| Silent Protagonists |
Game Design, Narrative |
Stephen McGregor |
241
|
"..."
|
0:43:58 |
| Difficulty |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
30
|
"75% sure."
|
0:54:27 |
| Establishing a Sense of Place |
Game Design, Narrative |
Stephen McGregor |
178
|
"A place where people live."
|
1:02:00 |
| Learning Through Games (revisit) |
Game Design, Meta, UI / UX |
Ellen Burns-Johnson |
200
|
"A Spark Plug." 200th Episode Special
|
0:52:05 |
| Messages and Meanings (revisit) |
Game Design, Meta |
Stephen McGregor |
200
|
"A Spark Plug." 200th Episode Special
|
1:13:45 |
| "Bad" Game Design |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
81
|
"A thousand monies."
|
0:02:48 |
| Design Pillars |
Game Design, Production |
Mark LaCroix |
187
|
"A way to farm notions."
|
0:49:22 |
| Prototyping |
Game Design, Tools |
Ellen Burns-Johnson |
187
|
"A way to farm notions."
|
0:13:50 |
| Finding Fidelity |
Game Design, IRL |
Ellen Burns-Johnson |
154
|
"Abstracted to the point of silliness."
|
0:03:45 |
| Jank |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
208
|
"All of this mess that I'm throwing at you."
|
0:39:52 |
| Broken games |
Game Design |
Mark LaCroix |
276
|
"Always be the banker."
|
0:24:00 |
| Companion Characters |
Game Design, Gaming |
Stephen McGregor |
312
|
"Ask your friends."
|
0:46:22 |
| Economies |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
173
|
"Balance all those prices."
|
0:11:20 |
| Win Conditions |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
53
|
"Boo!"
|
0:31:07 |
| Level Design |
Game Design |
Mark LaCroix |
96
|
"But WE know what we're talking about."
|
0:14:19 |
| Calendar Math (Real Time in Games) |
Game Design, IRL |
Martha Megarry |
159
|
"Calendar math!"
|
0:43:23 |
| Documentation |
Game Design, Production, Tools |
Stephen McGregor |
191
|
"Claps in the chat."
|
0:36:05 |
| Game Identities |
Game Design |
Ellen Burns-Johnson |
123
|
"Does this game mechanic spark joy?"
|
0:22:37 |
| Asynchronous and Asymmetric Gameplay |
Game Design |
Mark LaCroix |
185
|
"Empty the bucket."
|
0:46:39 |
| Power Fantasies |
Game Design, Gaming |
Stephen McGregor |
144
|
"Explosions!"
|
0:18:08 |
| Frustration |
Game Design, Gaming |
Ellen Burns-Johnson |
236
|
"Forged by that experience."
|
0:10:34 |
| Hidden Information |
Game Design, Gaming |
Stephen McGregor |
245
|
"Gamedev is jazz."
|
0:36:33 |
| Player Count |
Game Design, Hardware |
Mark LaCroix |
245
|
"Gamedev is jazz."
|
0:08:33 |
| Finding Your Artistic Voice |
Game Design, IRL |
Stephen McGregor |
209
|
"Go pound a Monster."
|
0:48:12 |
| Guns |
Game Design |
Mark LaCroix |
234
|
"Godot! God-ot? Godot."
|
0:43:14 |
| Games in Other Media |
Game Design, Gaming, Narrative |
Ellen Burns-Johnson |
195
|
"Human, play Dom-jot?"
|
0:15:25 |
| Online Play |
Game Design, Programming, Tools |
Stephen McGregor |
195
|
"Human, play Dom-jot?"
|
0:52:57 |
| Serial Game Design |
Game Design |
Lane Davis |
29
|
"I am a Juice Journeyman!"
|
0:03:05 |
| Video Game Juice |
Game Design |
Lane Davis |
29
|
"I am a Juice Journeyman!"
|
0:35:18 |
| Changing Your Mind |
Game Design |
Lane Davis |
29
|
"I am a Juice Journeyman!"
|
0:14:57 |
| Accessibility |
Accessibility, Game Design |
Martha Megarry |
121
|
"I definitely thought of that ahead of time."
|
0:46:30 |
| Genre in Games |
Game Design, Meta |
Mark LaCroix |
48
|
"I do business."
|
0:38:34 |
| Holistic Game Design |
Game Design, Production |
Mark LaCroix |
151
|
"I don't always want to do that."
|
0:20:11 |
| Joy vs. Fun |
Game Design |
Ellen Burns-Johnson |
249
|
"I got all the moons."
|
44:00 |
| Loot Systems |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
63
|
"I have so much feelings..."
|
0:03:58 |
| Endings |
Game Design, Narrative |
Mark LaCroix |
302
|
"I love it when you kinda agree."
|
0:13:40 |
| Cameras |
Game Design, Programming |
Stephen McGregor |
286
|
"I realize you were making a more point thing?"
