52-0500 171 Ending Projects IRL, Production
Adam Savage On Why Mythbusters Ended B. Co Creative Agency, YouTube 2020-04-21T09:32:52-0500 171 Ending Projects IRL, Production
How Babylon 5 went from space opera to space junk Ben Gazur, The Guardian 2020-04-21T09:32:52-0500 171 Ending Projects IRL, Production
THE INSTITUTE: a 2013 documentary film 2020-04-21T09:32:52-0500 171 Ending Projects IRL, Production
The Perplexing Final Chapter Of San Francisco’s Jejune Institute Rick Paulas, The Awl 2020-04-21T09:32:52-0500 171 Ending Projects IRL, Production
"How I Met Your Mother" Kids Kept Show's Ending Secret for 9 Years Brian Anthony Hernandez, Mashable 2020-04-21T09:32:52-0500 171 Ending Projects IRL, Production
The reason Rebecca Sugar made Steven Universe Future, and why it’s the actual end Tasha Robinson, Polygon 2020-04-21T09:32:52-0500 171 Ending Projects IRL, Production
Rock Band Network Shutting Down After Four Years and Over 2,000 Songs Eddie Makuch, GameSpot 2020-04-21T09:32:52-0500 171 Ending Projects IRL, Production
Project management triangle (aka: "The Iron Triangle") Wikipedia 2020-04-21T09:32:52-0500 171 Ending Projects IRL, Production

Mark's "Noble Menu" system for Unity is available on Itch.io.

 2020-04-21T09:32:52-0500 171 Starting Projects IRL, Production
The Forgetting Curve hypothesis by Hermann Ebbinghous Wikipedia 2020-04-13T19:06:00-0500 170 Redundancy Game Design, UI / UX
The Distributed Practice learning strategy Wikipedia 2020-04-13T19:06:00-0500 170 Redundancy Game Design, UI / UX
Why You Can't Call It a "Barcade" Brenna Houck, Eater 2020-04-13T19:06:00-0500 170 Arcades Gaming, IRL
Dino Dash Abdel Shahied, YouTube 2020-04-13T19:06:00-0500 170 Arcades Gaming, IRL

The 'Donutron' Arcade at Glam Doll Donuts in Minneapolis

 2020-04-13T19:06:00-0500 170 Arcades Gaming, IRL

Because Internet, a book by Gretchen McCulloch

 2020-04-02T02:34:18-0500 169 Working From Home IRL
Collaborate with Live Share (Visual Studio Code) 2020-04-02T02:34:18-0500 169 Working From Home IRL
Charles made a HyperDot painting in Animal Crossing @DarkaysTG, Twitter 2020-04-02T02:34:18-0500 169 Games to Play While Social Distancing Gaming, IRL
Your Complete Guide To The SimCity Disaster Jason Schreier, Kotaku 2020-04-02T02:34:18-0500 169 Games to Play While Social Distancing Gaming, IRL
GDC on Twitch 2020-03-25T09:03:27-0500 168 The GDC That Wasn't Events, IRL
GDC's channel on Youtube GDC, YouTube 2020-03-25T09:03:27-0500 168 The GDC That Wasn't Events, IRL
GDC Summer is (currently) planned for August 4th-6th 2020-03-25T09:03:27-0500 168 The GDC That Wasn't Events, IRL
IGF Awards 2020: Finalists and winners 2020-03-25T09:03:27-0500 168 The GDC That Wasn't Events, IRL
GDCA 2020: Finalists and winners 2020-03-25T09:03:27-0500 168 The GDC That Wasn't Events, IRL
Xbox Series X: A Closer Look at the Technology Powering the Next Generation Will Tuttle, Xbox Wire 2020-03-25T09:03:27-0500 168 Next-Gen Console Reveals Events, Hardware
The Road to PS5: A talk by PS5 lead system architect Mark Cerny PlayStation, YouTube 2020-03-25T09:03:27-0500 168 Next-Gen Console Reveals Events, Hardware

Google Trends

 2020-03-17T19:06:00-0500 166 Naming Things Game Design, Marketing, Production
Harminix's next music-making game puts your DJ skills to the test Christine Fisher, Engadget 2020-03-17T19:06:00-0500 166 Rhythm Games Game Design
Ape Out - Arcade Mode Gameplay IGN, YouTube 2020-03-17T19:06:00-0500 166 Rhythm Games Game Design
Why 'Day-One Patches' Are So Common Rami Ismail, Kotaku 2020-03-10T01:00:00-0500 165 Day-One Patches Production, Programming

The Switch patch for Widget Satchel that Mark mentioned working on just passed though Nintendo's lotcheck system and was released today. Pick up a copy it if you haven't already!

 2020-03-10T01:00:00-0500 165 Day-One Patches Production, Programming
'Anthem' is proof that crunch can't save AAA games Jessica Conditt, Engadget 2020-03-10T01:00:00-0500 165 Crunch IRL, Production, Programming
Video Game Delays Cause More Crunch Jason Schreier, Kotaku 2020-03-10T01:00:00-0500 165 Crunch IRL, Production, Programming
Book Review: If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland Joel Friedlander, The Book Designer 2020-03-10T01:00:00-0500 165 Crunch IRL, Production, Programming
Crunch Time: How Indies Are Falling Victim To Launch Day Pressures Kate Fanthorpe, The Indie Game Website 2020-03-10T01:00:00-0500 165 Crunch IRL, Production, Programming
Studio MDHR delays Cuphead DLC to 2020, in bid to avoid development crunch Aaron Mamiit, Digital Trends 2020-03-10T01:00:00-0500 165 Crunch IRL, Production, Programming

Mark referenced how Mr. Scott maintains his reputation as a miracle worker.

 2020-03-10T01:00:00-0500 165 Crunch IRL, Production, Programming

Stephen's Unlock Taxonomy:

  • Achievement-based: Do a thing, get unlock related to thing.
  • Experience-based: Play the game, get a thing based on how much you've played.
  • Loot-based: Play the game, get random thing.
  • Currency-based: Earn in-game currency, pick an unlock to purchase.
  • New Game Plus: Complete the game, get new content on second playthrough.
 2020-02-28T09:46:34-0600 163 Unlocks Game Design
Mutazione 2020-02-28T09:46:34-0600 163 Case Study (Mutazione & Later Alligator) Game Design, Gaming
Later Alligator 2020-02-28T09:46:34-0600 163 Case Study (Mutazione & Later Alligator) Game Design, Gaming
Dr. Katz Wikipedia 2020-02-28T09:46:34-0600 163 Case Study (Mutazione & Later Alligator) Game Design, Gaming
Here's a Nice Game Club "Bug" concept that was rejected 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
Logo Option #1: Stars 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
Logo Option #2: Git Tree 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
Logo Option #3: Coding Brackets 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
Iteration on Logo #3 (brackets) 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
Logo in multiple color contexts, including the "Valentine" theme 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
Variations on the "logo on a cartridge" concept 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
We made our new site using Drupal, a VERY open source web development tool. 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
IGDATC's monthly meetings 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
Protospiel 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta

Hyperdot, a game by Stephen's brother Charles McGregor was released this month on January 31st. It is available on Xbox, Steam, itch.io and Windows PC. You can buy it now.

 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
The Global Game Jam 2019 keynote (aka: the best keynote ever) starts at 04:00 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
The Global Game Jam 2020 keynote 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
Mark's logo for his team's GGJ 2020, with character art by teammate Kissi 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
Kissi worked on a few games during the jam! 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
Screenshot from "Super City Mayor," Mark's GGJ game 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
You can play Dale and Beth's GGJ game, "Corporate Espionage" right in your browser! 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
Mark and Dale saw David Byrne's American Utopia! 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
American Utopia on Broadway 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
American Utopia: Full Cast Album Spotify 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
New York Transit Museum 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
Dale in a very old subway car at the transit museum 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
Dale in a moderately old subway car at the transit museum 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
NYU Games Center has playtest events every Thursday 2020-02-18T20:04:30-0600 162 What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-2020) IRL, Meta
Widget Satchel 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Local Releases (2019) News
Treasure Stack 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Local Releases (2019) News
Fuse 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Local Releases (2019) News
Tactics V 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Local Releases (2019) News
Newt One on Switch 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Local Releases (2019) News
Anodyne 2 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Local Releases (2019) News
Extreme Mining 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Local Releases (2019) News
Destiny 2 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Nicest (2019) Nicest
Read Only Memories 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Nicest (2019) Nicest
Control 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Nicest (2019) Nicest
Link’s Awakening 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Nicest (2019) Nicest
Lots of cool pictures of Control and other games in Dead End Thrills 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Nicest (2019) Nicest
Control taught me to love the ugliest architecture Polygon 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Nicest (2019) Nicest

Stephen technically doesn’t have any this year!

 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Nicest (2019) Nicest
Ooblets 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Most Anticipated (for 2020) Nicest
Animal Crossing 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Most Anticipated (for 2020) Nicest
SkateBIRD 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Most Anticipated (for 2020) Nicest
Ollie Oop (a MN Local!) 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Most Anticipated (for 2020) Nicest
Playstation 5 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Most Anticipated (for 2020) Nicest
Project Scarlett (Xbox) 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Most Anticipated (for 2020) Nicest
12 Minutes 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Most Anticipated (for 2020) Nicest
Spiritfarer 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Most Anticipated (for 2020) Nicest
Nioh 2 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Most Anticipated (for 2020) Nicest
The Last of Us Part 2 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Most Anticipated (for 2020) Nicest
Spiritfarer 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Most Anticipated (for 2020) Nicest
Fingeance 2019-12-17T00:00:00-0600 161 Most Anticipated (for 2020) Nicest
The Interactive Fiction Competition 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Writing for Games Game Design, Narrative
NaNoRenO on Itch 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Writing for Games Game Design, Narrative
The Outer Worlds has some unusual (and awesome) character-building options Patricia Hernandez, Polygon 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Writing for Games Game Design, Narrative
The Outer Worlds Will Rattle Your Idea Of A Perfect Planet Gita Jackson, Kotaku 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Writing for Games Game Design, Narrative
Breaking Bongo Radiolab 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Writing for Games Game Design, Narrative
MGSV - Quiet/Ocelot model swap - Rain scene Tactical Modding Operations, YouTube 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Writing for Games Game Design, Narrative
Heaven's Vault 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Writing for Games Game Design, Narrative
The Yawhg 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Reravel IRL, Tabletop
Microscope 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Reravel IRL, Tabletop

Tracery, a generative tool by Galaxy Kate.

 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Reravel IRL, Tabletop
SimCity Wikipedia 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Video Game Nostalgia Gaming
Cap'n Crunch's Crunching Adventure Giant Bomb 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Video Game Nostalgia Gaming
Spot: The Video Game (featuring the 7Up mascot of the time, Spot) Wikipedia 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Video Game Nostalgia Gaming
Glider (originally for classic Apple computers) Wikipedia 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Video Game Nostalgia Gaming
SkiFree Giant Bomb 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Video Game Nostalgia Gaming
RuneScape Giant Bomb 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Video Game Nostalgia Gaming
Commander Keen Giant Bomb 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Video Game Nostalgia Gaming
Aldo's Adventures gameplay (PC Game, 1987) Squakenet, YouTube 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Video Game Nostalgia Gaming
Jill of the Jungle Wikipedia 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Video Game Nostalgia Gaming
Jazz Jackrabbit Wikipedia 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Video Game Nostalgia Gaming
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Giant Bomb 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Video Game Nostalgia Gaming
Halo: Reach Launches On PC, Becomes Third Most Played Game On Steam EThan Gach, Kotaku 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Video Game Nostalgia Gaming
Golden Sun Giant Bomb 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Video Game Nostalgia Gaming
Red Vs. Blue Rooster Teeth 2019-12-10T00:00:00-0600 160 Video Game Nostalgia Gaming

Mark alluded to a pattern that is found in almost everything in nature, but is most frequently studied in language. It's called Zipf's Law, and here's a video from Vsauce on YouTube about it.

 2019-12-03T00:00:00-0600 159 Calendar Math (Production Schedules) Production
Date and Time Odds, Ends and Oddities Maggie Pint, JavaScriptMN 2019-12-03T00:00:00-0600 159 Calendar Math (Real Time in Games) Game Design, IRL
Samoa and Tokelau skip a day for dateline change BBC 2019-12-03T00:00:00-0600 159 Calendar Math (Real Time in Games) Game Design, IRL
Game Maker’s Tool Kit Boss Keys 2019-11-27T00:00:00-0600 158 Metroidvania Level Design Game Design
Black-footed Ferret Wikipedia 2019-11-27T00:00:00-0600 158 Ferrets Misc.
Black-footed Ferret IUCN Red List 2019-11-27T00:00:00-0600 158 Ferrets Misc.
Widget Satchel listed on Genuine Mustelids 2019-11-27T00:00:00-0600 158 Ferrets Misc.
Braid on Steam 2019-11-27T00:00:00-0600 158 World Building in Platformers Narrative
Hollow Knight 2019-11-27T00:00:00-0600 158 World Building in Platformers Narrative
Thomas Was Alone on Steam 2019-11-27T00:00:00-0600 158 World Building in Platformers Narrative
Gamedev Polyglot Google Spreadsheet 2019-11-12T00:00:00-0600 156 Localization Accessibility, Production, Programming
Want To Learn About Game Design? Go To Ikea Jamin Warren, Readwrite 2019-11-12T00:00:00-0600 156 Navigation IRL, UI / UX
IKEA, and the Logic of Video Game Design Daniel Golding, Kotaku 2019-11-12T00:00:00-0600 156 Navigation IRL, UI / UX
Google Maps 2019-11-12T00:00:00-0600 156 Dale’s Additional Travel Tips IRL, Meta
Drury Hotels 2019-11-12T00:00:00-0600 156 Dale’s Additional Travel Tips IRL, Meta
Why people still believe in the Waterfall model Tarmo Toikkanen 2019-11-05T00:00:00-0600 155 Agile Development Production
An Agile Approach to Launching the Nordstrom Sunglass Application Nicoli Sinclair, Temple University 2019-11-05T00:00:00-0600 155 Agile Development Production
Valve Knuckles controllers 2019-10-29T01:00:00-0500 154 Finding Fidelity Game Design, IRL
Foundry10 Portal 2 curriculum 2019-10-29T01:00:00-0500 154 Finding Fidelity Game Design, IRL
The Invisible Gorilla Experiment 2019-10-29T01:00:00-0500 154 Taking Feedback IRL
Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenocerus (NSFW) Flight of the Conchords, YouTube 2019-10-29T01:00:00-0500 154 Taking Feedback IRL
Yoshi’s Crafted World dev comments on the game’s difficulty @NE_Brian, Nintendo Everything 2019-10-22T01:00:00-0500 153 Multi-Generational Gaming Gaming, IRL
Single-player Canfield Solitaire has "a very low probability of winning" Wikipedia 2019-10-22T01:00:00-0500 153 Multi-Generational Gaming Gaming, IRL
I, Robot (arcade game) Wikipedia 2019-10-22T01:00:00-0500 153 Noble Failures Hardware
Preservationists Are Racing to Save Ouya's Games Before They Disappear Nicole Carpenter, Vice 2019-10-22T01:00:00-0500 153 Noble Failures Hardware

Here's a video of the RBN Megamix project for Rock Band Network that Mark worked on and "DJ'ed." If you have Rock Band 4, you can still download it here for Xbox One, although it's no longer free (sadly, Mark doesn't get royalties for it).

 2019-10-22T01:00:00-0500 153 Noble Failures Hardware
Secrets of Blackmoor documentary 2019-10-01T01:00:00-0500 150 Board Game Design Game Design, Tabletop
Dungeon! 2019-10-01T01:00:00-0500 150 Board Game Design Game Design, Tabletop

It's sold many places including Powell’s bookstore in Portland, OR.

 2019-10-01T01:00:00-0500 150 Board Game Design Game Design, Tabletop
On the Board Game Geek page for Dungeon! you can see pictures of many different editions of the game- including different iterations of the board, cards and player pieces. 2019-10-01T01:00:00-0500 150 Board Game Design Game Design, Tabletop
A historically accurate version of the game made a cameo on an episode of Stranger Things! [ADD PHOTO HERE] 2019-10-01T01:00:00-0500 150 Board Game Design Game Design, Tabletop
Pentantastar 2019-10-01T01:00:00-0500 150 Board Game Design Game Design, Tabletop
XOXO website 2019-09-17T01:00:00-0500 148 XOXO Festival Events
PIG (Portland Indie Game Squad) 2019-09-17T01:00:00-0500 148 XOXO Festival Events
Rose City Games 2019-09-17T01:00:00-0500 148 XOXO Festival Events
Smallbü animation 2019-09-17T01:00:00-0500 148 XOXO Festival Events
Later Alligator 2019-09-17T01:00:00-0500 148 XOXO Festival Events
Brian David Gilbert of Polygon’s “Unraveled” video series about ridiculous video game lore 2019-09-17T01:00:00-0500 148 XOXO Festival Events
Here are the instructions and character sheets for calculating your pet’s HP 2019-09-17T01:00:00-0500 148 XOXO Festival Events

Emma Kinema of Game Workers Unite

 2019-09-17T01:00:00-0500 148 XOXO Festival Events
Hundred Rabbits 2019-09-17T01:00:00-0500 148 XOXO Festival Events
“If Your Office was an RPG” Rooster Teeth 2019-09-17T01:00:00-0500 148 Randomization Game Design
Sony's first rumble controller was the PlayStation Dual Analog Controller (in Japan, anyway!) and nearly beat Nintendo's Rumble Pak to market. Wikipedia 2019-09-10T01:00:00-0500 147 Rumble Hardware
Nintendo's HD Rumble will be the best unused Switch feature of 2017 Sean Buckley, Engadget 2019-09-10T01:00:00-0500 147 Rumble Hardware
Read about the lawsuit which was the likely cause of the lack of rumble in the first PS3 controllers. Wikipedia 2019-09-10T01:00:00-0500 147 Rumble Hardware
Read about the Riddle Mia This installation. 2019-09-10T01:00:00-0500 147 Making Games for Spaces Events, Physical Games
"Seattle Immersive’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’ has audiences on their feet" Misha Berson, The Seattle Times 2019-09-10T01:00:00-0500 147 Making Games for Spaces Events, Physical Games

PGA TOUR Golf Shootout on Google Play and iOS App Store.

 2019-08-29T01:00:00-0500 145 User Interfaces Art, UI / UX
UI Breakdown: Metroid Prime SYH, Medium 2019-08-29T01:00:00-0500 145 User Interfaces Art, UI / UX
The Long, Desperate Search To Understand Poise In 'Dark Souls 3 Patrick Klepek, Vice 2019-08-29T01:00:00-0500 145 User Interfaces Art, UI / UX
Lessons Learned Creating UI for The Division Christian Savoie, GDC 2019-08-29T01:00:00-0500 145 User Interfaces Art, UI / UX

Monster Den was a game store/event space in Minneapolis where Martha first played Halo- there is a different game store there now called Dreamers Vault Games

 2019-08-20T01:00:00-0500 144 Power Fantasies Game Design, Gaming
Widget Satchel Trailer 2019-08-20T01:00:00-0500 144 Game Trailers Marketing
How to deal with your Steam backlog Michael McWhertor, Polygon 2019-08-06T01:00:00-0500 142 Game Libraries Gaming

Adobe Flash Debug Downloads - The "Flash Player Projector" can open SWF files from your desktop or from a URL. It is a portable application that doesn't need to be installed.

