EricaKoryhttps://kbones.itch.io/Mystery Hunt 2024Developing my first video gameWearing glasses prevents COVIDEnglish Ending Song, by Ryoji Yoshitomihttps://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/AxA-XP8E.pngHow to make satisfying non-violent gameplayLetting go of concepts of yourself that you believe.Losing a concept of yourself as a person and just becoming free-floating thoughts.47 year old house painters.Growing up to be a pluripotent human being.Finding cool and positive Internet spaces to hang out in.Excavating old Bubsy memorabilia.Checking the maps on your telephone.Defining yourself as someone who doesn't eat free cheese samples.Scientists researching how to be cool and cringe at the same time.2023 Game of the Year Gordy and the Monster Moon.Protocols and processes that presume that if you are good at solving puzzles then you must also be good at designing puzzles.The humble beginnings of the MIT Mystery Hunt.Puzzle Inflation.Instant stooging.People who are obligated to prevent their children from dying.Server migration problems.Accidentally writing the same puzzle as someone else.Premium content for listeners who want to subscribe.Putting sprites on the screen and accepting controller input.Game design by proxy.Your local Barcade with a Pico-8 cabinet.Buttoning up a game to make it a shippable product.Whether the knife is detecting a dork.Butter golems.Bugs that make games more fun.Building a high end gaming PC and only running Pico-8 on it I can't believe they buttered Jorts!Meeting the guy who runs the Indie Arcade at Magfest.Waiting 40 years for opportunities to fall in your lap.Think Buick.A cat that is not on the show.Of all the exposed mucus membranes on your face, the eyes are two of them.Projectile transmission.Did this COVID infection rate study control for popularity?Hitting 40 and embracing the cringe.Wearing chemistry goggles in public.Myopic basketball players.Things you can put on your face to look like a superhero in disguise.The Wario Land 4 soundtrack.Making ogg vorbis rips of the Wario Land 4 soundtrack to put on Napster.A gem of a poem to be hidden in a Wario game.Playing back vocals with single-syllable samples.Our collective dream diary.Your dreams melting into your pillow with all the dust mites.Everything is impermanent, especially video games.A shocking removal of an important human from your life.Making your peace with the time you have forgotten.The natural high you get from blowing things up.Throwing apples at a Snorlax until it wakes up.Cooking games.Matching happy looking fruits of different sizes.Watching carefully as two peaches slide together.Designing video games for 5-year olds on T.Dropping things that merge in a two dimensional space with gravity.The boy has two dads.What can I do that is nonviolent and crunchy and interesting and solvable?Looking for inspiration outside of video games.
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