Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

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Candid conversations with game creators that dive deep into the art, craft, and process of making games.

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13: Procedural Storytelling with Tanya X Short

Feb 28, 2019

Tanya X. Short of Kitfox Games drops by to discuss her co-edited essay collections Procedural Storytelling / Generation in Game Design, as well as her own approach and challenges to procedural narrative in Moon Hunters, and the upcoming Boyfriend Dungeon.

Things we talked about:

Kitfox Games

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12: Into the Breach with Justin Ma

Feb 14, 2019

Justin Ma of Subset Games joins us to discuss the design of his excellent sci-fi strategy game Into the Breach, from its Spelunky-inspired high/low-level design, to how they cracked its time-driven gameplay, to why throwing away 80% of their work...worked.

Things we talked about:

FTL

Into the Breach

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