 2019-08-06T01:00:00-0500 142 Game Libraries Gaming
2064: Read Only Memories - Turing Collector's Plush (SOLD OUT, to Martha's lament) 2019-08-06T01:00:00-0500 142 Game Libraries Gaming
When your nice hosts went to Seattle for PodCon this year, they visited the Living Computer Museum. 2019-08-06T01:00:00-0500 142 Game Libraries Gaming
Technology Connections YouTube 2019-08-06T01:00:00-0500 142 Game Libraries Gaming
The 8-Bit Guy YouTube 2019-08-06T01:00:00-0500 142 Game Libraries Gaming
How, why, when and how much to pay for indie game marketing? Tavrox, Medium 2019-08-06T01:00:00-0500 142 Marketing 001 Marketing
Best PR, Marketing & Community Talks / GDC 2019 Thomas Reisenegger, Medium 2019-08-06T01:00:00-0500 142 Marketing 001 Marketing

Wishlist/purchase Anodyne 2: Return to Dust on:
Steam | Itch.io | Kartridge | GoG

 2019-07-30T01:00:00-0500 141 Nostalgia and the Lo-fi Aesthetic Art

Sean Han Tani (@sean_HTCH) is Marina's development partner. His solo game All Our Asias was a inspiration for their current collaboration.

 2019-07-30T01:00:00-0500 141 Nostalgia and the Lo-fi Aesthetic Art

Analgesic Productions' previous titles:

 2019-07-30T01:00:00-0500 141 Nostalgia and the Lo-fi Aesthetic Art
Banana Bread (Griffin & Justin of Polygon play SpyParty) Polygon, YouTube 2019-07-23T01:00:00-0500 140 Stealth Games Game Design
Giant Bomb Plays Hitman Let's Plays Fly On The Wall, YouTube 2019-07-23T01:00:00-0500 140 Stealth Games Game Design
Why Fashion in (Most) Games Sucks, and Why You Should Care Victoria Tran, GDC 2019-07-23T01:00:00-0500 140 Stealth Games Game Design
Spider-Man is (Definitely Not) Murdering People Brian David Gilbert, Polygon, YouTube 2019-07-23T01:00:00-0500 140 Stealth Games Game Design
Level Design Workshop: A Narrative Approach to Level Design (Or, why Die Hard games should have been stealth puzzle games not shooters) Jolie Menzel, GDC 2019-07-23T01:00:00-0500 140 Stealth Games Game Design
Sega Activator 2019-07-23T01:00:00-0500 140 Motion Controls Hardware, Programming
Sega's Forgotton Motion Game Rerez, YouTube 2019-07-23T01:00:00-0500 140 Motion Controls Hardware, Programming
Microsoft "Microsoft announces an Azure-powered Kinect camera for enterprise" Brian Heater, TechCrunch 2019-07-23T01:00:00-0500 140 Motion Controls Hardware, Programming
Rhythm Game Accessories on Wikipedia (including the Rock Band pro controller) Wikipedia 2019-07-23T01:00:00-0500 140 Motion Controls Hardware, Programming
Download Stephen's horror game Infectious! 2019-07-16T01:00:00-0500 139 Designing Horror Games Game Design
How the Resident Evil 2 remake's Mr. X actually works Wesley Yin-Poole, Eurogamer 2019-07-16T01:00:00-0500 139 Designing Horror Games Game Design
The Difference Between Horror Movies And Horror Games Heather Alexandra, Kotaku 2019-07-16T01:00:00-0500 139 Designing Horror Games Game Design

Mark couldn't find anything about the Minnesota professional basketball teams discussed in the episode, but he did find "Who wins a fight to the death, Lynx vs Wolf?" on Quora.

 2019-07-16T01:00:00-0500 139 Designing Sports Games
Why Is Tennis Scored So Weirdly? Merrill Fabry, Time 2019-07-16T01:00:00-0500 139 Designing Sports Games
Michael Chabon Will Showrun Star Trek: Picard James Whitbrook, IO9 2019-07-16T01:00:00-0500 139 Designing Sports Games
Anti-loot box bill poses a real threat to sports video games Owen S. Good, Polygon 2019-07-16T01:00:00-0500 139 Designing Sports Games

Get Optica on Android, iOS, or Steam!

 2019-07-02T01:00:00-0500 137 Running An Indie Studio IRL
Optica 2019-07-02T01:00:00-0500 137 Running An Indie Studio IRL

Get Strata on Android, iOS or Steam!

 2019-07-02T01:00:00-0500 137 Running An Indie Studio IRL
Strata 2019-07-02T01:00:00-0500 137 Running An Indie Studio IRL

Treasure Stack on Steam (check out the patch notes to see an example of the patches Stephen has been working on)

 2019-06-25T01:00:00-0500 136 Patches and Add-on Content Programming
Asset Bundles Unity Docs Unity 2019-06-25T01:00:00-0500 136 Patches and Add-on Content Programming
PEGI Ratings (Europe + Israel) 2019-06-25T01:00:00-0500 136 International Age Ratings Systems Marketing
ESRB Ratings (USA + Canada) 2019-06-25T01:00:00-0500 136 International Age Ratings Systems Marketing
IARC Ratings   2019-06-25T01:00:00-0500 136 International Age Ratings Systems Marketing

The IARC Rating system translates to many different international rating systems (like PEGI and ESRB) through surveys in digital storefront submission processes. Notable rating boards that do not participate in IARC are JERO (Japan) and GRB (Korea)

 2019-06-25T01:00:00-0500 136 International Age Ratings Systems Marketing
E3 2019: ID@Xbox Shines the Spotlight on Amazing Independent Games Lisa Trott, Xbox Wire 2019-06-18T01:00:00-0500 135 Microsoft E3 2019 News
The SDK 'Power Mac G5' for the Xbox 360 Soutenir le blog, journaldulapin 2019-06-18T01:00:00-0500 135 Microsoft E3 2019 News
Ultra-high-speed SSD is 'the key' to next-gen PS5 Anthony Garreffa, TweakTown 2019-06-18T01:00:00-0500 135 Microsoft E3 2019 News
"How to make a perfect E3 press conference (or drinking game)" Polygon, YouTube 2019-06-18T01:00:00-0500 135 Bethesda at E3 2019 News
"Deathloop: Everything we know so far" Heather Wald, GamesRadar 2019-06-18T01:00:00-0500 135 Bethesda at E3 2019 News
"Marvel's Avengers: Is it Connected to Spider-Man PS4?" Rob Leane, Den of Geek 2019-06-18T01:00:00-0500 135 Square Enix at E3 2019 News
"The Story of Zelda: Link's Awakening" Gaming Historian , YouTube 2019-06-18T01:00:00-0500 135 Nintendo at E3 2019 News
"Everything We Noticed From The Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Sequel Teaser" Joseph Stanichar, Game Informer 2019-06-18T01:00:00-0500 135 Nintendo at E3 2019 News

That shop in Little Tokyo Stephen visited was Retro Game Camp LA.

 2019-06-18T01:00:00-0500 135 Stephen’s Travelogue! Events
When the power went out at E3, Nintendo was prepared Michael McWhertor, Polygon 2019-06-18T01:00:00-0500 135 Stephen’s Travelogue! Events
"Assassin's Creed Isn't Necessarily Done With Multiplayer" Jordan Ramée, GameSpot 2019-06-04T01:00:00-0500 133 Extra Modes Production
"Why City Trial is the most memorable part of Kirby Air Ride" Chris Hovermale, Destructoid 2019-06-04T01:00:00-0500 133 Extra Modes Production
"Fortnite Battle Royale Took Two Months to Develop and Launch" Derek Nichols, GameRant 2019-06-04T01:00:00-0500 133 Extra Modes Production
"Riot got rid of League of Legends’ URF mode because it made people stop playing" Ali Jones, PCGamesN 2019-06-04T01:00:00-0500 133 Extra Modes Production
"Threading the Needle: The Making of Quake Team Fortress" David Craddock, Shacknews 2019-06-04T01:00:00-0500 133 Extra Modes Production
"The making of Gwent" Phil Savage, PC Gamer 2019-06-04T01:00:00-0500 133 Extra Modes Production
"Where Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker came from" Michael McWhertor, Polygon 2019-06-04T01:00:00-0500 133 Extra Modes Production
"Unit testing with Jasmine: The very basics" Aurel Kurtula, dev.to 2019-06-04T01:00:00-0500 133 Unit Testing Programming
Testing Unity Projects ilkinulas, GitHub 2019-06-04T01:00:00-0500 133 Unit Testing Programming
NUnit framework 2019-06-04T01:00:00-0500 133 Unit Testing Programming
"Unit Testing Tutorial: What is, Types, Tools, EXAMPLE" Guru99, Guru99.com 2019-06-04T01:00:00-0500 133 Unit Testing Programming
"What is Unit Testing, Why We Use It, and Sample Test Cases" Lets Build That App, YouTube 2019-06-04T01:00:00-0500 133 Unit Testing Programming
Testing Computer Software, 2nd edition Cem Kaner, book 2019-06-04T01:00:00-0500 133 Unit Testing Programming
"The 100% code coverage problem" Jeroen Mols 2019-06-04T01:00:00-0500 133 Unit Testing Programming
Naming the game 2019-05-28T01:00:00-0500 132 Narrative Design Narrative
Designing Heart Events: 2019-05-28T01:00:00-0500 132 Narrative Design Narrative
Verdant Skies Website 2019-05-28T01:00:00-0500 132 Narrative Design Narrative
Verdance Skies on Steam 2019-05-28T01:00:00-0500 132 Narrative Design Narrative
Verdance Skies on Itch.io 2019-05-28T01:00:00-0500 132 Narrative Design Narrative
Verdance Skies on Humble Store 2019-05-28T01:00:00-0500 132 Narrative Design Narrative
Verdance Skies on Kartrage 2019-05-28T01:00:00-0500 132 Narrative Design Narrative
"Assassin’s Creed Odyssey really picks up after the first 15 hours" Ben Kuchera, Polygon 2019-05-21T01:00:00-0500 131 Game Length Game Design
"Length Matters" Ben Lindbergh, The Ringer 2019-05-21T01:00:00-0500 131 Game Length Game Design
"Saved, But Not Forgotten: The evolution of saving in video games" Mark Christian, Tedium 2019-05-21T01:00:00-0500 131 Saving and Loading Systems Programming
"In Dishonored, You're Either a Cheater or a Serial Killer" Chris Kohler and Chris Baker, Wired 2019-05-21T01:00:00-0500 131 Saving and Loading Systems Programming
LOVE, a “challenging but fair platformer.” Nintendo.com 2019-05-21T01:00:00-0500 131 Saving and Loading Systems Programming
"How to Hack Your Game Saves: A Basic Guide to Hex Editing" Alex Wong, Null Byte 2019-05-21T01:00:00-0500 131 Saving and Loading Systems Programming
Clicker Heroes Wikipedia 2019-05-14T00:06:00-0500 130 Scoring Systems Game Design
“Out of traffic, into a ditch” Rachel Kraus, Mashable 2019-04-23T01:00:00-0500 127 Video Game Events Events
City Museum Wikipedia 2019-04-23T01:00:00-0500 127 Video Game Events Events
“The Overprotected Kid” Hanna Rosen, The Atlantic 2019-04-23T01:00:00-0500 127 Video Game Events Events
Martha took pictures at the 2019 League Championship Series event she attended in St. Louis 2019-04-23T01:00:00-0500 127 Video Game Events Events
2019-04-23T01:00:00-0500 127 Video Game Events Events
“My Hunt For The Mysterious Man Or Machine Controlling The Blizzard Arena's Light-Up Halo” Maddy Myers, Kotaku 2019-04-23T01:00:00-0500 127 Video Game Events Events
“A Bullet Hell Set In Hell That's Heaven To Play” EThan Gach, Kotaku 2019-04-23T01:00:00-0500 127 Color Theory Art
“Color Harmony: Why Hulk Wears Purple Pants” Rikard, Zeven Design 2019-04-23T01:00:00-0500 127 Color Theory Art
“Stop This Absurd War on the Color Pink” Michael Moyer, Scientific American 2019-04-23T01:00:00-0500 127 Color Theory Art
Adobe Color is a free tool to help you create color palettes for your projects. 2019-04-23T01:00:00-0500 127 Color Theory Art
Widget Satchel UI (many colors, lower contrast) 2019-04-23T01:00:00-0500 127 Color Theory Art
Metro Nexus UI (fewer colors, higher contrast) 2019-04-23T01:00:00-0500 127 Color Theory Art
Shadow of the Colossus speed run Games Done Quick, YouTube 2019-04-16T01:00:00-0500 126 Boss Battles Game Design
The Phatom Train (Final Fantasy VI boss) Fandom 2019-04-16T01:00:00-0500 126 Boss Battles Game Design
Dicer and Clasp: Dungeon Skedaddle Stephen's Global Game Jam Team, GGJ 2019-04-02T01:00:00-0500 123 Team Building IRL, Production
Claw Breaker Steam 2019-04-02T01:00:00-0500 123 Team Building IRL, Production
Cat Crib Ellen's Global Game Jam Team, GGJ 2019-04-02T01:00:00-0500 123 Team Building IRL, Production
Producer Bootcamp: How Saying 'No' Can Help You Make a Better Game Ruth Tomandl, Oculus Research, GDC 2019-04-02T01:00:00-0500 123 Game Identities Game Design
Ruth Stone, Poet who caught poems on the wind Wikipedia 2019-04-02T01:00:00-0500 123 Game Identities Game Design
GDC on YouTube YouTube 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 GDC 2019 Sessions Events
#notGDC notgdc.fun 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 GDC 2019 Sessions Events
gamedev.world 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 GDC 2019 Sessions Events
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"Valve redesigns Steam game library, adding Steam Events" Michael McWhertor, Polygon 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 GDC 2019 Sessions Events
Amir’s game about anxiety: @unboxedexperience @unboxedexperience, Twitter 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 Dale Makes GDC Magic Events
Kate Compton’s “Illegal zines.” @GalaxyKate, Twitter 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 Dale Makes GDC Magic Events
The Full GWU @ GDC 2019 Schedule! 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 Dale Makes GDC Magic Events
Copenhagen Game Collective's "The Undie Game" 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 Dale Makes GDC Magic Events
2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 Dale Makes GDC Magic Events
Schell Games Unveils Virtual Reality Sword Fighting Game ​‘Until You Fall’ 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 Dale Makes GDC Magic Events
Untitled Goose Game 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 The MIX 2019 Events
Falcon Age 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 The MIX 2019 Events
Away: The Survival Series 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 The MIX 2019 Events
Beast Pets 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 The MIX 2019 Events
The Sojourn 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 The MIX 2019 Events
Game Connection America 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 Mark Does GDC Business Events
2019 Digital Media and Video Game Conference 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 Mark Does GDC Business Events
"Tim Schafer Talks Unionization, Streaming, And The Future Of Double Fine" Maddy Myers, Kotaku Splitscreen 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 Game Workers Unite! Events
Game Workers Unite 2019-03-26T01:00:00-0500 124 Game Workers Unite! Events
“What languages to localize your game into?” Jacob Stempniewicz, Game Developer 2019-03-20T01:00:00-0500 121 Localization Systems Production, Programming, UI / UX
“About CVAA: US legislation affecting communications functionality in games, networks and platforms IGDA Game Access SIG 2019-03-20T01:00:00-0500 121 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
“CVAA for Fostering Innovation and Change” Sarah Horton, The Paciello Group 2019-03-20T01:00:00-0500 121 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
“2018's Accessibility Advances” Ian Hamilton, Game Developer 2019-03-20T01:00:00-0500 121 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
Able Gamers 2019-03-20T01:00:00-0500 121 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
Game Accessibility 2019-03-20T01:00:00-0500 121 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
"What It's Like To Play Games When You're Colorblind” Cameron Gidari, Kotaku 2019-03-20T01:00:00-0500 121 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
Xbox Adaptive Controller 2019-03-20T01:00:00-0500 121 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
“Designing for Disabilities” Video Series Mark Brown, Game Maker’s Toolkit 2019-03-20T01:00:00-0500 121 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
Wikipedia 2019-03-20T01:00:00-0500 121 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
Karen Stevens, EA Sports Accessibility Lead 2019-03-20T01:00:00-0500 121 Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design
Kongregate Publishing 2019-03-12T01:00:00-0500 120 Developer/Publisher Relations Production
Self-publish on Kartridge 2019-03-12T01:00:00-0500 120 Developer/Publisher Relations Production
Martha mentioned the Sokpop Collective. 2019-03-12T01:00:00-0500 120 Developer/Publisher Relations Production
August brought up The Flash Games Postmortem that his colleague John Cooney presented at GDC 2017. 2019-03-12T01:00:00-0500 120 Developer/Publisher Relations Production
My Brother, My Brother and Me (MBMBaM- pronounced “muhbimbam”) (The McElroy’s flagship podcast of their media empire) 2019-03-05T00:00:00-0600 119 Fanbases Gaming, IRL
Listen to this podcast when... 2019-03-05T00:00:00-0600 119 Fanbases Gaming, IRL
Butterscotch Shenanigans podcast 2019-03-05T00:00:00-0600 119 Game Design Balance Game Design
"Alien isolation's Artificial Intelligence Was Good... Too Good" GB Burford, Kotaku 2019-03-05T00:00:00-0600 119 Game Design Balance Game Design
Perfect Imbalance Extra Credits video 2019-03-05T00:00:00-0600 119 Game Design Balance Game Design
"MP3 'died' and nobody noticed: Key patents expire on golden oldie tech" Andrew Orlowski, The Register 2019-02-26T00:00:00-0600 118 Audio Basics Audio
Digital Audio Basics: Sample Rate and Bit Depth 2019-02-26T00:00:00-0600 118 Audio Basics Audio
Turns out, there is a ".2" in certain surround sound setups. 2019-02-26T00:00:00-0600 118 Audio Basics Audio
Get free sounds on freesound.org! 2019-02-26T00:00:00-0600 118 Audio Basics Audio
The reduction in audio dynamics in pop music is a result of the so-called Loudness War. 2019-02-26T00:00:00-0600 118 Audio Basics Audio
Key & Peele - Black Republicans 2019-02-26T00:00:00-0600 118 Representation in Games IRL, Production
"Here's a good argument for a black Batman" Dan Neilan, AV Club 2019-02-26T00:00:00-0600 118 Representation in Games IRL, Production
"Hopi-less: How Kachina Became Donut County" John Walker, Rock Paper Shotgun 2019-02-26T00:00:00-0600 118 Representation in Games IRL, Production
"What It's Like To Write About Race And Video Games" Gita Jackson, Kotaku 2019-02-26T00:00:00-0600 118 Representation in Games IRL, Production
One Polar Night 2019-02-06T00:00:00-0600 115 Writing for Games Narrative
Public Domain Day 2019 (Duke University Website) 2019-02-06T00:00:00-0600 115 Intellectual Property and the Public Domain News, Production
“Happy Birthday” is public domain, former owner Warner/Chapell to pay $14 Joe Mullin, Ars Technica 2019-02-06T00:00:00-0600 115 Intellectual Property and the Public Domain News, Production
Copyright vs Trademark vs Patent United States Patent and Trademark Office 2019-02-06T00:00:00-0600 115 Intellectual Property and the Public Domain News, Production
All by Myself Irving Berlin, Aileen Stanley 2019-02-06T00:00:00-0600 115 Intellectual Property and the Public Domain News, Production
Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century 2019-02-06T00:00:00-0600 115 Intellectual Property and the Public Domain News, Production
Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century theme song 2019-02-06T00:00:00-0600 115 Intellectual Property and the Public Domain News, Production
The Patent on Loading Screen Minigames is About To Expire Luke Plunkett, Kotaku 2019-02-06T00:00:00-0600 115 Intellectual Property and the Public Domain News, Production
Oracle vs Google trial Java runtime 2019-02-06T00:00:00-0600 115 Intellectual Property and the Public Domain News, Production
Claw Breaker (Team Klaw) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Local Releases (2018) News
Verdant Skies (Howling Moon Studio) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Local Releases (2018) News
Newt One (DevNAri) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Local Releases (2018) News
Joggernauts (SpaceMace) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Local Releases (2018) News
Optica (GLITCH) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Local Releases (2018) News
RJdoesVR (local OculusGo developer) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Local Releases (2018) News
Hardlight Blade (released in 2018) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Local Releases (2018) News

Asimov (early access in 2018)

