Game Design

Topic Category Host or Guest # Episode Starts at
"Bad" Game Design Game Design Stephen McGregor 81 "A thousand monies." 0:02:48
4X Games Game Design, Gaming Martha Megarry, Stephen McGregor 205 "Mindworm husbandry." 0:05:08
Accessibility Accessibility, Game Design Martha Megarry 121 "I definitely thought of that ahead of time." 0:46:30
Achievements Game Design, Gaming Stephen McGregor 72 "Idea! Idea! Idea! Idea!" 0:08:10
Actionable Gamification by Yu-kai Chou Game Design, Tools Ellen Burns-Johnson 205 "Mindworm husbandry." 0:40:44
Adventurer, Please Game Design, Tabletop 250 Game Dev London does Nice Games Jam 0:41:19
Asynchronous and Asymmetric Gameplay Game Design Mark LaCroix 185 "Empty the bucket." 0:46:39
Board Game Design Game Design, Tabletop David R. Megarry 150 Board Game Design n/a
Boss Battles Game Design Martha Megarry 126 “Three-headed monster.” 0:35:12
Bots! Bots! Bots! Game Design Mark LaCroix 21 "Mutual butt-kicking." 0:19:44
Bringing Other Media into Games Art, Game Design Stephen McGregor 280 "Two bits of goop." 0:54:36
Broken games Game Design Mark LaCroix 276 "Always be the banker." 0:24:00
Building Blocks of Design Art, Game Design, IRL, Tabletop, Tools Osama Dorias 211 Building Blocks of Design n/a
Calendar Math (Real Time in Games) Game Design, IRL Martha Megarry 159 "Calendar math!" 0:43:23
Cameras Game Design, Programming Stephen McGregor 286 "I realize you were making a more point thing?" 0:09:27
Case Study (Mutazione & Later Alligator) Game Design, Gaming Martha Megarry 163 "Please cheat, I don't care." 0:39:26
Changing Your Mind Game Design Lane Davis 29 "I am a Juice Journeyman!" 0:14:57
Character Dialogue Game Design, Production Felix Foster 67 Character Dialogue n/a
Characterization in Pet Management Games Art, Game Design, Gaming Sarah Yu, Beth 290 Characterization in Pet Management Games n/a
Cheating Game Design, Gaming Dale LaCroix 213 Evil Games Club 6! 0:34:48
Cheating, Part 2 Game Design, Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 316 Cheating, Part 2 0:16:58
Co-Op Games Game Design Stephen McGregor 244 "Maximum Whooo!" 53:10.0
Comedy in Games Game Design, Narrative Mark LaCroix 199 "Random hilarious nonsense." 0:44:16
Commitment Game Design Stephen McGregor 239 "Oh is that Rugrats?" 0:35:00
Community Development Game Design, Marketing, Production Christine Marten 184 Community Development n/a
Companion Characters Game Design, Gaming Stephen McGregor 312 "Ask your friends." 0:46:22
Copying Others Art, Game Design, Narrative Stephen McGregor 314 "Salt, in everything?" n/a
Crafting Systems Game Design Martha Megarry 3 "It's against the law to stop." 0:11:44
Crafting Systems Game Design Adia Alderson 47 Evil Games Club 2! 0:02:46
Creative Career Paths Art, Game Design, IRL, Misc. Will Bredbeck 335 Creative Career Paths n/a
Curling Game Design Mark LaCroix 268 "No referees?!" 0:10:15
Design Pillars Game Design, Production Mark LaCroix 187 "A way to farm notions." 0:49:22
Designing a Spiritual Successor Game Design, Gaming, Production Dmitry Samartsev, aka Special Bread 279 Designing a Spiritual Successor n/a
Designing for VR Game Design, IRL, VR / AR / XR Dana Ware 230 Designing for VR n/a
Designing Games for Non-Gamers Game Design Stephen McGregor 3 "It's against the law to stop." 0:27:30
Designing Horror Games Game Design Stephen McGregor 139 "Who approved these topics?" 0:16:46
Designing like a Dungeon Master Game Design, Narrative, Tabletop Katrina Ostrander, Jon Kiehne 247 Designing like a Dungeon Master n/a