|
0:09:27 |
| Achievements |
Game Design, Gaming |
Stephen McGregor |
72
|
"Idea! Idea! Idea! Idea!"
|
0:08:10 |
| Puzzle Design |
Game Design |
Martha Megarry |
72
|
"Idea! Idea! Idea! Idea!"
|
0:39:46 |
| Verisimilitude |
Art, Game Design |
Ellen Burns-Johnson |
278
|
"Insert interesting car here."
|
0:05:23 |
| Randomization |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
148
|
"Intentionally random."
|
0:52:05 |
| Crafting Systems |
Game Design |
Martha Megarry |
3
|
"It's against the law to stop."
|
0:11:44 |
| Designing Games for Non-Gamers |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
3
|
"It's against the law to stop."
|
0:27:30 |
| What We Did On Our Winter Break (2021) |
Game Design, IRL, Meta |
Mark LaCroix, Stephen McGregor, Dale LaCroix, Ellen Burns-Johnson |
207
|
"It’s March tomorrow."
|
n/a |
| Replayability |
Game Design |
Ellen Burns-Johnson |
181
|
"I’m ashamed, but also so proud."
|
0:47:15 |
| Inspiration from Behavioral Economics |
Game Design, Gaming |
Ellen Burns-Johnson |
274
|
"I’m not coding your game, y’all figure that out."
|
0:40:58 |
| Illusions of Choice |
Game Design |
Mark LaCroix |
238
|
"Just-In-Time Compiler."
|
37:28 |
| Fun in Games |
Game Design |
Ellen Burns-Johnson |
175
|
"Kapow?"
|
0:11:09 |
| Novelty |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
218
|
"Kids like cubes these days."
|
12:27 |
| Intuition |
Game Design |
Ellen Burns-Johnson |
218
|
"Kids like cubes these days."
|
45:19 |
| Should we design for Killers? |
Game Design, Gaming |
Ellen Burns-Johnson |
270
|
"Killed the flightmaster, killed the griffin..."
|
0:49:50 |
| Visual Composition |
Art, Game Design, UI / UX |
Mark LaCroix |
294
|
"Layers and layers of hair."
|
0:17:12 |
| Game Design Balance |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
119
|
"Let Reggie get back to work."
|
0:41:00 |
| Co-Op Games |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
244
|
"Maximum Whooo!"
|
53:10.0 |
| Enemy AI |
Game Design |
Mark LaCroix |
36
|
"Maybe a Zeldo."
|
0:03:00 |
| Player Trust |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
296
|
"Metroid is very serious."
|
0:48:39 |
| Secrets & Easter Eggs |
Game Design |
Ellen Burns-Johnson |
296
|
"Metroid is very serious."
|
0:24:43 |
| 4X Games |
Game Design, Gaming |
Martha Megarry, Stephen McGregor |
205
|
"Mindworm husbandry."
|
0:05:08 |
| Actionable Gamification by Yu-kai Chou |
Game Design, Tools |
Ellen Burns-Johnson |
205
|
"Mindworm husbandry."
|
0:40:44 |
| Bots! Bots! Bots! |
Game Design |
Mark LaCroix |
21
|
"Mutual butt-kicking."
|
0:19:44 |
| Off-Ramps |
Game Design, Gaming |
Stephen McGregor |
268
|
"No referees?!"
|
0:50:00 |
| Curling |
Game Design |
Mark LaCroix |
268
|
"No referees?!"
|
0:10:15 |
| Player Agency |
Game Design, Narrative |
Stephen McGregor |
87
|
"Not for me I hate them."
|
0:48:55 |
| Platformers |
Game Design, Gaming |
Martha Megarry |
87
|
"Not for me I hate them."
|
0:05:55 |
| Worldbuilding |
Game Design, Narrative |
Mark LaCroix |
201
|
"Not like Beauty and the Beast."
|
57:08 |
| Fail States |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
201
|
"Not like Beauty and the Beast."
|
32:28 |
| Commitment |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
239
|
"Oh is that Rugrats?"
|
0:35:00 |
| Relaxing Games |
Game Design, Gaming |
Ellen Burns-Johnson |
239
|
"Oh is that Rugrats?"
|
0:05:30 |
| Skill Trees |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
298
|
"One size bigger and red."
|
46:38 |
| Prototyping |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
19
|
"Pick up all the things."
|
0:05:18 |
| User Interfaces |
Game Design |
Mark LaCroix |
19
|
"Pick up all the things."
|
0:42:26 |
| Point and Clicks |
Game Design |
Martha Megarry |
19
|
"Pick up all the things."
|
0:26:28 |
| The Psychology of Animation |
Art, Game Design, UI / UX |
Ellen Burns-Johnson |
304
|
"Play thrice, and make thrice."
|
0:48:16 |
| Stephen's "Rule of Threes" |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
304
|
"Play thrice, and make thrice."
|
0:17:30 |
| Unlocks |
Game Design |
Stephen McGregor |
163
|
"Please cheat, I don't care."
|
0:06:19 |