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FireZone (coming soon) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Local Releases (2018) News
Root (Leder Games) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Local Releases (2018) News
Vast: The Mysterious Manor (Leder Games) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Local Releases (2018) News
Squirmish (Steven Stwalley) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Local Releases (2018) News
Too Many Bones: Undertow (Chip Theory Games) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Local Releases (2018) News
Celeste (Matt Makes Games) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Martha's Nicest (2018) Nicest
Nintendo Labo (Nintendo) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Martha's Nicest (2018) Nicest
Fate: Core System (Evil Hat Studio) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Ellen's Nicest (2018) Nicest
Pyre (Super Giant Games) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Ellen's Nicest (2018) Nicest
Spiderman (Marvel/Sony) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Mark's Nicest (2018) Nicest
Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Mark's Nicest (2018) Nicest
Soulcalibur VI (Project Soul) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Stephen's Nicest (2018) Nicest
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Stephen's Nicest (2018) Nicest
Girlfriend Review of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Stephen's Nicest (2018) Nicest
Ooblets (Glumberland) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Martha's Most Anticipated (for 2019) Nicest
In the Valley of Gods (Campo Santo) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Martha's Most Anticipated (for 2019) Nicest
Dreams (Media Molecule) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Mark's Most Anticipated (for 2019) Nicest
Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Mark's Most Anticipated (for 2019) Nicest
Yoshi’s Crafted World (Nintendo) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Mark's Most Anticipated (for 2019) Nicest
Widget Satchel (Noble Robot) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Mark's Most Anticipated (for 2019) Nicest
Nioh 2 (Team Ninja) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Stephen's Most Anticipated (for 2019) Nicest
Smash Bros. DLC (Nintendo) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Stephen's Most Anticipated (for 2019) Nicest
Baba is You (Hempuli) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Ellen's Most Anticipated (for 2019) Nicest
Alien Isolation 2 (Cold Iron Studios) 2019-01-15T00:00:00-0600 113 Ellen's Most Anticipated (for 2019) Nicest
Avoiding Unity Update Loops Brad Keys 2018-11-15T00:00:00-0600 112 Optimization Programming
Mark put his Timer class on GitHub GitHub 2018-11-15T00:00:00-0600 112 Optimization Programming
Unity editor Extensions -The power of OnValidate CJF inc 2018-11-15T00:00:00-0600 112 Optimization Programming
Static Constructors (C# Programming Guide) 2018-11-15T00:00:00-0600 112 Optimization Programming
McDonalds! McDonalds! McDonalds! @mcclure111, Twitter 2018-11-15T00:00:00-0600 112 Optimization Programming
ExecuteInEditMode will run your script in edit mode The Knights of Unity 2018-11-15T00:00:00-0600 112 Optimization Programming
Mark was able to quickly find this animated GIF in his archives. He made this 3D model of a lizard creature in the Summer of 1998 (it pre-dates Pokémon's arrival in the US!) using a Windows 95 program called Micrografx Simply 3D. 2018-11-15T00:00:00-0600 112 Optimization Programming
Renaming Serialized Fields Leonardo Carneiro, Unity 2018-11-15T00:00:00-0600 112 Optimization Programming
TexturePacker - Code + Web Software Code and Web 2018-11-15T00:00:00-0600 112 Optimization Programming
Pokémon dual-type charts. 2018-11-15T00:00:00-0600 112 Pokémon Gaming
Pokémon Y Nuzlocke Challenge Polygon, YouTube 2018-11-15T00:00:00-0600 112 Pokémon Gaming
Pokémon Snap was ahead of its time Jenna Stoeber, Polygon 2018-11-15T00:00:00-0600 112 Pokémon Gaming
Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine Wikipedia 2018-11-15T00:00:00-0600 112 Pokémon Gaming
23 Of The Weirdest Pokémon Kyle Hilliard, Game Informer 2018-11-15T00:00:00-0600 112 Pokémon Gaming
Stephen works at Gamesmart! 2018-11-06T00:00:00-0600 111 Game Dev as a Day Job IRL
Glitch Jobs Board 2018-11-06T00:00:00-0600 111 Game Dev as a Day Job IRL
Gamasutra Jobs Board Game Developer 2018-11-06T00:00:00-0600 111 Game Dev as a Day Job IRL
Twin Cities Labor Chorus 2018-11-06T00:00:00-0600 111 Unions IRL
Telltale hit with class-action lawsuit for breaking labor laws Samit Sarkar, Polygon 2018-11-06T00:00:00-0600 111 Unions IRL
Inside Rockstar Games' Culture Of Crunch Jason Schreier, Kotaku 2018-11-06T00:00:00-0600 111 Unions IRL
Vox Union 2018-11-06T00:00:00-0600 111 Unions IRL
Game Workers Unite 2018-11-06T00:00:00-0600 111 Unions IRL
It's Time For Game Developers To Unionize Jason Schreier, Kotaku 2018-11-06T00:00:00-0600 111 Unions IRL
Opinion: Now is the time to unionize the game industry Katherine Cross, Game Developer 2018-11-06T00:00:00-0600 111 Unions IRL
Myles Horton - 20th Century Union Organizer Wikipedia 2018-11-06T00:00:00-0600 111 Unions IRL
Unions Must Address Racism Ian Haney Lopez, AFL-CIO Blog 2018-11-06T00:00:00-0600 111 Unions IRL
You can also find the livestream of the podcast on Freya’s Twitch here! 2018-10-30T01:00:00-0500 110 Self-education, et al. IRL, Misc.
Pixel Farm VR 2018-10-23T01:00:00-0500 109 VR Workflows Production, VR / AR / XR
Joyce Minions on Twitter @minionsart, Twitter 2018-10-23T01:00:00-0500 109 VR Workflows Production, VR / AR / XR
Sculptris (free 3D sculpting software) 2018-10-23T01:00:00-0500 109 VR Workflows Production, VR / AR / XR
Mike Blackney's exploration of spline-based modelling Twitter 2018-10-23T01:00:00-0500 109 VR Workflows Production, VR / AR / XR
Solving the Zelda Timeline in 15 Minutes Polygon, YouTube 2018-10-17T01:00:00-0500 108 90s Consoles Hardware
BBC Domesday project Wikipedia 2018-10-17T01:00:00-0500 108 90s Consoles Hardware
Kingdom Hearts Insider 2018-10-17T01:00:00-0500 108 Video Game Soundtracks Audio
Portal (jump pad song) Video YouTube 2018-10-17T01:00:00-0500 108 Video Game Soundtracks Audio
Louie Zhong’s Bandcamp 2018-10-17T01:00:00-0500 108 Video Game Soundtracks Audio
Polygon Sims jazz piano video Clayton Ashley, Polygon 2018-10-17T01:00:00-0500 108 Video Game Soundtracks Audio
"Elite: the game that changed the world" Adam Lusher, The Telegraph 2018-10-02T01:00:00-0500 106 Space Exploration games Gaming
"BBC releases computer history archive" BBC 2018-10-02T01:00:00-0500 106 Space Exploration games Gaming
https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/25/16817700/elite-dangerous-fuel-rats-rescue-cmdr-persera Owen S. Good, Polygon 2018-10-02T01:00:00-0500 106 Space Exploration games Gaming
"New Book Chronicles The Continuing History Of EVE Online" Lee Yancy, Kotaku 2018-10-02T01:00:00-0500 106 Space Exploration games Gaming
"Warring EVE Online Factions Declare Peace, For Money" Lee Yancy, Kotaku 2018-10-02T01:00:00-0500 106 Space Exploration games Gaming
"Star Citizen’s $27,000 bundle raises eyebrows" Charlie Hall, Polygon 2018-10-02T01:00:00-0500 106 Space Exploration games Gaming
The Surrounding Game, a recent documentary about American players of Go. 2018-10-02T01:00:00-0500 106 Gaming Habits Gaming, IRL
"Develop 2015 Highlights Rami Ismail, Indie Keynote" Develop Conference and Rami Ismail, YouTube 2018-10-02T01:00:00-0500 106 Gaming Habits Gaming, IRL
Destiny 2 Will Let You Play 'Fully Scored Soccer' Alex Walker, Kotaku 2018-09-18T01:00:00-0500 104 Hub Worlds and Safe Houses Game Design
Gearbox and Claptrap honor late Borderlands fan with eulogy, NPC in sequel Jessica Conditt, Engadget 2018-09-18T01:00:00-0500 104 Hub Worlds and Safe Houses Game Design
Sea of Thieves is fun until you meet other pirates Fraser Brown, Rock Paper Shotgun 2018-09-18T01:00:00-0500 104 Hub Worlds and Safe Houses Game Design
An image of some of the narrative-assisting collectables in Widget Satchel 2018-09-18T01:00:00-0500 104 Environmental Storytelling Narrative
"Who owns the mods?" Yonnie Ming Kow and Bonnie Nardi, First Monday 2018-09-11T01:00:00-0500 103 Modding Gaming
The Requiem mod team tells its community about the delays to their update here. Reddit 2018-09-11T01:00:00-0500 103 Modding Gaming
Nexus Mods is a great place to find community created mods. 2018-09-11T01:00:00-0500 103 Modding Gaming
Wrye Musings is a blog from a famous Elder Scrolls modder who writes about various topics in modding. 2018-09-11T01:00:00-0500 103 Modding Gaming
You can find good examples of gifs on the Widget Satchel Steam page. Steam 2018-09-11T01:00:00-0500 103 Self-publishing Must-haves Marketing
“How we Used Discord to build a dream community for our game Descenders” Mike Rose , Discord 2018-09-11T01:00:00-0500 103 Self-publishing Must-haves Marketing

Information is on the PlayStation Partners site. Your first step is to fill out their company registration page.

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Information is on the ID@Xbox site. Before submitting your game, your first step will be to apply to the program with basic information about your company.

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For Wii U and 3DS development, registration is open to all developers on their developer portal.

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For Switch development, just send them an email! ThirdPartyPublisher@noa.nintendo.com.

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“Not-for-profit game developer faces major obstacles” Colin Campbell, Polygon 2018-08-29T01:00:00-0500 101 Pitching to Consoles Hardware, Marketing
“How to choose the least annoying Octopath Traveler” Brian Gilbert, Polygon 2018-08-29T01:00:00-0500 101 Turn-Based RPGs Gaming
“The Dungeons and Dragons Session That Became a Real-Life Phenomenon” Lewis Packwood, Kotaku 2018-08-29T01:00:00-0500 101 Turn-Based RPGs Gaming
RPG Maker 2018-08-29T01:00:00-0500 101 Turn-Based RPGs Gaming
Martha in the recording studio aka "Clubhouse" 2018-08-22T01:00:00-0500 100 100th Episode Special  Meta
Stephen 2018-08-22T01:00:00-0500 100 100th Episode Special  Meta
The Microphones we use to record. 2018-08-22T01:00:00-0500 100 100th Episode Special  Meta
The audio interface (hardware) we use to record 2018-08-22T01:00:00-0500 100 100th Episode Special  Meta

The book Martha recommended is "If You Want to Write" by Brenda Ueland. It has been described as "the best book ever written about how to write" but its advice applies equally well to all types of creative work.

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Oneirogen on Steam 2018-07-31T01:00:00-0500 97 Virtual Reality VR / AR / XR
Alchemists Wikipedia 2018-07-31T01:00:00-0500 97 Virtual Reality VR / AR / XR
Joseph Campbell Wikipedia 2018-07-31T01:00:00-0500 97 Virtual Reality VR / AR / XR
Carl Jung 2018-07-31T01:00:00-0500 97 Virtual Reality VR / AR / XR
Cave of Forgotten Dreams film by Werner Herzog 2018-07-31T01:00:00-0500 97 Virtual Reality VR / AR / XR
Ten Principles of Good Level Design (Part 1) Dan Taylor, Game Developer 2018-07-24T01:00:00-0500 96 Level Design Game Design
Mark and Stephen rant about Sonic the Hedgehog’s level design, but here’s a defence of Sonic & Knuckles on Satchbag’s Goods. Satchell Drakes, YouTube 2018-07-24T01:00:00-0500 96 Level Design Game Design

Koichi Hayashida is the Level Design Director for Mario Galaxy/Director of Mario 3D Land (and lots and lots of other Marios) that Mark mentioned.

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The Structure of Fun: Learning from Super Mario 3D Land’s Director Christian Nutt, Game Developer 2018-07-24T01:00:00-0500 96 Level Design Game Design
Bug! game Wikipedia 2018-07-24T01:00:00-0500 96 Level Design Game Design
Diegetic HUDs and UI TV Tropes 2018-07-24T01:00:00-0500 96 HUDs UI / UX
The Moon Fields by local dev Lunarsignals 2018-07-24T01:00:00-0500 96 HUDs UI / UX
When snarky players still want to give info against the GM’s wishes, you get this Tweet. @SeiWot, Twitter 2018-07-10T01:00:00-0500 94 Language of Games Game Design
Stop, Drop, and Heal: The history of regenerating health” Jeff Dunn, GamesRadar 2018-07-10T01:00:00-0500 94 Language of Games Game Design
An article from the developers of Mirror’s Edge Catalyst on the new Runner’s Vision. EA 2018-07-10T01:00:00-0500 94 Language of Games Game Design
The Sony PlayStation’s buttons get explained by their designer John Brownlee, Geek.com 2018-07-10T01:00:00-0500 94 Language of Games Game Design
The Japanese Side of the PlayStation Button Confusion Richard Eisenbeis, Kotaku 2018-07-10T01:00:00-0500 94 Language of Games Game Design
The passion of the checkpoint: Why gaming's most frustrating failure is so hard to fix Ben Kuchera, Polygon 2018-07-10T01:00:00-0500 94 Language of Games Game Design
Rami Ismail documented his mother’s playing through new games on Twitter. @tha_rami, Twitter 2018-07-10T01:00:00-0500 94 Language of Games Game Design
The MIT Dropouts Who Created Ms. Pac-Man: A 35th-Anniversary Oral History Benj Edwards , Fast Company 2018-07-10T01:00:00-0500 94 Sequels Misc.
TV Tropes has a list of spiritual successors in video games. TV Tropes 2018-07-10T01:00:00-0500 94 Sequels Misc.
Take a look at "Ruler by Default'"'s funded Kickstarter campaign. 2018-07-03T01:00:00-0500 93 Visual Novels Game Design, Marketing, Narrative
Buy "Ruler by Default" on Steam now Steam 2018-07-03T01:00:00-0500 93 Visual Novels Game Design, Marketing, Narrative
An article on the The Berlin Interpretation of Roguelikes from the International Roguelike Development Conference of 2009. Game Set Watch 2018-06-26T01:00:00-0500 92 Roguelikes Game Design, Gaming
Star Citizen, I am disappointed Robert Purchese, Eurogamer 2018-06-26T01:00:00-0500 92 Crowdfunding Marketing, Production
The Double Fine Adventure! documentary series is available on Youtube. 2018-06-26T01:00:00-0500 92 Crowdfunding Marketing, Production
Fig is a newer option for game developers to get funding. 2018-06-26T01:00:00-0500 92 Crowdfunding Marketing, Production
Mark loved WHAT THE GOLF?, already funded through Fig! 2018-06-26T01:00:00-0500 92 Crowdfunding Marketing, Production
Hatchfund has helped many artists become successfully funded as well. 2018-06-26T01:00:00-0500 92 Crowdfunding Marketing, Production
Not Invented here (NIH) philosophy Techopedia 2018-06-12T01:00:00-0500 90 Code Libraries Programming
Unity ratchets up its marketing to game developers - without a GDC booth Dean Takahashi, VentureBeat 2018-06-12T01:00:00-0500 90 Code Libraries Programming
Hey you, indiedev, use presskit()! 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Media Relations Marketing, Production
Write a better press release using the Inverted Pyramid Todd Versteeg, Signature Style 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Media Relations Marketing, Production

Holly recommended “trying out” Buzzsumo and Buzzstream.

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Artist Statement Guidelines Getting Your Sh*t Together 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Media Relations Marketing, Production
Similarweb Wikipedia 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Media Relations Marketing, Production
Ask Holly your PR questions on twitter: @hollharris. 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Media Relations Marketing, Production
“How a Star Trek card game quietly continues, 10 years after its official end” Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Star Trek Games Gaming
The unreleased sequel to the Star Trek VCR board game was called “Borg Q-Uest.” It may have been cancelled based on the name alone. 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Star Trek Games Gaming
The "Q the Referee" CCG card that features a still taken from that game's unused footage. 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Star Trek Games Gaming
The fictional VCR board game from Community we mentioned was called “Pile of Bullets.” 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Star Trek Games Gaming
Mark talked about the end of the 90s-era Star Trek action figure line. That story is told in a recently released episode of “The Toys That Made Us” on Netflix. 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Star Trek Games Gaming
“Looking At The Star Trek: TNG Interactive Technical Manual From 1994” Will Stape, Treknews 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Star Trek Games Gaming
“The inside story of Apple's forgotten project: Quicktime VR” Kif Leswing, Business Insider 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Star Trek Games Gaming
You can actually play “Star Trek: Klingon” on YouTube! 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Star Trek Games Gaming
“Language App Duolingo Finally Added Klingon” David Murphy, Lifehacker 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Star Trek Games Gaming
“The best Star Trek games” Richard Cobbett, PC Gamer 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Star Trek Games Gaming
“Jeff Bezos announces Amazon is picking up 'The Expanse'” Richard Lawler, Engadget 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Star Trek Games Gaming
“Retrohistories: Secret of Vulcan Fury: Trek's Lost Adventure” Chris Chapman, YouTube 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Star Trek Games Gaming
“The Game Archaeologist: Perpetual's Star Trek Online” Justin Olivetti, Engadget 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Star Trek Games Gaming
Ubisoft teased on Twitter that DS9’s USS Defiant will appear in Bridge Crew. 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Star Trek Games Gaming
“Hogwarts Mystery Players Upset With Use of Microtransactions” Shabana Arif, IGN 2018-06-05T01:00:00-0500 89 Star Trek Games Gaming
Here is the fabled tweet that started the long road to this episode. 2018-05-29T01:00:00-0500 88 The Gaming Press Gaming, IRL, Marketing

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 2018-05-29T01:00:00-0500 88 The Gaming Press Gaming, IRL, Marketing
Get more of Ben's unimpeachable wisdom on Twitter! 2018-05-29T01:00:00-0500 88 The Gaming Press Gaming, IRL, Marketing
How A Japanese Reality TV Show About Nothing Became A Global Hit Mia Nakaji Monnier, Buzzfeed 2018-05-29T01:00:00-0500 88 The Gaming Press Gaming, IRL, Marketing
Ben mentioned a clubhouse favorite game by a local developer, Color Jumper (on sale now!). 2018-05-29T01:00:00-0500 88 The Gaming Press Gaming, IRL, Marketing
Enjoy Martha's famous crab dance! 2018-05-29T01:00:00-0500 88 The Gaming Press Gaming, IRL, Marketing
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine Postmortem Johnnemann Nordhagen, Medium 2018-05-29T01:00:00-0500 88 The Gaming Press Gaming, IRL, Marketing
Ben mentioned the Easy Allies podcast 2018-05-29T01:00:00-0500 88 The Gaming Press Gaming, IRL, Marketing
Alan Alda's Experiment: Helping Scientists Learn To Talk To The Rest Of Us Lulu Garcia-Navarro, NPR 2018-05-29T01:00:00-0500 88 The Gaming Press Gaming, IRL, Marketing
The 2.5D Owl game we were talking about is called Everend. 2018-05-15T01:00:00-0500 87 Platformers Game Design, Gaming
You can download an early demo of the parkour racing game Sparkour right now! 2018-05-15T01:00:00-0500 87 Platformers Game Design, Gaming
The Widget Satchel team watched a lot of ferret videos. 2018-05-15T01:00:00-0500 87 Platformers Game Design, Gaming
You Say Jump, I Say How High? Nordic Game Conference 2016, YouTube 2018-05-15T01:00:00-0500 87 Platformers Game Design, Gaming
Super Mario Land Is Weird Brawl in the Family 2018-05-15T01:00:00-0500 87 Platformers Game Design, Gaming
What is Player Agency and what is it good for? StackExchange RPG 2018-05-15T01:00:00-0500 87 Player Agency Game Design, Narrative
A new direction for David Cage Samit Sarkar, Polygon 2018-05-15T01:00:00-0500 87 Player Agency Game Design, Narrative
Aubrey competed in the North Star Roller Derby. Her name on the team is Glitch Please! 2018-05-08T01:00:00-0500 85 Workflows IRL, Production
Mark mentioned social jet lag that he’s just recently discovered. 2018-05-08T01:00:00-0500 85 Workflows IRL, Production

Jesse Schell is one of Aubrey’s mentors, who wrote about the Elemental Tetrad that she references in the show.