Designing Party Games Game Design Mark LaCroix 8 "Will you be the best with me?" 0:38:30
Diagramming Gameplay Loops Game Design Ellen Burns-Johnson 262 "Start fresh, in a certain way." 0:15:20
Difficulty Game Design Stephen McGregor 30 "75% sure." 0:54:27
Documentation Game Design, Production, Tools Stephen McGregor 191 "Claps in the chat." 0:36:05
Economies Game Design Stephen McGregor 173 "Balance all those prices." 0:11:20
Elegance Game Design Ellen Burns-Johnson 326 "The opposing metric of jank." 0:33:00
Endings Game Design, Narrative Mark LaCroix 302 "I love it when you kinda agree." 0:13:40
Enemy AI Game Design Mark LaCroix 36 "Maybe a Zeldo." 0:03:00
Establishing a Sense of Place Game Design, Narrative Stephen McGregor 178 "A place where people live." 1:02:00
Excerpt from a conversation with Dr. David Chandross Art, Game Design, Misc., Narrative 330 Serious Play Conference Special 0:28:07
Excerpt from a conversation with Roz Hussin Game Design, IRL, Misc. 330 Serious Play Conference Special 0:45:07
Fail States Game Design Stephen McGregor 201 "Not like Beauty and the Beast." 32:28
Fall Damage Game Design Stephen McGregor 308 "You've probably seen them in Zelda." 56:40
Finding Fidelity Game Design, IRL Ellen Burns-Johnson 154 "Abstracted to the point of silliness." 0:03:45
Finding Your Artistic Voice Game Design, IRL Stephen McGregor 209 "Go pound a Monster." 0:48:12
Fingeance Portmortem Game Design, Production Stephen McGregor 216 "They wouldn't fully respawn." Fingeance Postmortem n/a
Frustration Game Design, Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 236 "Forged by that experience." 0:10:34
Fun in Games Game Design Ellen Burns-Johnson 175 "Kapow?" 0:11:09
Fusing Genres Game Design, Marketing Millie Walker 287 Fusing Genres n/a
Game Design Balance Game Design Stephen McGregor 119 "Let Reggie get back to work." 0:41:00
Game Design Primer Game Design Stephen McGregor 28 "That makes me retroactively nervous." 0:31:06
Game Identities Game Design Ellen Burns-Johnson 123 "Does this game mechanic spark joy?" 0:22:37
Game Length Game Design Stephen McGregor 131 “A secret room with secret stuff!” 0:13:08
Game Shows Game Design Mark LaCroix 237 "The drama of the reveal." 0:33:38
Game-based Learning Events, Game Design, Production Jennifer Javornik 331 Game-based Learning n/a
Gameful UX Game Design, UI / UX Allan Rust 215 Gameful UX n/a
Games for Young Children Game Design, Marketing Ellen Burns-Johnson 199 "Random hilarious nonsense." 0:10:42
Games in Games Game Design, Gaming Mark LaCroix 68 "Videogame turducken." 0:43:35
Games in Other Media Game Design, Gaming, Narrative Ellen Burns-Johnson 195 "Human, play Dom-jot?" 0:15:25
Games With Your Dogs Game Design, Physical Games Ellen Burns-Johnson 254 Games With Your Dogs 0:10:25
Genre in Games Game Design, Meta Mark LaCroix 48 "I do business." 0:38:34
Giblet the Trash Can Game Design, IRL Ellen Burns-Johnson 227 Giblet the Trash Can n/a
Grind Game Design Ellen Burns-Johnson 320 "Stephen, explain this." 06:08
Grind Game Design, Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 224 "To whom it may concern." 0:47:59
Guns Game Design Mark LaCroix 234 "Godot! God-ot? Godot." 0:43:14
Hidden Information Game Design, Gaming Stephen McGregor 245 "Gamedev is jazz." 0:36:33
Holistic Game Design Game Design, Production Mark LaCroix 151 "I don't always want to do that." 0:20:11
Horror Games 101 Game Design Samuel Guglielmo, Nikk F, Conner Rush, Schera Wyss, Henry Hoare 325 Horror Games 101 (with multiple guests) n/a