 2018-05-08T01:00:00-0500 85 Workflows IRL, Production
Double Fine’s documentary series, Double Fine Adventure, is a good look into the game dev process. 2018-05-08T01:00:00-0500 85 Workflows IRL, Production
Aubrey brings up decision mapping as a good way to brainstorm. 2018-05-08T01:00:00-0500 85 Workflows IRL, Production
Budget Cuts demo 2018-05-02T01:00:00-0500 84 Making a Demo Marketing, Production
Stanley Parable demo 2018-05-02T01:00:00-0500 84 Making a Demo Marketing, Production
Netstorm 2018-05-02T01:00:00-0500 84 Making a Demo Marketing, Production
Ships across the ocean 2018-05-02T01:00:00-0500 84 Physical Games Physical Games
Calvinball 2018-05-02T01:00:00-0500 84 Physical Games Physical Games
Cup stacking 2018-05-02T01:00:00-0500 84 Physical Games Physical Games
Johann Sebastian Joust 2018-05-02T01:00:00-0500 84 Physical Games Physical Games

The old PlayStation Spyro games are being re-released as a trilogy, to some mixed reception.

 2018-04-17T01:00:00-0500 82 Nostalgia Gaming
Firmament is a VR game being made by the developers of Myst. 2018-04-17T01:00:00-0500 82 Nostalgia Gaming
Speaking of Myst nostalgia, Cyan just announced a 25th Anniversary re-release. 2018-04-17T01:00:00-0500 82 Nostalgia Gaming
Mark recently read a few of the Boss Fight Books: books about past games with interesting development stories. 2018-04-17T01:00:00-0500 82 Nostalgia Gaming
We talked about our game influences in a previous episode: “Schrödinger’s Animal Crossing.” 2018-04-17T01:00:00-0500 82 Nostalgia Gaming
Steam Spy announces it’s shutting down, blames Valve’s new privacy settings Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica 2018-04-17T01:00:00-0500 82 PC Games Market Marketing, Production
Let's Be Realistic: A Deep Dive into How Games Are Selling on Steam Mike Rose, GDC 2018-04-17T01:00:00-0500 82 PC Games Market Marketing, Production
Jane Ng, lead artist at Campo Santo, started a great thread on Twitter about localization and people’s various interpretations of PUBG’s success in China. 2018-04-17T01:00:00-0500 82 PC Games Market Marketing, Production
Want some rye? 2018-04-10T01:00:00-0500 81 "Bad" Game Design Game Design
The Tetris Effect Wikipedia 2018-04-10T01:00:00-0500 81 "Bad" Game Design Game Design
Ubisoft Aware of Tetris Ultimate Issues Jason Dunning, PlayStationLifeStyle 2018-04-10T01:00:00-0500 81 "Bad" Game Design Game Design
E.T.: Walkthrough and Easter Eggs TrillingWonder, YouTube 2018-04-10T01:00:00-0500 81 "Bad" Game Design Game Design
A videogame for #blacklivesmatter Zach Budgor, Kill Screen 2018-04-10T01:00:00-0500 81 "Bad" Game Design Game Design
Choosing Your Pirate In Sea Of Thieves Is Hard Mike Fahey, Kotaku 2018-04-10T01:00:00-0500 81 Character Design Art, Narrative
How to Convey Character’s Personality Through Shape, Variance and Size Bilyana, Graphic Mama 2018-04-10T01:00:00-0500 81 Character Design Art, Narrative
Making Comics Scott McCloud, Wikipedia 2018-04-10T01:00:00-0500 81 Character Design Art, Narrative
Crumpets and Badonkadonks: Creating Tiny Tina Ashly and Anthony Burch, YouTube 2018-04-10T01:00:00-0500 81 Character Design Art, Narrative
Sony VR with Joshua Bell 2018-04-03T01:00:00-0500 80 GDC 2018 Highlights Events
Budget Cuts 2018-04-03T01:00:00-0500 80 GDC 2018 Highlights Events
Gorogoa postmortem 2018-04-03T01:00:00-0500 80 GDC 2018 Highlights Events
Classic postmortem on Sonic the Hedgehog 2018-04-03T01:00:00-0500 80 GDC 2018 Highlights Events
Game Dev Union / Games Workers Unite 2018-04-03T01:00:00-0500 80 GDC 2018 Highlights Events
The Other Party 2018-04-03T01:00:00-0500 80 GDC 2018 Highlights Events
GameJolt’s Bring Your Own Indie Party, where Mark showed his game for three hours before the venue got shut down by the fire department 2018-04-03T01:00:00-0500 80 GDC 2018 Highlights Events

Participants in Glitch’s Power Leveling program got to tour Double Fine’s studio, among other adventures!

 2018-04-03T01:00:00-0500 80 GDC 2018 Highlights Events
Katie’s twitter thread of all the awesome Minnesotans at GDC! 2018-04-03T01:00:00-0500 80 GDC 2018 Highlights Events
Here are the 30 maps Mark spent a few weeks researching for. 2018-03-20T01:00:00-0500 77 Research for Games Game Design
How ‘Never Alone’ turns cultural heritage into video game history Matt Kamen, Wired 2018-03-20T01:00:00-0500 77 Research for Games Game Design
How Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice deals with psychosis James Lloyd, Science Focus 2018-03-20T01:00:00-0500 77 Research for Games Game Design
Universe Sandbox 2018-03-20T01:00:00-0500 77 Research for Games Game Design
Elite Dangerous 2018-03-20T01:00:00-0500 77 Research for Games Game Design
Mark mentions this game 30 for 30 episode titled Madden’s Game. 30 for 30, ESPN 2018-03-20T01:00:00-0500 77 Research for Games Game Design

The Manifesto Jam has many fascinating statements about approaching game development. Here are the ones we mention on the show:

 2018-03-20T01:00:00-0500 77 Gamedev Philosophies IRL, Misc.
I was trying to make a game but my dog got in the way… 2018-03-20T01:00:00-0500 77 Gamedev Philosophies IRL, Misc.
Secret languages 2018-03-20T01:00:00-0500 77 Gamedev Philosophies IRL, Misc.
Money-festo 2018-03-20T01:00:00-0500 77 Gamedev Philosophies IRL, Misc.
Rules for not losing myself 2018-03-20T01:00:00-0500 77 Gamedev Philosophies IRL, Misc.
Manifesto for gentle games 2018-03-20T01:00:00-0500 77 Gamedev Philosophies IRL, Misc.
Games are weird tiny things that teach us 2018-03-20T01:00:00-0500 77 Gamedev Philosophies IRL, Misc.
Notecard minifestos 2018-03-20T01:00:00-0500 77 Gamedev Philosophies IRL, Misc.
Godot is a game engine similar to Unity, but with object-oriented programming as a base. 2018-03-15T01:00:00-0500 76 Game Programming Programming
Martha went to the coding boot camp Prime Digital Academy. 2018-03-15T01:00:00-0500 76 Game Programming Programming
Learning Fluency Sara Simon, Medium 2018-03-15T01:00:00-0500 76 Game Programming Programming
Mark mentioned the book Game Programming Pattern, a resource also available for free online. Robert Nystrom 2018-03-15T01:00:00-0500 76 Game Programming Programming
If you use part of your home for business, you may be able to get a tax reduction. 2018-03-15T01:00:00-0500 76 Work Spaces IRL, Tools
Ellen references THOTH, a twin-stick shooter made by Carlsen Games. 2018-03-05T18:06:00-0600 75 Learning Through Games Game Design, UI / UX
Much of Ellen’s work is based off of the CCAF framework. 2018-03-05T18:06:00-0600 75 Learning Through Games Game Design, UI / UX
Learn about how to make fake news from the educator backed Bad News. 2018-03-05T18:06:00-0600 75 Learning Through Games Game Design, UI / UX
Custom eLearning Vs. Off-The-Shelf eLearning: Which Is Right For You? Ayesha Habeeb Omer, Ph.D, eLearning Industry 2018-03-05T18:06:00-0600 75 Learning Through Games Game Design, UI / UX
Cathy Moore talks about training design ideas on her blog 2018-03-05T18:06:00-0600 75 Learning Through Games Game Design, UI / UX
Kentucky Fried Chicken’s Virtual Reality game The Hard Way YouTube 2018-03-05T18:06:00-0600 75 Learning Through Games Game Design, UI / UX
Assassin’s Creed Origins’ new educational mode is a violence-free tour through ancient Egypt Andrew Webster, The Verge 2018-03-05T18:06:00-0600 75 Learning Through Games Game Design, UI / UX
Ellen played SimAnt as a kid! 2018-03-05T18:06:00-0600 75 Learning Through Games Game Design, UI / UX
Portal 2’s best achievement: This is the Part Where He Kills You BuddytheRat, YouTube 2018-02-21T00:00:00-0600 72 Achievements Game Design, Gaming
Achievement Unlocked is a parody game about achievements 2018-02-21T00:00:00-0600 72 Achievements Game Design, Gaming
HUDdled 2018-02-21T00:00:00-0600 72 Achievements Game Design, Gaming
Ludum Dare Nice Plays special 2018-02-21T00:00:00-0600 72 Achievements Game Design, Gaming
The Simpsons Game AchievementBros, YouTube 2018-02-21T00:00:00-0600 72 Achievements Game Design, Gaming
Alexander Hamilton, a Federalist, probably wouldn’t have liked Achievements either. 2018-02-21T00:00:00-0600 72 Achievements Game Design, Gaming
Level Design Workshop: Solving Puzzle Design Jolie Menzel, GDC 2018-02-21T00:00:00-0600 72 Puzzle Design Game Design
Analysis: Puzzle Design in the Myst Series Gregory Weir, Game Developer 2018-02-21T00:00:00-0600 72 Puzzle Design Game Design
Tim Schafer on Day of the Tentacle’s awful car wash puzzle: “[It] seemed a lot funnier at the time.” Bob Mackey, USgamer 2018-02-21T00:00:00-0600 72 Puzzle Design Game Design
This Might Be Persona 5's Biggest Localization Fail Chris Kohler, Kotaku 2018-02-21T00:00:00-0600 72 Puzzle Design Game Design
Grumpy Gamer on Puzzle Dependency Charts Ye Olde Grumpy Gamer Blog 2018-02-21T00:00:00-0600 72 Puzzle Design Game Design
Our pal Martin’s company Abstract Puzzle makes games including Puzzle Prison VR 2018-02-21T00:00:00-0600 72 Puzzle Design Game Design
Visual Understanding Environment is an Open Source project for managing digital resources for many different subjects, including puzzle design. 2018-02-21T00:00:00-0600 72 Puzzle Design Game Design
Embedded Puzzle Manifesto Joey Jones, Far Far Future 2018-02-21T00:00:00-0600 72 Puzzle Design Game Design
Stephen's Kirby Corner 2018-02-13T00:00:00-0600 71 Merch Marketing
The Nintendo World Store is an awesome place for sweet Nintendo swag. 2018-02-13T00:00:00-0600 71 Merch Marketing
"Blown Up Game Boy From The Gulf War" Vince Veneziani, TechCrunch 2018-02-13T00:00:00-0600 71 Merch Marketing
Mark's pikman plushie watches over his demo setup 2018-02-13T00:00:00-0600 71 Merch Marketing
Mark’s “Tails” aka Miles Prower plush! 2018-02-13T00:00:00-0600 71 Merch Marketing
TopataCo is a nice place to host your merch at. 2018-02-13T00:00:00-0600 71 Merch Marketing
The Space Junk team made stickers of their garbage! 2018-02-13T00:00:00-0600 71 Merch Marketing
Don’t you just want to hug a Sprocket of your own? 2018-02-13T00:00:00-0600 71 Merch Marketing
Here’s an older gif of Fingeance’s enemies. 2018-02-13T00:00:00-0600 71 Merch Marketing
Metro Nexus maps would make great posters, right? 2018-02-13T00:00:00-0600 71 Merch Marketing
The Joggernauts team has been selling their pins everywhere you can find them! 2018-02-13T00:00:00-0600 71 Merch Marketing
The Coleslaw Council’s official pin design. 2018-02-13T00:00:00-0600 71 Merch Marketing
Martha started working on her point and click game 2018-02-13T00:00:00-0600 71 Starting a Game IRL
Ron Gilbert’s blog 2018-02-13T00:00:00-0600 71 Starting a Game IRL
Thimbleweed Park dev 2018-02-13T00:00:00-0600 71 Starting a Game IRL
Martha realized during the show that the Usborne puzzle adventures were influential to the design of her game. 2018-02-13T00:00:00-0600 71 Starting a Game IRL
Intergalactic Transmissing found the community at nesdev.com a great resource for making a modern NES game. 2018-02-07T00:00:00-0600 70 Global Game Jam 2018 Events
Mark used a very helpful open-source library called VRTK for his GGJ game. 2018-02-07T00:00:00-0600 70 Global Game Jam 2018 Events
Mark used AssetForge to create 3D assets for his GGJ game. 2018-02-07T00:00:00-0600 70 Global Game Jam 2018 Events
The biggest issues with Steam in 2017, according to 230 developers Lars Doucet, PC Gamer 2018-01-23T00:00:00-0600 68 Steam Hardware, Marketing
Verdant Skies will be out on Steam real soon! 2018-01-23T00:00:00-0600 68 Steam Hardware, Marketing

A few alternatives to Steam: Itch.io, Good Old Games, Humble Bundle, Robot Cache.

 2018-01-23T00:00:00-0600 68 Steam Hardware, Marketing
So You Want To Compete With Steam Lars Doucet, Game Developer 2018-01-23T00:00:00-0600 68 Steam Hardware, Marketing
TV Tropes has a great list of games within games. 2018-01-23T00:00:00-0600 68 Games in Games Game Design, Gaming
The secret world of hidden games K. Thor Jensen, Geek.com 2018-01-23T00:00:00-0600 68 Games in Games Game Design, Gaming

Microsoft Excel ‘95 contained Hall of Tortured Souls and Excel ‘97 had a space simulator!

 2018-01-23T00:00:00-0600 68 Games in Games Game Design, Gaming
Long Lost Emulation Easter Egg Discovered in GoldenEye Kate Cox, Kotaku 2018-01-23T00:00:00-0600 68 Games in Games Game Design, Gaming
Inside the Development of Gaming's Biggest Mystery, 'Frog Fractions 2' Patrick Klepek, Waypoint 2018-01-23T00:00:00-0600 68 Games in Games Game Design, Gaming
Uncharted 4 Has The Perfect Video Game Ending Luke Plunkett, Kotaku 2018-01-23T00:00:00-0600 68 Games in Games Game Design, Gaming
Wolfenstein 3D returns with a twist in Wolfenstein 2 Patrick Gill, Polygon 2018-01-23T00:00:00-0600 68 Games in Games Game Design, Gaming
One of Martha’s favorite games, Spy Fox in Dry Cereal, contains a small game called Happy Fun Sub 2018-01-23T00:00:00-0600 68 Games in Games Game Design, Gaming
Felix mentions The Prophet from The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, who is looking for a hero to complete his quest. xenmordoc, YouTube 2018-01-16T00:00:00-0600 67 Character Dialogue Game Design, Production
Here’s examples of audio logs from Bioshock Infinite. YouTube 2018-01-16T00:00:00-0600 67 Character Dialogue Game Design, Production
Fallout 4’s 'Full Dialogue' Mod Makes The Game Way Better Kirk Hamilton, Kotaku 2018-01-16T00:00:00-0600 67 Character Dialogue Game Design, Production
Branching Conversation Systems and the Working Writer, Part 1: Introduction Alexander Freed, Game Developer 2018-01-16T00:00:00-0600 67 Character Dialogue Game Design, Production
Clementine Won't Remember That: The False Promises of Telltale's The Walking Dead Matthew Byrd, , Den of Geek 2018-01-16T00:00:00-0600 67 Character Dialogue Game Design, Production
Thimbleweed Park Terrible Toybox, Inc 2018-01-09T00:00:00-0600 66 Martha’s/Mortho’s Nicest (2017) Nicest
Slime Rancher Monomi Park 2018-01-09T00:00:00-0600 66 Martha’s/Mortho’s Nicest (2017) Nicest
Destiny 2 Bungie 2018-01-09T00:00:00-0600 66 Martha’s/Mortho’s Nicest (2017) Nicest
Check out #madewithblocks on Twitter to see/share amazing things made with Blocks! 2018-01-09T00:00:00-0600 66 Martha’s/Mortho’s Nicest (2017) Nicest
Star Trek: Bridge Crew Ubisoft 2018-01-09T00:00:00-0600 66 Mark’s Nicest (2017) Nicest
Gorogoa Buried Signal & Annapurna Interactive 2018-01-09T00:00:00-0600 66 Mark’s Nicest (2017) Nicest
The old school Star Trek game we reminisced about is probably Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity Spectrum Holobyte 2018-01-09T00:00:00-0600 66 Mark’s Nicest (2017) Nicest
If you are local stop by Glitch’s VR Night run by Mark! 2018-01-09T00:00:00-0600 66 Mark’s Nicest (2017) Nicest
The Puzzle Of A Lifetime Chris Kohler , Kotaku 2018-01-09T00:00:00-0600 66 Mark’s Nicest (2017) Nicest
Arms Nintendo 2018-01-09T00:00:00-0600 66 Stephen’s Nicest (2017) Nicest
Neurovoider Flying Oak Games 2018-01-09T00:00:00-0600 66 Stephen’s Nicest (2017) Nicest
Soul Calibur 6 Michael McWhertor, Polygon 2018-01-09T00:00:00-0600 66 Stephen's Most Anticipated (for 2018) Nicest
Kirby 2018 Nintendo, YouTube 2018-01-09T00:00:00-0600 66 Stephen's Most Anticipated (for 2018) Nicest

Smash on the Switch (NINTENDO PLEASE)

 2018-01-09T00:00:00-0600 66 Stephen's Most Anticipated (for 2018) Nicest
Mineko’s Night Market Meowza Games 2018-01-09T00:00:00-0600 66 Martha's/Mortho's Most Anticipated (for 2018) Nicest
Ooblets Glumberland 2018-01-09T00:00:00-0600 66 Martha's/Mortho's Most Anticipated (for 2018) Nicest
Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Players Are Tricking Amiibos To Grind For Rare Loot Ethan Gach , Kotaku 2018-01-02T00:00:00-0600 63 Loot Systems Game Design
Nioh's latest patch fixes its most annoying flaw Jeffrey Matulef, Eurogamer 2018-01-02T00:00:00-0600 63 Loot Systems Game Design
NeuroVoider Chock-Full of Rogue-Like KillBot Twin-Stick Shooting James Cunningham, Hardcore Gamer 2018-01-02T00:00:00-0600 63 Loot Systems Game Design
Bungie says it " betrayed" Destiny 2 fans over transparency YouTube 2018-01-02T00:00:00-0600 63 Loot Systems Game Design
Loot boxes in video games will soon get a review flag from OpenCritic Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica 2018-01-02T00:00:00-0600 63 Loot Boxes Gaming, Marketing
What You Need To Know About Shadow of War's Controversial Loot Boxes Patricia Hernandez, Kotaku 2018-01-02T00:00:00-0600 63 Loot Boxes Gaming, Marketing
A Guide To The Endless, Confusing Star Wars Battlefront II Controversy Gita Jackson, Kotaku 2018-01-02T00:00:00-0600 63 Loot Boxes Gaming, Marketing
Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford is ‘very much against predatory monetization schemes’ Dustin Bailey, PCGamesN 2018-01-02T00:00:00-0600 63 Loot Boxes Gaming, Marketing
An inconvenient truth: game prices have come down with time Ben Kuchera, Ars Technica 2018-01-02T00:00:00-0600 63 Loot Boxes Gaming, Marketing
I Just Got A Bunch Of Overwatch Gift Cards, And I'm Terrified To Use Them Nathan Grayson, Kotaku 2018-01-02T00:00:00-0600 63 Loot Boxes Gaming, Marketing
How Luis Von Ahn Turned Countless Hours Of Mindless Activity Into Something Valuable Alison Griswold, Business Insider 2018-01-02T00:00:00-0600 63 Loot Boxes Gaming, Marketing

Game Designer Damion Schubert posted a thread on Twitter about how to do loot boxes ethically. Mark was not convinced.

 2018-01-02T00:00:00-0600 63 Loot Boxes Gaming, Marketing

Color Jumper is available on Steam right now! You can try it out on the itch.io page

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The 20/60/20 Rule of Leadership” Derrick Strand, LinkedIn 2017-12-19T00:00:00-0600 62 Releasing a Game Marketing, Production
Ben had mixed results with Keymailer. 2017-12-19T00:00:00-0600 62 Releasing a Game Marketing, Production
Ben shared two years(!!) of in-development GIFs of Color Jumper. 2017-12-19T00:00:00-0600 62 Releasing a Game Marketing, Production
Facepunch.Steamworks is a C# Library for Steamworks. 2017-12-19T00:00:00-0600 62 Releasing a Game Marketing, Production

Ben talked about how every last 10% of work is another 90% of work, and so on. But don’t worry, because 0.999... is equal to 1!

 2017-12-19T00:00:00-0600 62 Releasing a Game Marketing, Production
The Agile Composer: Project Management for Game Audio Dan Hulsman, Video Game Music Academy 2017-12-19T00:00:00-0600 62 Releasing a Game Marketing, Production
What Is Blackout Poetry? These Fascinating Poems Are Created From Existing Art E. Ce Miller, Bustle 2017-12-13T00:00:00-0600 61 Influences IRL, Production

That action/puzzle game Stephen was trying to remember was Meteos.

 2017-12-13T00:00:00-0600 61 Influences IRL, Production
The Secret of Mario's Jump (and other Versatile Verbs) Game Maker's Toolkit, YouTube 2017-12-13T00:00:00-0600 61 Influences IRL, Production
The Norwood Suite Is A Very Different Kind Of Music Game EThan Gach, Kotaku 2017-12-13T00:00:00-0600 61 Influences IRL, Production
The Unexpected Joy Of Repetition In Video Games Heather Alexander, Kotaku 2017-12-13T00:00:00-0600 61 Repetition Game Design
Desert Bus comes to VR at long last Owen S. Good, Polygon 2017-12-13T00:00:00-0600 61 Repetition Game Design
Stuck on repeat: why we love repetition in music Tom Service , The Guardian 2017-12-13T00:00:00-0600 61 Repetition Game Design
Saying the same word over again until it means nothing is called semantic satiation. Wikipedia 2017-12-13T00:00:00-0600 61 Repetition Game Design
Loops Episode Radiolab, Podcast 2017-12-13T00:00:00-0600 61 Repetition Game Design
Games N’ Go in Roseville, MN often has Friday fighting game nights. 2017-11-28T00:00:00-0600 58 Fighting Games Gaming
The Moon Fields, a Wisconsin fighting game by Lunar Signals. 2017-11-28T00:00:00-0600 58 Fighting Games Gaming
Terminology and glossary guide for fighting games Event Hubs 2017-11-28T00:00:00-0600 58 Fighting Games Gaming
The White Belts Facebook group is helpful for those looking to start fighting games. 2017-11-28T00:00:00-0600 58 Fighting Games Gaming
In case you’re curious who the top characters are in Super Smash Bros. games, here are tier lists from Smash Boards. 2017-11-28T00:00:00-0600 58 Fighting Games Gaming
Sonic hurricane dot com is a great guide about footsies and the role it plays in high level gameplay. 2017-11-28T00:00:00-0600 58 Fighting Games Gaming
The Uncharted 2 commercial Mark references. It is pretty terrible. 2017-11-28T00:00:00-0600 58 Character Roleplaying Gaming, Narrative
Seems some other people agree with Mark’s stance on Shepard’s first name. 2017-11-28T00:00:00-0600 58 Character Roleplaying Gaming, Narrative
Impostor Syndrome Is Not Just a Confidence Problem Alicia Liu, Medium 2017-11-21T00:00:00-0600 57 Imposter Syndrome (revisited) IRL
Adobe’s prototype AI tools let you instantly edit photos and videos James Vincent, The Verge 2017-11-21T00:00:00-0600 57 Conferences / Gaming Events (revisited) Events, Gaming
So Adobe XD CC is out, what now? Alexander Dimitrov, Prototypr 2017-11-21T00:00:00-0600 57 Conferences / Gaming Events (revisited) Events, Gaming
We never miss an opportunity to plug Beach Ball Valley. Steam 2017-11-21T00:00:00-0600 57 VR Development (revisited) VR / AR / XR
Google Blocks 2017-11-21T00:00:00-0600 57 VR Development (revisited) VR / AR / XR
Logitech made a VR keyboard kit so you can type in the Vive Adi Robertson, The Verge 2017-11-21T00:00:00-0600 57 VR Development (revisited) VR / AR / XR
EVE developers CCP pulling out of VR Adam Smith, Rock Paper Shotgun 2017-11-21T00:00:00-0600 57 VR Development (revisited) VR / AR / XR
Oculus is closing its VR film studio Adi Robertson, The Verge 2017-11-21T00:00:00-0600 57 VR Development (revisited) VR / AR / XR
Google acquires Owlchemy Labs VR game studio Lucas Matney , TechCrunch 2017-11-21T00:00:00-0600 57 VR Development (revisited) VR / AR / XR
Windows Mixed Reality Headsets Gain SteamVR Support, a Library of VR Games Anton Shilov, AnandTech 2017-11-21T00:00:00-0600 57 VR Development (revisited) VR / AR / XR
15 Top Prototyping Tools Go Head-to-Head Dave Kearney and Daniel Schwarz, Sitepoint 2017-11-21T00:00:00-0600 57 Prototyping (revisited) Game Design, Production
Youthprise 2017-11-21T00:00:00-0600 57 Prototyping (revisited) Game Design, Production
Peeking Behind the Locked Door: A Survey of Escape Room Facilities Scott Nicholson 2017-11-14T00:00:00-0600 56 Puzzle/Escape Rooms Physical Games
The 10 Best VR Puzzle and Escape Room Games Andy O'Donnell, Lifewire 2017-11-14T00:00:00-0600 56 Puzzle/Escape Rooms Physical Games
The Stagecoach-themed children’s book we talked about is Nine for California, by Sonia Levitin. 2017-11-14T00:00:00-0600 56 Puzzle/Escape Rooms Physical Games
Escape Room Enthusiast Facebook group 2017-11-14T00:00:00-0600 56 Puzzle/Escape Rooms Physical Games
Escape Room Owners Facebook group 2017-11-14T00:00:00-0600 56 Puzzle/Escape Rooms Physical Games
Tech Interview: Destiny 2 and Bungie's return to PC gaming Richard Leadbetter, Eurogamer 2017-11-01T01:00:00-0500 53 Upcoming Games Gaming
18 new Nintendo Switch games are out this week — the most ever Allegra Frank, Polygon 2017-11-01T01:00:00-0500 53 Upcoming Games Gaming
Pokemon Stars: all the latest leaks from the confirmed Nintendo Switch game Emma Boyle, TechRadar 2017-11-01T01:00:00-0500 53 Upcoming Games Gaming
[Your Name] the Hedgehog Know Your Meme 2017-11-01T01:00:00-0500 53 Upcoming Games Gaming
The Dark Night Rises had No Competition at the Box Office Jim Pagels, Slate 2017-11-01T01:00:00-0500 53 Release Dates Marketing
The Weird Reason Why Video Games Are Released On Tuesdays Karyne Levy, Business Insider 2017-11-01T01:00:00-0500 53 Release Dates Marketing

We asked folks at r/gamedev about release date strategies. Thanks to those who contributed to this episode!

 2017-11-01T01:00:00-0500 53 Release Dates Marketing
Loot Boxes Are Designed To Exploit Us Heather Alexandra,, Kotaku 2017-11-01T01:00:00-0500 53 Win Conditions Game Design
How Game Designers Protect Players From Themselves Game Maker's Toolkit, YouTube 2017-11-01T01:00:00-0500 53 Win Conditions Game Design
The long, hard, journey behind the design of Dead Cells’ player builds Alex Wiltshire, Rock Paper Shotgun 2017-11-01T01:00:00-0500 53 Win Conditions Game Design
Desert Bus For Hope 2017-11-01T01:00:00-0500 53 Win Conditions Game Design
Preserving the Art of Play Jacob Brogan, Slate 2017-10-24T01:00:00-0500 52 Preserving the Dreamcast Hardware

Here are the Xbox 360 and PS3 emulators Stephen mentioned. Less than 20% of their game libraries are fully playable.

 2017-10-24T01:00:00-0500 52 Preserving the Dreamcast Hardware

This Facebook group wants Dreamcast GD ROM Drive Emulation to happen.

 2017-10-24T01:00:00-0500 52 Preserving the Dreamcast Hardware
Clean room engineering uses formal methods and iteration in software development. Wikipedia 2017-10-24T01:00:00-0500 52 Preserving the Dreamcast Hardware

The Dreamcast’s SH4 processor has an open source version called J-core.

 2017-10-24T01:00:00-0500 52 Preserving the Dreamcast Hardware
Remember Game Gear? Levi Buchanan, IGN 2017-10-24T01:00:00-0500 52 Preserving the Dreamcast Hardware
Elysian Shadows is being developed for Dreamcast, PC and...Ouya? 2017-10-24T01:00:00-0500 52 Preserving the Dreamcast Hardware
  • Here are the tidy insides of a Dreamcast:
 2017-10-24T01:00:00-0500 52 Preserving the Dreamcast Hardware
2017-10-24T01:00:00-0500 52 Preserving the Dreamcast Hardware
KallistiOS, a prograde development system for Dreamcast. Cryptic Allusion Game Dev 2017-10-24T01:00:00-0500 52 Preserving the Dreamcast Hardware
The Dreamcast’s Visual Memory Unit. Wikipedia 2017-10-24T01:00:00-0500 52 Preserving the Dreamcast Hardware
Sonic Adventure had a pretty robust Chao raising minigame. Sonic Retro 2017-10-24T01:00:00-0500 52 Preserving the Dreamcast Hardware
Sonic Shuffle, Sega’s attempt at a Mario Party-like game. 2017-10-24T01:00:00-0500 52 Preserving the Dreamcast Hardware
The creators of Elysian Shadows have created a VMU emulator called ElysianVMU. The DreamCast Junkyard 2017-10-24T01:00:00-0500 52 Preserving the Dreamcast Hardware
How to burn a Dreamcast CDI. The .ISO zone 2017-10-24T01:00:00-0500 52 Preserving the Dreamcast Hardware
A guide to replace a Dreamcast GD-ROM drive. iFixit 2017-10-24T01:00:00-0500 52 Preserving the Dreamcast Hardware

Martha took a blacksmithing class! Also, her instructor told her this was a perfect forge weld.

 2017-10-07T01:00:00-0500 51 Scope Creep Production
Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making Sam Kaner 2017-10-07T01:00:00-0500 51 Scope Creep Production

Our post on the r/gamedev. Special thanks to SaxPanther, ledat, GravityGamesInt, Bwob, and DustyPixel for their stories.

 2017-10-07T01:00:00-0500 51 Scope Creep Production
SaxPanther created a battle royale game out of the Unity Roll-A-Ball tutorial. 2017-10-07T01:00:00-0500 51 Scope Creep Production
ledat shared a story on how one person accidentally created banking software after attempting to streamline coffee orders. 2017-10-07T01:00:00-0500 51 Scope Creep Production

League of Legends

  • League of Legends World Championship is happening RIGHT THE DANG NOW!
  • Martha will be rooting for her favorite team, C9.
 2017-10-07T01:00:00-0500 51 eSports Events, Gaming
Player Signings, Salaries, and More in the Overwatch League™ Blizzard Entertainment 2017-10-07T01:00:00-0500 51 eSports Events, Gaming
League of Legends' ratings top NBA Finals, World Series clinchers Patrick Dorsey, ESPN 2017-10-07T01:00:00-0500 51 eSports Events, Gaming
An example of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament casting. Twitch 2017-10-07T01:00:00-0500 51 eSports Events, Gaming
The Story of DOTA Paul Dean, Eurogamer 2017-10-07T01:00:00-0500 51 eSports Events, Gaming
The biggest Call of Duty tournament shines light on growth of esports Jordan Crook, TechCrunch 2017-10-07T01:00:00-0500 51 eSports Events, Gaming
The Rise and Fall of StarCraft II as an eSport Kevin Hovdestad, IGN 2017-10-07T01:00:00-0500 51 eSports Events, Gaming
How Intellectual Property Rights Are Hurting Esports Teams Leonard Langenscheidt, The Esports Observer 2017-10-07T01:00:00-0500 51 eSports Events, Gaming
There is, in fact, a Civilization VI eSports scene. Leif Johnson, Motherboard 2017-10-07T01:00:00-0500 51 eSports Events, Gaming

When Mark was young, he bought unofficial Quake mods on CD-ROM.

 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 DLC and Expansions Gaming, Production

Turns out, Electronics Boutique and EB Games are the same thing.

 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 DLC and Expansions Gaming, Production
Day-One DLC Isn’t Always Evil, Says Borderlands 2 Guy Tina Amini, Kotaku 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 DLC and Expansions Gaming, Production
Patch The Process Rami Ishmail 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 DLC and Expansions Gaming, Production
Street Fighter V is a Barebones Game That’s a Sign of the Times Paul Tamburro, Crave 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 DLC and Expansions Gaming, Production
Code analysis of No Man's Sky praises engine, criticises "unfinished" game Andy Chalk, PC Gamer 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 DLC and Expansions Gaming, Production
It turns out Sony won’t be charging PS4 Pro players for 4K upgrade patches Danny Cowan, Digital Trends 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 DLC and Expansions Gaming, Production
Mario Party 2: Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing KlydeStrom, YouTube 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 DLC and Expansions Gaming, Production

Turns out, Dungeons & Dragons does use software-style versioning for their “patch notes.”

 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 DLC and Expansions Gaming, Production

After recording this episode, Mark had an idea for how to price DLC in Metro Nexus.

 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 DLC and Expansions Gaming, Production
Nier Automata Lets Players Buy PSN Trophies With In-Game Money Heather Alexandra, Kotaku 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 DLC and Expansions Gaming, Production
Payday 2 rolls back microtransactions after fan outrage Kyle Orland, Ars Technica 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 DLC and Expansions Gaming, Production
5G - Press START to Play Make Hack Repeat, YouTube 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 DLC and Expansions Gaming, Production
I Am Rich: The Story of the World's Strangest Mobile App Antoni Zolciak , In’saneLab 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 DLC and Expansions Gaming, Production

Wikipedia says “Genres are not usually defined by the actual content of the game.”

 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 Genre in Games Game Design, Meta
“List of accolades received by Grand Theft Auto V”  - Wikipedia Wikipedia 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 Genre in Games Game Design, Meta

Turns out, Call of Duty games have been nominated for a lot of BAFTAs over the years.

 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 Genre in Games Game Design, Meta
What makes an RPG an RPG: a universal definition Craig Stern, Sinister Design 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 Genre in Games Game Design, Meta
Mass Effect - Don’t Touch That svaalbard, YouTube 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 Genre in Games Game Design, Meta
Mass Effect - Blasto! (hilarious) Generic Gaming, YouTube 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 Genre in Games Game Design, Meta
Ludonarrative Dissonance in Bioshock Clint Hawking, Click Nothing 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 Genre in Games Game Design, Meta
Naughy Dog Doesn’t Get Ludonarrative Dissonance Alessio Palumbo, wccftech 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 Genre in Games Game Design, Meta

A good critical review of Jason Schreier’s book “Blood, Sweat, And Pixels,” which Mark read recently and really liked.

 2017-10-02T01:00:00-0500 48 Genre in Games Game Design, Meta
5 Approaches to Crafting Systems in Games (and Where to Use Them) Alexander King, Envato Tuts+ 2017-09-26T01:00:00-0500 47 Crafting Systems Game Design
The absolute best video game crafting systems Ty Arthur, Game Skinny 2017-09-26T01:00:00-0500 47 Crafting Systems Game Design
How The Witcher 3 succeeds where Mass Effect: Andromeda falls short Jody Macgregor, PC Gamer 2017-09-26T01:00:00-0500 47 Crafting Systems Game Design
Mass Effect: Andromeda's Menus Are A Mess Alex Walker, Kotaku Australia 2017-09-26T01:00:00-0500 47 Crafting Systems Game Design
Games like Fallout 4 take crafting too far for the average player BlackTideTV, GameSkinny 2017-09-26T01:00:00-0500 47 Crafting Systems Game Design
Fallout 4 Has A Ton Of Junk, And It's Stressing Me Out” Patricia Hernandez, Kotaku 2017-09-26T01:00:00-0500 47 Crafting Systems Game Design
Global Game Jam 2018 starts Jan 26th. 2017-09-26T01:00:00-0500 47 Game Jams Events
“Echoes of Kai Anders” (Adia and Stephen’s GGJ 2017 game). Adia Alderson and Stephen McGregor et al., GGJ 2017-09-26T01:00:00-0500 47 Game Jams Events
“Listen Up, Four Eyes” (Dylan, Martha, and Mark’s GGJ 2017 game). Dylan Skerbitz, Martha Megarry, Mark LaCroix et al., GGJ 2017-09-26T01:00:00-0500 47 Game Jams Events
Game jams on itch.io 2017-09-26T01:00:00-0500 47 Game Jams Events
indiegamejams.com 2017-09-26T01:00:00-0500 47 Game Jams Events
GameJolt Jams 2017-09-26T01:00:00-0500 47 Game Jams Events
Ludum Dare 40 takes place Dec 1st-4th, 2017 2017-09-26T01:00:00-0500 47 Game Jams Events
Your evil hosts praised the organizer of Train Jam 2017, Adriel Wallick. @MsMinotaur, Twitter 2017-09-26T01:00:00-0500 47 Game Jams Events
A Musical Character Customization Trick For Everyone To Copy Kirk Hamilton, Kotaku 2017-09-26T01:00:00-0500 47 Game Jams Events

While this topic was mostly evil talk directed at Nice Game Club, it also included some uncharacteristically sage advice from your evil hosts. Take heed, or suffer!

 2017-09-26T01:00:00-0500 47 Bad Gamedev Habits IRL
This is what Martha looks like when she is demoing Claw Breaker 2017-09-20T01:00:00-0500 46 Playtesting Production
Stephen's playtesting notebook 2017-09-20T01:00:00-0500 46 Playtesting Production
The Legend of Zelda’s Hylian Language Fandom 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
The Language Creation Society 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
A list of constructed languages in video games. Wikipedia 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
Myst’s created language, D’ni. Fandom 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
UK Professors Go Primal With 'Far Cry' Gail Hairston, University of Kentucky 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
SIL’s Glossary of Linguistics article on sonority scale SIL 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
Skyrim’s Dragon Shouts Matt Miller, Game Informer 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
Omniglot is an encyclopedia of writing systems and languages Omniglot 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
The Conlangers Library game list Conlangers Library 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
No Man’s Sky guide: alien races, languages and Monolith puzzles Jeffrey Parkin, Polygon 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
The Rosetta Stone in Fez (Pretty obvious clue in hindsight.) mykwud, YouTube 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
Twitter Blowup Leads to Sudden Cancellation of Fez II Owen Good, Kotaku 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
Playing the Birth and Death of Language in 'Dialect' Alex Roberts, Waypoint 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
Scientology’s enturbulating lingo Britt Peterson, The Boston Globe 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
Kathryn Hymes on Twitter @chiclashaw, Twitter 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
The Language Construction Kit, a book Martha recommended, is available for free online. book 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
Describing Morphosyntax: A Guide For Field Linguists is the other book Martha recommended (get it used, it’s cheaper!). book 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
Speaking ‘Star Trek’: Meet the Man Who Made Up the Klingon Language Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
The Klingon Language Institute is a thing that exists. 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
International Phonetic Alphabet Wikipedia 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
Mass Effect: Meeting the Elcor Ambassador Thieving HIppo, YouTube 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
Gaming’s favorite VR mouse uses sign language in the cutest way Allegra Frank, Polygon 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
Cantonese vs. Mandarin Off the Great Wall, YouTube 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
Feast Your Eyes on This Beautiful Linguistic Family Tree Arika Okrent, Mental Floss 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
The Conlangery Podcast is a neat podcast about linguistics and conlang. Podcast 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers Audio, Game Design
Stephen’s tool he recently made for Fingeance. Stephen McGregor, Twitter 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Making Your Own Tools Tools
Tech Toolbox microtalks at GDC 2017 GDC 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Making Your Own Tools Tools
Our friends at Howling Moon made Super Fast Soft Shadow. Unity 2017-09-12T01:00:00-0500 45 Making Your Own Tools Tools
Our pal and VR innovator Andrew Fladeboe. 2017-08-30T01:00:00-0500 42 Video Game Immersion Gaming
Representation and Embodiment in Virtual Reality Jorge Albor, PopMatters 2017-08-30T01:00:00-0500 42 Video Game Immersion Gaming
Would You Kindly Read This Article on Gaming’s Greatest Plot Twist? Mike Diver, Vice 2017-08-30T01:00:00-0500 42 Video Game Immersion Gaming
Our recent episode of Nice Plays: OneShot Nice Games Club, YouTube 2017-08-30T01:00:00-0500 42 Video Game Immersion Gaming
Enhancing VR Immersion with the CPU in Star Trek: Bridge Crew Cristiano F, Intel Developers 2017-08-30T01:00:00-0500 42 Video Game Immersion Gaming
Cognitive Flow: The Psychology of Great Game Design Sean Baron, Game Developer 2017-08-30T01:00:00-0500 42 Video Game Immersion Gaming
Why Sonic the Hedgehog is awful, and always has been Ryan Brown, MIrror 2017-08-30T01:00:00-0500 42 Video Game Immersion Gaming
Requiem, a “roleplaying” mod for The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim 2017-08-30T01:00:00-0500 42 Video Game Immersion Gaming

Mark is up to 118 shrines in Breath of the Wild. Stephen is not happy.

 2017-08-30T01:00:00-0500 42 Video Game Immersion Gaming
Why do console games require a button press before showing the main menu? StackExchange 2017-08-30T01:00:00-0500 42 Main Menus and First Impressions UI / UX
Game Design: Splash Screen Jesse Freeman, Medium 2017-08-30T01:00:00-0500 42 Main Menus and First Impressions UI / UX
The Ten Commandments Of Video Game Menus Kirk Hamilton, Kotaku 2017-08-30T01:00:00-0500 42 Main Menus and First Impressions UI / UX
We didn’t get a chance to talk about it in the episode, but here is a cool breakdown of the main menu in Brutal Legend, which uses video compositing and some other fun tricks. Mike Fahey, Kotaku 2017-08-30T01:00:00-0500 42 Main Menus and First Impressions UI / UX
Stephen’s controller of choice, Power A FUSION. 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Input Methods and Controls Hardware
New Windows 10 Xbox wireless controller adapter delayed into 2018 Gabe Gurwin, Digital Trends 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Input Methods and Controls Hardware
Metro Nexus’ tutorial in action Mark LaCroix, Twitter 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Input Methods and Controls Hardware
Behold, the unintuitive enjoyment of Claw Breaker. Martha Megarry, YouTube 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Input Methods and Controls Hardware
“How to Claw Effectively” Ture Vangaurd, YouTube 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Input Methods and Controls Hardware
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY-o0zYxjyE Game Maker's Toolkit, YouTube 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Input Methods and Controls Hardware
“You say jump, I say how high?” Martin Fasterholdt 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Input Methods and Controls Hardware
Martha’s favorite Fingeance fighter, Sparky. 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Input Methods and Controls Hardware
This goofy game turns your entire keyboard into the controller Andrew Webster, The Verge 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Input Methods and Controls Hardware

Alternative controls game Butt Sniffin Pugs, shown at Ctrl.Alt.GDC.

 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Input Methods and Controls Hardware
Rocksmith Vs. Rock Band 3 – The Pro Guitar Showdown Jeff Atwood, Fake Plastic Rock 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Input Methods and Controls Hardware
Guy beats Dark Souls with DK Bongos Jordan Devore, Destructoid 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Input Methods and Controls Hardware
Gameplay of racing game Kirby Air Ride Mutch Games, YouTube 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Input Methods and Controls Hardware
What is your preferred Indent Style? 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Coding Syles Programming
Whatever you do, don’t code like this. @HisCursedness, Twitter 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Coding Syles Programming
Don’t be a Stephen: Comment your code! 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Coding Syles Programming
Martha uses a cool HTML template engine called Pug. 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Coding Syles Programming
Getting started with Pug template engine António Regadas, Medium 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Coding Syles Programming
Russian nesting dolls are called matryoshka. Wikipedia 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Coding Syles Programming

CamelCase or snake_case?

 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Coding Syles Programming
DarkBASIC, which Stephen used when he was young, went open-source in 2016! the Game Creators 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Coding Syles Programming
History around Pascal Casing and Camel Casing Brad Abrams, MIcrosoft 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Coding Syles Programming
“Namespacing” in Objective-C Matt, name spacing hipster 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Coding Syles Programming

JetBrains IDE’s: Webstorm for JavaScript and Rider for C#.

 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Coding Syles Programming
Visual Studio Code is a lightweight Visual Studio that Mark really likes. 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Coding Syles Programming
Apparently, Splatoon devs didn’t realize the comparison to Super Mario Sunshine until later on. Sean Ayres, Nintendo Enthusiast 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Splatoon 2, ur, I mean Shooters Gaming
Designing FPS Multiplayer Maps Dodger, On Game Design 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Splatoon 2, ur, I mean Shooters Gaming
Design Patterns in FPS Levels Kenneth Hullett & Jim Whitehead, University of California - Santa Cruz 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Splatoon 2, ur, I mean Shooters Gaming
Lost Planet SomeCallMeVidal, YouTube 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Splatoon 2, ur, I mean Shooters Gaming
Lost Planet's only sequel Woophoro, YouTube 2017-08-22T01:00:00-0500 41 Splatoon 2, ur, I mean Shooters Gaming
Tide tries and fails to act cool in response to Mr. Clean... @tide, Twitter 2017-08-15T01:00:00-0500 40 Community Managment Marketing
...while Sonic the Hedgehog succeeds. @sonic_hedgehog, Twitter 2017-08-15T01:00:00-0500 40 Community Managment Marketing
Arby’s does some cool video game things on Twitter. @arbys, Twitter 2017-08-15T01:00:00-0500 40 Community Managment Marketing
The true owner of @Velveeta @Velveeta, Twitter 2017-08-15T01:00:00-0500 40 Community Managment Marketing
You Know An Internet Joke Is Kinda Over Once Nintendo's Had A Turn EThan Gach, Kotaku 2017-08-15T01:00:00-0500 40 Community Managment Marketing
Building audience early with visuals-first development in Ooblets Chris Priestman, Game Developer 2017-08-15T01:00:00-0500 40 Community Managment Marketing
Consumers Aren’t Looking to Buy From Brands That Are ‘Cool’ on Social SproutSocial 2017-08-15T01:00:00-0500 40 Community Managment Marketing
The Simple Facebook Posting Strategy That Helped us 3x Our Reach and Engagement Brian Peters, Buffer 2017-08-15T01:00:00-0500 40 Community Managment Marketing
Follow the MNgamedev Bot on Twitter @MNgamedev_bot, Twitter 2017-08-15T01:00:00-0500 40 Community Managment Marketing
MN Game Dev Slack mngamedevbot, Slack 2017-08-15T01:00:00-0500 40 Community Managment Marketing
What We Know About The Instagram Shadowban, And How To Discover If You’ve Been Impacted? PLANN 2017-08-15T01:00:00-0500 40 Community Managment Marketing
Paper Darts, Literary Arts Magazine 2017-08-15T01:00:00-0500 40 Community Managment Marketing
Comcast and Verizon’s Sneaky Push to Kill Net Neutrality Is Just Embarrassing Libby Watson, Gizmodo 2017-08-15T01:00:00-0500 40 Community Managment Marketing
Bioware "Kissing Day" tweet. @Bioware, Twitter 2017-08-15T01:00:00-0500 40 Community Managment Marketing
Innes McKendrick tweets about egg cups. Innes McKendrick, Twitter 2017-08-15T01:00:00-0500 40 Community Managment Marketing
Check your Twitter analytics Twitter 2017-08-15T01:00:00-0500 40 Community Managment Marketing
Stand Still, Stay Silent, a webcomic 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Your Game’s Website Marketing
City of Hunger development blog 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Your Game’s Website Marketing
Midwest Game Developers Facebook group 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Your Game’s Website Marketing
presskit 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Your Game’s Website Marketing
Domain Name System Wikipedia 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Your Game’s Website Marketing
The Difference Between Shared Hosting, VPS, and Dedicated Hosting 99robots 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Your Game’s Website Marketing
HTML5 Up (free, simple site templates) 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Your Game’s Website Marketing
Everend 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Your Game’s Website Marketing
Ooblets 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Your Game’s Website Marketing
2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Game Exhibits and Installations Physical Games
An Ode to the Okudagram Will Nguyen, Treknews 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Game Exhibits and Installations Physical Games
VR Snowball Shooters 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Game Exhibits and Installations Physical Games
A Maze Berlin 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Game Exhibits and Installations Physical Games
VR Pigeons at A Maze Berlin 2017 spunior, YouTube 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Game Exhibits and Installations Physical Games
Peter Molydeux, a parody Twitter account Twitter 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Game Exhibits and Installations Physical Games
The world of weird video games at Alt.Ctrl.GDC Jessica Conditt, Engadget 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Game Exhibits and Installations Physical Games
Hands-on with Line Wobbler: a 16 foot tall, one-dimensional dungeon crawler Nick Robinson, Polygon 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Game Exhibits and Installations Physical Games
Dota 2 Tournament Holds Rage-Quit Competition For Fans Eric Van Allen, Kotaku 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Losing IRL
Bayonetta Pro Upsets Smash's Best To Win Evo Championship Eric Van Allen, Kotaku 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Losing IRL
VVVVVV No Death Mode microdicePeercast, YouTube 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Losing IRL
Super Mario Odyssey Won't Have Game Over Screens Hope Corrigan, IGN 2017-07-31T01:00:00-0500 37 Losing IRL
Design Club - Super Mario Bros: Level 1-1 - How Super Mario Mastered Level Design Extra Credits, YouTube 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Enemy AI Game Design
Nobody dies on the first goomba Sephzilla, Destructoid 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Enemy AI Game Design
2007 AiGameDev.com Awards: Technical Innovation in Game AI 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Enemy AI Game Design
Enemy design and enemy AI for melee combat systems Bart Vossen, Game Developer 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Enemy AI Game Design
Analysing Mario to Master Super Mario Maker Game Maker's Toolkit, YouTube 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Enemy AI Game Design
Chip’s Challenge:1A Zabrush Cimahi, YouTube 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Enemy AI Game Design
Saltybet Twitch 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Enemy AI Game Design
seebotschat Twitch 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Enemy AI Game Design
The Perfect Organism | The AI of Alien: Isolation Tommy Thompson, AI and Games 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Enemy AI Game Design
A Thousand Tiny Details: Emergent Storytelling in Slime Rancher Steven Lumpkin, Twitter 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Enemy AI Game Design
People Have Discovered The Perfect Way To Mess With Your Cat Rachael Krishna, Buzzfeed 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Enemy AI Game Design
Meet the Artist Using Ritual Magic to Trap Self-Driving Cars Beckett Mufson, Vice 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Enemy AI Game Design

Martha asked Mark to cut a part out of this section, but Stephen edited this episode, so...

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Overcooked: How To Make Co-op Cookery Fun Philippa Warr, Rock Paper Shotgun 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Co-op Games Gaming
Miyamoto talks Super Mario Galaxy co-op Alexander Sliwinski, Engadget 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Co-op Games Gaming
Awesome Games Done Quick 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Speedrunning Gaming
SpeedDemosArchive 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Speedrunning Gaming
Ocarina of Time - Skip 99% of Traveling Across the Field Swordless Link, YouTube 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Speedrunning Gaming
The Man Who Does The Impossible in Super Mario 64 Patricia Hernandez, Kotaku 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Speedrunning Gaming
Speedrunning Rules 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Speedrunning Gaming
Blindfolded speedrun race Noko Online, YouTube 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Speedrunning Gaming
I can't believe this actually happened (glitch discovered during blindfolded speedrun) Tokyoboi, YouTube 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Speedrunning Gaming
Kotaku’s speedrun articles Kotaku 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Speedrunning Gaming
Intelligent Qube by caneofpacci Games Done Quick, YouTube 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Speedrunning Gaming
TASBot plays Brain Age by micro500, xy2_ in 20:06 - Games Done Quick, YouTube 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Speedrunning Gaming
World Record Progression: Super Mario World Summoning Salt, YouTube 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Speedrunning Gaming
0:00 / 29:59 I Am Bread by Blood_Thunder in 20:50 Games Done Quick, YouTube 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Speedrunning Gaming
0:00 / 1:06:01 The Talos Principle by Azorae in 58:16 Games Done Quick, YouTube 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Speedrunning Gaming
Tomb Raider: Underworld hard mode Jarek, Speed Demos Archive 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Speedrunning Gaming

Yes, you can speedrun in Fingeance

 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Speedrunning Gaming
New Trick Has Ocarina of Time Speedrunners Debating What A Glitch Actually Is Heather Alexandra, Kotaku 2017-07-25T01:00:00-0500 36 Speedrunning Gaming
Metro Nexus Usability Report - Hannah Murphy 2017-07-17T01:00:00-0500 35 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
Metro Nexus gameplay trailer video. 2017-07-17T01:00:00-0500 35 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
Metro Nexus tutorial screen gif Twitter 2017-07-17T01:00:00-0500 35 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
IGDA Games User Research Special Interest Group 2017-07-17T01:00:00-0500 35 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
UX & QA Testing: What's the Difference? Lindsay Lauters Miller, Game Developer 2017-07-17T01:00:00-0500 35 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
MIT’s Game Lab’s list of recommended courses includes a few which are focused on UX. 2017-07-17T01:00:00-0500 35 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
How to break into Games User Research Steve Bromley 2017-07-17T01:00:00-0500 35 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
List of UX degrees offered by universities 2017-07-17T01:00:00-0500 35 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
Best Colleges with Human Computer Interaction Degrees in the US Universities.com 2017-07-17T01:00:00-0500 35 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
#GamesUR on Twitter Twitter 2017-07-17T01:00:00-0500 35 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
How to Conduct a Heuristic Evaluation Jakob Nielsen, Nielsen Norman Group 2017-07-17T01:00:00-0500 35 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
Groupthink Groupthink - Wikipedia 2017-07-17T01:00:00-0500 35 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
On Indie Game Pricing Dan Adelman, Game Developer 2017-07-17T01:00:00-0500 35 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
Project Scorpio Xbox Development Kit Xbox, YouTube 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Building a PC Hardware
One Xbox One X Box Jess Brohard , Twitter 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Building a PC Hardware
HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows Mixed Reality system requirements Cale Hunt, VR Heads 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Building a PC Hardware
Martha picks her PC parts on PCPartPicker! 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Building a PC Hardware
The Big Form Factor Guide – ATX 10stripe 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Building a PC Hardware
Ugly gaming PCs are our own fault Vlad Savov, The Verge 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Building a PC Hardware
Project Scorpio rocks high-end vapor chamber cooler Derek Strickland, TweakTown 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Building a PC Hardware
If you’re in the Twin Cities, Techdump is a great resource for recycled PC components. 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Building a PC Hardware
Want help? Check out r/buildapcforme 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Building a PC Hardware
What You Need To Know About Overclocking Alex Walker, Kotaku Australia 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Building a PC Hardware
New Ships and Crews Take Off with Star Trek Adventures Jeff McArthur, Geek & Sundry 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Pen and Paper Games Tabletop
Hurdy-Gurdy Wikipedia 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Pen and Paper Games Tabletop

Mark created a bot that tweets Star Trek technobabble 8 times a day

 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Pen and Paper Games Tabletop
Tech the Tech @techthetech, Twitter 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Pen and Paper Games Tabletop
200 Word RPG Challenge 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Pen and Paper Games Tabletop
D&D 4th Edition – What Went Wrong? Grey Lotus, Grey Lotus 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Pen and Paper Games Tabletop
The Dwarvenaut Josh Bishop, Documentry Film 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Pen and Paper Games Tabletop
Emergent Gameplay: Letting the Players Create Their Own Fun” David Daw, PCWorld 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Pen and Paper Games Tabletop
Analysis: Story And The Trouble With 'Emergent' Narratives Tom Cross, Game Developer 2017-07-11T01:00:00-0500 34 Pen and Paper Games Tabletop
Play every game from this year's Train Jam Charlie Hall, Polygon 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 An Evil Introduction IRL
Wash my Hands 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 An Evil Introduction IRL
Blind Shootout 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 An Evil Introduction IRL
http://www.phpbbhq.com/developmentofphp.php 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 An Evil Introduction IRL
Ren'Py, a visual novel engine 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 An Evil Introduction IRL
Ink, a scripting/markup language for visual novels 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 An Evil Introduction IRL
ChoiceScript, a programming language for choose-your-own-adventure games 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 An Evil Introduction IRL
Why Rubber Duck Debugging is the best way to debug your code Alec Morgana, ZenHub 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 An Evil Introduction IRL
Fingeance, Escape Industries 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 An Evil Introduction IRL
Gamer Modivation Profile Quantic Foundry 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 Gamer Motivation Profile Gaming, IRL
LEGO City Undercover still has some lengthy load times on Switch Chris Carter, Destructoid 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 Gamer Motivation Profile Gaming, IRL
A Critique of Radar Charts Grahm Odds, Scott Logic 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 Gamer Motivation Profile Gaming, IRL
Zelda: Breath of the Wild rupee farming - How to make rupees with bowling Jake Lear and Jeff Ramos, Polygon 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 Gamer Motivation Profile Gaming, IRL
The Natural: The Trouble Portraying Blackness in Video Games Evan Narcisse, Kotaku 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 Gamer Motivation Profile Gaming, IRL
At E3 2017, Black Characters' Hair Looks Better Than Ever Gita Jackson, Kotaku 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 Gamer Motivation Profile Gaming, IRL
Animal Crossing Fans Want More Than Just White Skin Colors In New Leaf Patricia Hernandez, Kotaku 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 Gamer Motivation Profile Gaming, IRL
The Complete, Untold History of Halo Steve Haske, Vice 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 Gamer Motivation Profile Gaming, IRL
The Story Behind Mass Effect: Andromeda's Troubled Five-Year Development Jason Schreier, Kotaku 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 Gamer Motivation Profile Gaming, IRL
Let's Talk About: The cultural significance of Saints Row 4 Chris Plante, Polygon 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 Gamer Motivation Profile Gaming, IRL
The Secret Behind Scribblenauts: Making Objects By Hand (And Lots Of Crunch) Jason Schreier, Kotaku 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 Gamer Motivation Profile Gaming, IRL

Screenshot of the Nice Games Club motivations

Screenshot of the Evil Games Club motivations

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No links for this section, just evil talk.

 2017-07-04T01:00:00-0500 33 Mario Kart Gaming
A Way Out blew us away at E3, but can the devs keep pace with their own ambition? Charlie Hall, Polygon 2017-06-26T01:00:00-0500 32 Future Projects IRL
BloodRayne: Betrayal Review Colin Moriaty, IGN 2017-06-26T01:00:00-0500 32 Future Projects IRL
Star Fox Guard: The Kotaku Review Stephen Totilo, Kotaku 2017-06-26T01:00:00-0500 32 Future Projects IRL
Finishing A Game Derek Yu, Make Games tumblr 2017-06-26T01:00:00-0500 32 Future Projects IRL
Valve sets Steam Direct self-publishing fee at $100 Samit Sarkar, Polygon 2017-06-26T01:00:00-0500 32 Steam Direct Hardware, Marketing
Valve is not your friend, and Steam is not healthy for gaming Tim Colwill, Polygon 2017-06-26T01:00:00-0500 32 Steam Direct Hardware, Marketing
The hidden world of Steam trading Mitch Bowman, Polygon 2017-06-26T01:00:00-0500 32 Steam Direct Hardware, Marketing
Hydro Thunder Hurricane Review Justin Calvert, GameSpot 2017-06-26T01:00:00-0500 32 Racing Games Gaming

Rad Hazard

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Retrospective: Star Wars Episode I Racer Martyn Carroll, Eurogamer 2017-06-26T01:00:00-0500 32 Racing Games Gaming
Star Wars Episode 1 Racer: Watto Hums Cantina Song EventHorizon5, YouTube 2017-06-26T01:00:00-0500 32 Racing Games Gaming

Mark talked about the original PlayStation’s wonky affine texture mapping, which was not “perspective correct.”

 2017-06-26T01:00:00-0500 32 Racing Games Gaming
League Of Legends' Neverending War On Toxic Behavior Dillion Skiffington, Kotaku 2017-06-19T01:00:00-0500 31 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
How League Of Legends Enables Toxicity Yannick LeJacq, Kotaku 2017-06-19T01:00:00-0500 31 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
Understanding User Research Maurice Tan, Game Developer 2017-06-19T01:00:00-0500 31 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
Games User Research: What’s Different? Jakob Nielsen , Nielsen Norman Group 2017-06-19T01:00:00-0500 31 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
Hannah Murphy - Games User Researcher Blog 2017-06-19T01:00:00-0500 31 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
Zodiapp 2017-06-19T01:00:00-0500 31 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
How To Tame Your Analytics Sasa Stublic, Game Developer 2017-06-19T01:00:00-0500 31 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
What is R? 2017-06-19T01:00:00-0500 31 Games User Research and Analytics UI / UX
Java Virtual Machine Wikipedia 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Runtimes, SDKs, and APIs Tools
AIR Runtime Wikipedia 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Runtimes, SDKs, and APIs Tools
Dalvik runtime Wikipedia 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Runtimes, SDKs, and APIs Tools
Android Runtime (ART) Wikipedia 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Runtimes, SDKs, and APIs Tools
Common Language Runtime (.NET) Wikipedia 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Runtimes, SDKs, and APIs Tools
“A Primer For Unity Developers: What The Heck Is Mono?” - Logan Booker, Lifehacker AU 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Runtimes, SDKs, and APIs Tools
“What is the Difference Between an API and an SDK? Kristopher Sandoval, Nordic APIs Blog 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Runtimes, SDKs, and APIs Tools
Starling 2 Starling Wiki 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Runtimes, SDKs, and APIs Tools
Citrus Engine 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Runtimes, SDKs, and APIs Tools
Generic Animation Framework 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Runtimes, SDKs, and APIs Tools
Slayin review Chris Carter, Destructoid 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Mobile Games Gaming, Hardware
QuizUp is trying to reinvent itself by turning into a social network Josh Lowensohn, The Verge 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Mobile Games Gaming, Hardware
Alphabear Review – Why Do Bears Like Spelling Bees? Gamer Blogger 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Mobile Games Gaming, Hardware
How to Monetize an Infinite Runner Michail Katkoff, Game Analytics 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Mobile Games Gaming, Hardware
Virtual Buttons Are Holding Mobile Games Back Muir Freeland, Game Developer 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Mobile Games Gaming, Hardware
Miyamoto Plays Super Mario Run, Eats Cake BuzzFeed Multiplayer, YouTube 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Mobile Games Gaming, Hardware
Civilization Revolution 2 is a Good Mobile Game, But is It a Good Civ Game? Alex Newhouse, GameSpot 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Mobile Games Gaming, Hardware
Turns out, Hercules is both Greek and Roman. Tufts University 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Mobile Games Gaming, Hardware
Smash Hit Is The Most Addictive Android And iOS Game Of The Year So Far Mihir Patkar , Make Use Of 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Mobile Games Gaming, Hardware
I've been texting with an astronaut Laura Hudson, Boing Boing 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Mobile Games Gaming, Hardware
Spaceteam review Rich Stanton, Eurogamer 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Mobile Games Gaming, Hardware
Street Fighter V Fans Are Not Sure What To Make Of Seemingly Simplistic Newcomer Ed Ian Walker, Kotaku 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Difficulty Game Design
Yomi Urban dictionary 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Difficulty Game Design
Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s first DLC pack sounds really neat Samit Sarkar,, Polygon 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Difficulty Game Design
Hard Mode: Good Difficulty Versus Bad Difficulty Paul Suddaby, Envato Tuts+ 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Difficulty Game Design
Difficulty is Difficult: Designing for Hard Modes in Games Daniel Boutros, Game Developer 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Difficulty Game Design
Where Did the Challenge Go? The Problem with Skyrim j-u-i-c-e, Level Skip 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Difficulty Game Design
The Civilization series has a difficulty problem, and Civ 6 solves it without even trying Jordan Forward, PCGamesN 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Difficulty Game Design
https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/6cg9k1/cmv_dark_souls_isnt_hard_game_but_rather_creates/ Vectornaut, r/ChangeMyView, Reddit 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Difficulty Game Design
Yoshi’s Woolly World is tougher than it looks, but only if you want it to be Matt Gerardi, AV Club 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Difficulty Game Design
Tim Schafer recalls when Steven Spielberg asked for a hint in Day of the Tentacle Owen Good, Polygon 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Difficulty Game Design
Tim Schafer's take on 'good puzzle theory' and being stuck as entertainment Micheal McWhertor, Polygon 2017-06-11T19:06:00-0500 30 Difficulty Game Design
Edmund McMillen's ‘Basement Collection’ Shows Off his Early Work Complex 2017-06-05T01:00:00-0500 29 Serial Game Design Game Design
Understanding Design Space Damion Schubert, Zen of Design 2017-06-05T01:00:00-0500 29 Serial Game Design Game Design
Trying to Make Idea-Rich Games Jonathan Blow 2017-06-05T01:00:00-0500 29 Serial Game Design Game Design
Too many ideas and projects. How do I choose one and stick with it? Reddit 2017-06-05T01:00:00-0500 29 Serial Game Design Game Design
Alex Carlson Game Designer 2017-06-05T01:00:00-0500 29 Serial Game Design Game Design
One Game a Month 2017-06-05T01:00:00-0500 29 Serial Game Design Game Design
Why Criticism Is Important to Game Development A.J. Maciejewski, Video Chums 2017-06-05T01:00:00-0500 29 Changing Your Mind Game Design
Why I want you to steal my ideas Seth Godin, TED Ideas 2017-06-05T01:00:00-0500 29 Changing Your Mind Game Design
The Poisonous ‘Not Invented Here’ syndrome Game Design, YouTube 2017-06-05T01:00:00-0500 29 Changing Your Mind Game Design
Scoping for Game Jams Carolyn VanEseltine, Sibyl Moon Games 2017-06-05T01:00:00-0500 29 Changing Your Mind Game Design
It’s ok to pull the plug on your game Ivan Jakubi, Machina Game Dev Academy 2017-06-05T01:00:00-0500 29 Starting Your Next Project IRL
Writing Reusable Code Noel Llopis, Games From Within 2017-06-05T01:00:00-0500 29 Starting Your Next Project IRL
Facebook Study Finds Introverts Feel More Comfortable with VR Social Interaction Dominic Brennan, Road to VR 2017-06-05T01:00:00-0500 29 Video Game Juice Game Design
Squeezing more juice out of your game design! Nathan Lovato, Game Analytics 2017-06-05T01:00:00-0500 29 Video Game Juice Game Design
Juice It or Lose It Martin Jonasson, Petri Purho , GDC 2017-06-05T01:00:00-0500 29 Video Game Juice Game Design
“Hollow Knight - Let’s Play Walkthough Commentary” 123Pazu, YouTube 2017-06-05T01:00:00-0500 29 Video Game Juice Game Design
Mark's greatest invention the $6 playtester seat 2017-05-29T01:00:00-0500 28 GlitchCon 2017 Debrief
The Soap Factory 2017-05-29T01:00:00-0500 28 GlitchCon 2017 Debrief
Indie Momhood Bekah Saltsman, Game Developer 2017-05-29T01:00:00-0500 28 GlitchCon 2017 Debrief
Heather Kelley on Twitter 2017-05-29T01:00:00-0500 28 GlitchCon 2017 Debrief
Atmocopter 2017-05-29T01:00:00-0500 28 GlitchCon 2017 Debrief
Stephen's Game Design Workshop Slides Stephen McGregor 2017-05-29T01:00:00-0500 28 Game Design Primer Game Design
Concept art for Fingeance character Gwen Charles McGregor 2017-05-29T01:00:00-0500 28 Game Design Primer Game Design
The Magic School Bus “In the Haunted House” Fandom 2017-05-29T01:00:00-0500 28 Game Design Primer Game Design
"The Myth of Multitasking" Christine Rosen, The New Atlantis 2017-05-29T01:00:00-0500 28 Multitasking in Game Development IRL
The Importance of Holistic Game Design Daniel Clark, IGN 2017-05-29T01:00:00-0500 28 Multitasking in Game Development IRL
"If Multitasking Is Impossible, Why Are Some People So Good at It?" Derek Thompson, The Atlantic 2017-05-29T01:00:00-0500 28 Multitasking in Game Development IRL
Why your brain likes it when you multi-task Claudia Hammond, BBC 2017-05-29T01:00:00-0500 28 Multitasking in Game Development IRL
Git 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Version Control Production, Tools
Martha's Git workshop presentation slides Martha Megarry 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Version Control Production, Tools
A Short History of Git git 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Version Control Production, Tools
SourceTree 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Version Control Production, Tools
GItKraken 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Version Control Production, Tools
Merging Unity scenes, prefabs and assets with git David Douglas, Deadly Fingers 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Version Control Production, Tools
Git for Unity Developers Alistair Doulin , Game Developer 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Version Control Production, Tools
GitHub 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Version Control Production, Tools
Bitbucket 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Version Control Production, Tools
Heroku 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Version Control Production, Tools
Pushing to multiple git repos Alex Armstrong 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Version Control Production, Tools
Code School: Learn Git Paolo Perrotta, Code School 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Version Control Production, Tools
The Design Bible Behind New York City’s Subway Republished as a Limited-Edition Book Kristin Hohenadel, Slate 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Art Direction Art
SPY Fox Series Mini-Games Fandom 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Art Direction Art
Behind Borderlands' 11th-hour style change Tor Thorsen, GameSpot 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Art Direction Art
Civ V Art Director Explains Art Deco Look Adam Biessener, Game Informer 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Art Direction Art
Animation Bootcamp: Cuphead Process and Philosophy Jake Clark, GDC 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Art Direction Art
Book Review: The Art of Game Design Daniel Cook 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Console vs. PC Development Hardware
Valve making big changes to Steam's trading card economy Derek Strickland, TweakTown 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Console vs. PC Development Hardware
Sony Developer Program 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Console vs. PC Development Hardware
Xbox LIVE Creator's program 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Console vs. PC Development Hardware
ID@XBOX 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Console vs. PC Development Hardware
Becoming a Nintendo Switch indie dev will be tough early on Kris Graft 2017-05-22T01:00:00-0500 26 Console vs. PC Development Hardware
Happiness: The Science of Subjective Well-Being Edward Diener, NOBA 2017-05-15T01:00:00-0500 25 Violence in Games Game Design
This Is What It’s Like To Play Dishonored 2 In Low Chaos, Non-Violent Fashion Jonathan Leak, Game Revolution 2017-05-15T01:00:00-0500 25 Violence in Games Game Design
Firewatch: games without violence can be just as good or even better! Florian Uhlemann, Medium 2017-05-15T01:00:00-0500 25 Violence in Games Game Design
Sonic Frees the Forest Animals Dorkly, YouTube 2017-05-15T01:00:00-0500 25 Violence in Games Game Design
Addressing Conflict: Tension and Release in Games John Nelson Rose, Game Developer 2017-05-15T01:00:00-0500 25 Violence in Games Game Design
I Finally "Get" 'HItman' Nick Dinicola, PopMatters 2017-05-15T01:00:00-0500 25 Violence in Games Game Design
Ten Years Later: Videogames Not Responsible for Columbine Andy Chalk, The Escapist 2017-05-15T01:00:00-0500 25 Violence in Games Game Design
Were video games to blame for massacre? Winda Benedetti, NBC News 2017-05-15T01:00:00-0500 25 Violence in Games Game Design
Unmasking the Avatar: The Demographics of MMO Player Motivation, In-Game Preferences, and Attrition Nick Yee, Game Developer 2017-05-15T01:00:00-0500 25 Violence in Games Game Design
Metaphors: The impossibility of being literal R.G.L., The Economist 2017-05-15T01:00:00-0500 25 Violence in Games Game Design
Gamer Motivation Profiling by Quantic Foundry Quantic Foundry 2017-05-15T01:00:00-0500 25 Violence in Games Game Design

[0:01:45] Talking about your game to different audiences

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[0:32:35] Moments where you “leveled up” as a gamedev

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[0:45:56] Outro

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At the end of this episode, Stephen was able to guilt a whole room full of people to fill out our feedback form, but that doesn't mean you're off the hook. Hearing from you helps make our show better, so get on it!

 2017-05-08T01:00:00-0500 27 LIVE from GlitchCon 2017 Events, IRL
Indie Developer tax issues: Is game development your hobby or your business Zachary Strebeck, Game Developer 2017-05-01T01:00:00-0500 24 Taxes and Business IRL
How LLC Members Are Taxed NOLO 2017-05-01T01:00:00-0500 24 Taxes and Business IRL
Starting a Business - MN Department of Employment and Economic Development 2017-05-01T01:00:00-0500 24 Taxes and Business IRL
Inc File 2017-05-01T01:00:00-0500 24 Taxes and Business IRL
Legal Zoom 2017-05-01T01:00:00-0500 24 Taxes and Business IRL
Do You Need a Physical Address For Your Business? Belle Wong, Legal Zoom 2017-05-01T01:00:00-0500 24 Taxes and Business IRL
Arms launches on June 16, new character Min Min revealed Brian, Nintendo Everything 2017-05-01T01:00:00-0500 24 Nintendo Switch Gaming, Hardware
Nintendo Reveals A new ARMS Character, And It's An Odd One Robert Sephazon, Nintendo Life 2017-05-01T01:00:00-0500 24 Nintendo Switch Gaming, Hardware
Jackbox Party Pack 3 2017-05-01T01:00:00-0500 24 Nintendo Switch Gaming, Hardware
Human Resource Machine 2017-05-01T01:00:00-0500 24 Nintendo Switch Gaming, Hardware
Nintendo Switch dev kits could run as low as $440 Alissa McAloon , Game Developer 2017-05-01T01:00:00-0500 24 Nintendo Switch Gaming, Hardware
With the Switch, Nintendo is getting right what the PlayStation Vita got wrong David Houghtin, GamesRadar 2017-05-01T01:00:00-0500 24 Nintendo Switch Gaming, Hardware
PlayStation Vita isn’t dead, just ask Nintendo Switch indie developers Chris Plante, The Verge 2017-05-01T01:00:00-0500 24 Nintendo Switch Gaming, Hardware
"Playing to Win" and a Philosophy of Competition in Gaming Mark Newheiser 2017-05-01T01:00:00-0500 24 Competition Gaming
“Is Wavedashing necessary for competitive play?” - reddit Reddit 2017-05-01T01:00:00-0500 24 Competition Gaming
Claw Breaker Trailer Martha Megarry, YouTube 2017-05-01T01:00:00-0500 24 Competition Gaming
Metro Nexus Gameplay Noble Robot, YouTube 2017-05-01T01:00:00-0500 24 Competition Gaming
Tim Schafer on Productivity 2017-04-10T01:00:00-0500 21 Getting Out of a Rut IRL
Stephen's motivation week 2017-04-10T01:00:00-0500 21 Getting Out of a Rut IRL
Tech the Tech 2017-04-10T01:00:00-0500 21 Bots! Bots! Bots! Game Design
Tracery 2017-04-10T01:00:00-0500 21 Bots! Bots! Bots! Game Design
Tracery for Unity 2017-04-10T01:00:00-0500 21 Bots! Bots! Bots! Game Design
Kate Compton 2017-04-10T01:00:00-0500 21 Bots! Bots! Bots! Game Design
Mark Gritter on Twitter 2017-04-10T01:00:00-0500 21 Bots! Bots! Bots! Game Design
Play This Clever Adventure Game Entirely On Twitter Jason Schreier, Kotaku 2017-04-10T01:00:00-0500 21 Bots! Bots! Bots! Game Design
Meetup Bot Makers - Minneapolis 2017-04-10T01:00:00-0500 21 Bots! Bots! Bots! Game Design
Quick, Draw! 2017-04-10T01:00:00-0500 21 Bots! Bots! Bots! Game Design
Cheap Bots, Done Quick 2017-04-10T01:00:00-0500 21 Bots! Bots! Bots! Game Design
Procedural world generation: The simulation, functional and planning approaches Rune Skovbo Johansen o, Game Developer 2017-04-10T01:00:00-0500 21 Procedural Generation Programming
Spelunk Generator Lessons Darius Kazemi, Tiny Subversions 2017-04-10T01:00:00-0500 21 Procedural Generation Programming
No Man’s Sky – Procedural Content gregkwaste, 3DGameDevBlog 2017-04-10T01:00:00-0500 21 Procedural Generation Programming
How Planets are Made in Elite: Dangerous Horizons Jeff Williams, wccftech 2017-04-10T01:00:00-0500 21 Procedural Generation Programming
Fallout 4: Here's All the Names That Codsworth Can Say Eddie Makuch, GameSpot 2017-04-10T01:00:00-0500 21 Procedural Generation Programming
"7 Ridiculously Sexualized Moments in the Metal Gear Solid Games" Dorkly, YouTube 2017-04-03T01:00:00-0500 20 Problematic Games Gaming
"Assassin’s Creed and the straight-white-male default" Duane de Four, How Manly 2017-04-03T01:00:00-0500 20 Problematic Games Gaming
Don't skip the Game Design Workshop at GDC 2017 GDC 2017-03-26T01:00:00-0500 19 Prototyping Game Design
Mark's Sonic the Hedgehog solitaire card game 2017-03-26T01:00:00-0500 19 Prototyping Game Design
Holographic Mark Mk I 2017-03-26T01:00:00-0500 19 Prototyping Game Design
Puzzle Dependency Graph Primer Joshua Winberg, Game Developer 2017-03-26T01:00:00-0500 19 Point and Clicks Game Design
The Day of The Tentacle: Dependency Graph Analysis The Website is Down Dev Blog 2017-03-26T01:00:00-0500 19 Point and Clicks Game Design
Double Fine Adventure DoubleFineProd, YouTube 2017-03-26T01:00:00-0500 19 Point and Clicks Game Design
Humongous Entertainment 2017-03-26T01:00:00-0500 19 Point and Clicks Game Design
Cosmic Osmo Wikipedia 2017-03-26T01:00:00-0500 19 Point and Clicks Game Design
30-plus years of HyperCard, the missing link to the Web Matthew Lasar, Ars Technica 2017-03-26T01:00:00-0500 19 Point and Clicks Game Design
User interface design in video games Anthony Stonehouse, Game Developer 2017-03-26T01:00:00-0500 19 User Interfaces Game Design
The User Interface Continuum: A Study of Player Preference Kristine Jorgensen, Game Developer 2017-03-26T01:00:00-0500 19 User Interfaces Game Design
Splinter Cell: Conviction Developer Diary IGN, YouTube 2017-03-26T01:00:00-0500 19 User Interfaces Game Design
Mirror’s Edge – UX is not UI Papa_Lamp, Gur-u 2017-03-26T01:00:00-0500 19 User Interfaces Game Design
Hue's color blind mode in action 2017-03-26T01:00:00-0500 19 User Interfaces Game Design
Color Jumpers color blind mode in action Ben Burnes, YouTube 2017-03-26T01:00:00-0500 19 User Interfaces Game Design
The Division UI and Gameplay Walkthrough YouTube 2017-03-26T01:00:00-0500 19 User Interfaces Game Design
GDC Breaking conventions with Zelda: Breath of the Wild Hidemaro Fugibayashi, GDC 2017-03-26T01:00:00-0500 19 User Interfaces Game Design
Because Learning Matters (129) Extra Credits, YouTube 2017-03-20T01:00:00-0500 16 Games Education Art, IRL
Minneapolis Colledge of Art and Design 2017-03-20T01:00:00-0500 16 Games Education Art, IRL
Pong Clone Tutorial 2017-03-20T01:00:00-0500 16 Games Education Art, IRL
Quick-draw portrait of Mark 2017-03-20T01:00:00-0500 16 Games Education Art, IRL
Quick-draw portrait of Stephen 2017-03-20T01:00:00-0500 16 Games Education Art, IRL
White-board self-portrait 2017-03-20T01:00:00-0500 16 Games Education Art, IRL
One Game a Month 2017-03-20T01:00:00-0500 16 Games Education Art, IRL
On Game Schools - How to Find a Good School Extra Credits, YouTube 2017-03-20T01:00:00-0500 16 Games Education Art, IRL
Game Center - NYU 2017-03-20T01:00:00-0500 16 Games Education Art, IRL
University of Wisconsin -Stout 2017-03-20T01:00:00-0500 16 Games Education Art, IRL
Game Design Workshop book 2017-03-20T01:00:00-0500 16 Games Education Art, IRL
GDC Vault 2017-03-20T01:00:00-0500 16 Games Education Art, IRL
Unite Conference Unity 2017-03-20T01:00:00-0500 16 Games Education Art, IRL
Game Maker's Toolkit YouTube 2017-03-20T01:00:00-0500 16 Games Education Art, IRL
trello 2017-03-13T01:00:00-0500 15 Project Management Production, Tools
Agile Development Wikipedia 2017-03-13T01:00:00-0500 15 Project Management Production, Tools
Waterfall Development Wikipedia 2017-03-13T01:00:00-0500 15 Project Management Production, Tools
Kanban Development Wikipedia 2017-03-13T01:00:00-0500 15 Project Management Production, Tools
The Blue Yarn - 99% Invisible The Blue Yarn, 99% Invisible 2017-03-13T01:00:00-0500 15 Project Management Production, Tools
NUMMI (2015) NUMMI, This American Life 2017-03-13T01:00:00-0500 15 Project Management Production, Tools

David Megarry's Three Questions all project managers should ask:
“Do you have all the resources you need?"
"Do you have any roadblocks or impediments?"
"Are you on schedule?”

“A project manager (PM) is more of a problem solver than anything else. If you don’t have the resources, the PM finds them. If there are roadblocks, the PM helps to find a way to get around them. If not on schedule, the PM alters it or adds more resources or changes scope. Above all, the PM communicates with management as to the state of the project so they can make proper decisions and not be blindsided or surprised.” -David Megarry

 2017-03-13T01:00:00-0500 15 Project Management Production, Tools
Summerland Michael Chabon, Novel 2017-03-13T01:00:00-0500 15 Messages and Meanings Game Design
A Closer Look at How Three Assassin's Creed Games Have Handled Slavery Evan Narcisse, Kotaku 2017-03-13T01:00:00-0500 15 Messages and Meanings Game Design
For Honor's accidental alt-right connection Allegra Frank, Polygon 2017-03-13T01:00:00-0500 15 Messages and Meanings Game Design
Sid Meier tells Civilization’s origin story, cites children’s history books Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica 2017-03-10T00:00:00-0600 18 GDC 2017 Sessions Events
Martha meets her Hero, Sid Meier
Martha meets her Hero, Sid Meier

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Double Fine's Digital Archaeology Brendan Sinclair, GamesIndustry.biz 2017-03-10T00:00:00-0600 18 GDC 2017 Sessions Events
Ladykiller in a Bind Review Allegra Frank, Polygon 2017-03-10T00:00:00-0600 18 GDC 2017 Sessions Events
Double Tap Ste Curran 2017-03-10T00:00:00-0600 18 GDC 2017 Sessions Events
Unreal Engine 4.15 supports Nintendo Switch, HDR, and AFR for Nvidia SLI Mark Walton, Ars Technica 2017-03-10T00:00:00-0600 18 Nintendo Switch Launch Gaming, Hardware
You can expect a Super Smash Bros. game for Nintendo Switch CNET 2017-03-10T00:00:00-0600 18 Nintendo Switch Launch Gaming, Hardware
How Flash Games and Newgrounds Foretold Today’s Indie Experimentalism Kate Grey, Vice 2017-03-10T00:00:00-0600 18 Flash Games Postmortem Events
'Multibowl' Is the First Real Video Game Mixtape Zack Kotzer, Vice 2017-03-10T00:00:00-0600 18 Experimental Games Workshop Events
Christine Love's Micropostmortems summary Christine Love, Twitter 2017-03-10T00:00:00-0600 18 Micro-Postmortems Events
Train Jam 2017-03-06T00:00:00-0600 17 Train Jam Events
Train Jam participants heading to GDC 2017 anxious about ‘Muslim ban’ Charlie Hall, Polygon 2017-03-06T00:00:00-0600 17 Train Jam Events

Arvind Raja Yadav made Zombies on Demand
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Andrew Shouldice made Uncomfortably
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Kate Gray made Post Birb
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Kate Compton made Travels in Od
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Alex Carlson made Ultimate Train Fighter 2600
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Creatrix Tiara made What The $!#&@! Do They Need Now?
More from Tiara: creatrixtiara.com

Matt Findlater made Flashlight Flashbang
More from Matt: @justattackgames

Stefan Lopuszanski made Time Twins
More from Stefan: stexe.com

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Day of the Devs at GDC 2017 2017-03-06T00:00:00-0600 17 Day of the Devs at Alamo Drafthouse Events
Ooblets 2017-03-06T00:00:00-0600 17 Day of the Devs at Alamo Drafthouse Events
Rime 2017-03-06T00:00:00-0600 17 Day of the Devs at Alamo Drafthouse Events
Mineko's Night Market 2017-03-06T00:00:00-0600 17 Day of the Devs at Alamo Drafthouse Events
Knights and Bikes 2017-03-06T00:00:00-0600 17 Day of the Devs at Alamo Drafthouse Events
Pyre 2017-03-06T00:00:00-0600 17 Day of the Devs at Alamo Drafthouse Events
Tacoma 2017-03-06T00:00:00-0600 17 Day of the Devs at Alamo Drafthouse Events
khronos.org 2017-03-06T00:00:00-0600 17 GDC 2017 Sessions Events
Web VR 2017-03-06T00:00:00-0600 17 GDC 2017 Sessions Events
Turbo Button's "TButt" Framework GitHub 2017-03-06T00:00:00-0600 17 GDC 2017 Sessions Events
Games that should be Games again Rami Ismail 2017-03-06T00:00:00-0600 17 GDC 2017 Sessions Events
I Have No Mouth but I Must Scream 2017-02-27T00:00:00-0600 13 Transmedia IRL
Zelda CYOA books ZeldaWiki 2017-02-27T00:00:00-0600 13 Transmedia IRL
"Why Are There No Good Video Game Movies?" Extra Credits, YouTube 2017-02-27T00:00:00-0600 13 Transmedia IRL
Mortal Kombat chess Wikia 2017-02-27T00:00:00-0600 13 Transmedia IRL
Mortal Kombat Tetris Wikia 2017-02-27T00:00:00-0600 13 Transmedia IRL
Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy Wikipedia 2017-02-27T00:00:00-0600 13 Transmedia IRL
How Transmedia Made LEGO the Most Powerful Brand in the World Animation World Network 2017-02-27T00:00:00-0600 13 Transmedia IRL
Overwatch Comic - Tracer Blizzard Entertainment 2017-02-27T00:00:00-0600 13 Transmedia IRL
Libgdx 2017-02-20T00:00:00-0600 14 Solo Development IRL
"It's official: XNA is dead" IndieGames.com 2017-02-20T00:00:00-0600 14 Solo Development IRL
unTied Games devlog 2017-02-20T00:00:00-0600 14 Solo Development IRL
unTied Games - Speed Sprinting video 2017-02-20T00:00:00-0600 14 Solo Development IRL
SourceTree 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Gitkraken 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Unimerge 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Unity Assets Store 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Super Fast Soft Shadows Unity 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Rewired 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
MagicaVoxel 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Blender 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
3D Studio Max 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Adobe Create Cloud 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Adobe Animate 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Pyxel Edit 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Stack Overflow 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Unity Forum 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Unity 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Construct 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Superpowers 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Citrus Engine 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Ink /Inkle 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Ren'Py 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
BFXR 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Reason 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Garage Band 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Reaper 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Trello 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Visual Understanding Environment 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Visual Studio Code 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Codecks Codecks did not exsist at the time of this episode, but later became a episode sponsor 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Sublime Text 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Visual Studio 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
MonoDevelop 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Jet Brains 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Flash Builder 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
FDT 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Flash Develop 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Google Keep 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Evernote 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
OneNote 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
Humble Indie Dev Bundles 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
MIdwest Game Jam Resources 2017-02-13T00:00:00-0600 12 Tools of the Trade Tools
International Game Developers Association, Twin Cities 2017-02-06T00:00:00-0600 11 Extracurricular Activities Events, IRL
Minnesota Virtual Reality and Human-Computer Interaction Group 2017-02-06T00:00:00-0600 11 Extracurricular Activities Events, IRL
IGDA-TC podcast 2017-02-06T00:00:00-0600 11 Extracurricular Activities Events, IRL
EVO Fighting Game Tournament 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Watching Games Gaming, IRL
The Controversial Dichotomy Between Sports and eSports Jesse Aaron, Huffington Post 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Watching Games Gaming, IRL
Achievement Hunter Rooster Teeth 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Watching Games Gaming, IRL
The Best of Modern Warfare Mythbusters Defend teh House, YouTube 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Watching Games Gaming, IRL
Contradiction: Spot the Liar! Giant Bomb 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Watching Games Gaming, IRL
Her Story 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Watching Games Gaming, IRL
"On Let's Plays" That Dragon, Cancer 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Watching Games Gaming, IRL
Ludonarrative Dissonance in Bioshock Click Nothing 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Narrative in Games Narrative
How many times can you enter the cell? - Batman: Arkham Knight YouTube 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Narrative in Games Narrative
Portal 2 - funniest quotes ultrasoftcore, YouTube 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Narrative in Games Narrative
The Stanley Parable 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Narrative in Games Narrative
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons - Ending - Epilogue YouTube 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Narrative in Games Narrative
Dungeon! (created by Martha's dad, David Megarry) 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Board Games Tabletop
Animal Town Games: Save the Whales, Dam Builders, Nectar Collector 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Board Games Tabletop
Evolution 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Board Games Tabletop
Star Trek: Ascendancy 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Board Games Tabletop
Puerto Rico 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Board Games Tabletop
Pandemic 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Board Games Tabletop
Flashpoint 2017-01-30T00:00:00-0600 10 Board Games Tabletop
Gamer Motivation Profile quiz Quantic Foundry 2017-01-23T00:00:00-0600 8 Gaming Mastery
(Martha) Pokemon Crystal guide Nintendo Power 2017-01-23T00:00:00-0600 8 Strategy Guides and Wikis Gaming, Tools
(Stephen) Donkey Kong Country 2 guide 2017-01-23T00:00:00-0600 8 Strategy Guides and Wikis Gaming, Tools
Nintendo Power's Dragon Warrior giveaway Press the Buttons 2017-01-23T00:00:00-0600 8 Strategy Guides and Wikis Gaming, Tools
Ultimate Chicken Horse 2017-01-23T00:00:00-0600 8 Designing Party Games Game Design
We Didn’t Playtest This At All! 2017-01-23T00:00:00-0600 8 Designing Party Games Game Design
Spaceteam 2017-01-23T00:00:00-0600 8 Designing Party Games Game Design
Jackbox Party Pack 2017-01-23T00:00:00-0600 8 Designing Party Games Game Design
Save the Whales 2017-01-23T00:00:00-0600 8 Designing Party Games Game Design
Sushi Go! 2017-01-23T00:00:00-0600 8 Designing Party Games Game Design
Overcooked 2017-01-23T00:00:00-0600 8 Designing Party Games Game Design
Verdant Skies 2017-01-16T00:00:00-0600 7 Music for Indie Games Audio
Venture Academy 2017-01-16T00:00:00-0600 7 Music for Indie Games Audio
Raisable 2017-01-16T00:00:00-0600 7 Music for Indie Games Audio
Overcooked 2017-01-09T00:00:00-0600 9 Martha's Nicest (2016) Nicest
Overwatch 2017-01-09T00:00:00-0600 9 Martha's Nicest (2016) Nicest
Paper Mario: Color Splash 2017-01-09T00:00:00-0600 9 Mark's Nicest (2016) Nicest
Star Trek: Ascendancy 2017-01-09T00:00:00-0600 9 Mark's Nicest (2016) Nicest
Concept 2017-01-09T00:00:00-0600 9 Stephen's Nicest (2016) Nicest
Divinity: Original Sin 2017-01-09T00:00:00-0600 9 Stephen's Nicest (2016) Nicest
Beach Ball Valley 2017-01-09T00:00:00-0600 9 Consensus Pick (2016) Nicest
Ink Scripting Language 2017-01-02T00:00:00-0600 6 Interactive Fiction Narrative
ChoiceScript 2017-01-02T00:00:00-0600 6 Interactive Fiction Narrative
Twine 2017-01-02T00:00:00-0600 6 Interactive Fiction Narrative
Inform 2017-01-02T00:00:00-0600 6 Interactive Fiction Narrative
Writing Ages in Myst Wikia 2017-01-02T00:00:00-0600 6 Interactive Fiction Narrative
The Lost Pig 2017-01-02T00:00:00-0600 6 Interactive Fiction Narrative
Strong Bad Thy Dungeonman 2017-01-02T00:00:00-0600 6 Interactive Fiction Narrative
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy game BBC 2017-01-02T00:00:00-0600 6 Interactive Fiction Narrative
Hitchhiker's Guide To Douglas Adams' Secret Gaming Passion Game Informer Podcast 2017-01-02T00:00:00-0600 6 Interactive Fiction Narrative
Interactive Fiction Database 2017-01-02T00:00:00-0600 6 Interactive Fiction Narrative
GDC Talk "Ink: The Narrative Scripting Language" Joseph Humfrey , GDC 2017-01-02T00:00:00-0600 6 Interactive Fiction Narrative
Glitch Event: Story Forge 2017-01-02T00:00:00-0600 6 Interactive Fiction Narrative
Adia Alderson on Twitter - @Adia_Ald 2017-01-02T00:00:00-0600 6 Interactive Fiction Narrative
Street Fighter II designer opens up about the cancelling 'bug' Game Developer 2016-12-26T00:00:00-0600 5 Bugs!
Indie Game Project Management with Trello Michael Cann 2016-12-26T00:00:00-0600 5 Bugs!
Bethesda. Bethesda Never Changes... 2016-12-26T00:00:00-0600 5 Bugs!
Regression testing Wikipedia 2016-12-26T00:00:00-0600 5 Bugs!
Goat Simulator Hits Xbox One With "Millions of Bugs" Eddie Makuch, GameSpot 2016-12-26T00:00:00-0600 5 Bugs!
Global Game Jam (January 20 - 22 , 2017) 2016-12-26T00:00:00-0600 5 Game Jams! Events
Gamecraft.mn (Minnesota GGJ site) 2016-12-26T00:00:00-0600 5 Game Jams! Events
Midwest Game Jam 2016 games 2016-12-26T00:00:00-0600 5 Game Jams! Events
How to Get the Most Out of a Game Jam Christer Kaitila, tuts+ 2016-12-26T00:00:00-0600 5 Game Jams! Events
Ludum Dare 2016-12-26T00:00:00-0600 5 Game Jams! Events
Better Programmer Art gamedev.net 2016-12-26T00:00:00-0600 5 Developer Art! Art
White Boxing Your Game Game Developer 2016-12-26T00:00:00-0600 5 Developer Art! Art
Behind Borderlands' 11th-hour style change GameSpot 2016-12-26T00:00:00-0600 5 Developer Art! Art
The Legend of Zelda at Spaceworld 2000 2016-12-26T00:00:00-0600 5 Developer Art! Art
Glitch.mn 2016-12-19T00:00:00-0600 4 Resources for Game Makers
Glitch Connect 2016-12-19T00:00:00-0600 4 Resources for Game Makers
Gamecraft 2016-12-19T00:00:00-0600 4 Resources for Game Makers
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council 2016-12-19T00:00:00-0600 4 Resources for Game Makers
Minnesota State Arts Board 2016-12-19T00:00:00-0600 4 Resources for Game Makers
The McKnight Foundation 2016-12-19T00:00:00-0600 4 Resources for Game Makers
Northern Spark - Twin Cities MN 2016-12-19T00:00:00-0600 4 Resources for Game Makers
Meetup.com search 2016-12-19T00:00:00-0600 4 Resources for Game Makers
How to create an Eventbrite event 2016-12-19T00:00:00-0600 4 Resources for Game Makers
IGDA Chapters listing 2016-12-19T00:00:00-0600 4 Resources for Game Makers
GameNest - San Fransisco 2016-12-19T00:00:00-0600 4 Resources for Game Makers
GlitchCityLA - Los Angeles 2016-12-19T00:00:00-0600 4 Resources for Game Makers
Hand-Eye Society - Toronto 2016-12-19T00:00:00-0600 4 Resources for Game Makers
Babycastles - New York City 2016-12-19T00:00:00-0600 4 Resources for Game Makers
The Video Game Industry's Problem With Racial Diversity - Newsweek 2016-12-19T00:00:00-0600 4 Resources for Game Makers
How Diversity Makes Us Smarter - Scientific American 2016-12-19T00:00:00-0600 4 Resources for Game Makers
What People Who Make Video Games Think of Westworld - io9 Evan Narcisse, IO9 2016-12-12T00:00:00-0600 3 Westworld as a Video Game Misc.
Minecraft's unique crafting system 2016-12-12T00:00:00-0600 3 Crafting Systems Game Design
No Man’s Sky is an existential crisis simulator... Peter Suderman, Vox 2016-12-12T00:00:00-0600 3 Crafting Systems Game Design
Little Alchemy 2016-12-12T00:00:00-0600 3 Crafting Systems Game Design
Doodle God 2016-12-12T00:00:00-0600 3 Crafting Systems Game Design
Little Inferno 2016-12-12T00:00:00-0600 3 Crafting Systems Game Design
Boom Blox, a Steven Spielberg/EA Game Wikipedia 2016-12-12T00:00:00-0600 3 Designing Games for Non-Gamers Game Design
Operant Conditioning Chamber (aka Skinner Box) Wikipedia 2016-12-12T00:00:00-0600 3 Designing Games for Non-Gamers Game Design
Video Games Are Boring Brie Code, GamesIndustry.biz 2016-12-12T00:00:00-0600 3 Designing Games for Non-Gamers Game Design
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