Design Thinking Games

By Design Thinking Games

Design Thinking Games is an indie game design, play-testing, and user experience podcast that examines the player experience of different types of games.... more

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The podcast currently has 81 episodes available.

Design Thinking Games episodes:

August 29, 2022030: Is Stray GOTY?
Listen now (33 min) | Surviving the asteroid field, our heroes pass a nearby planet, and run into a friendly sci-fi feline and his robot companion. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
0:53 Stray
5:44 Death Stranding
17:53 Elden Ring
24:24 Horizon Forbidden West
25:41 Splatoons 3
27:09 Tunic
27:36 Evil Dead
27:47 Ghostwire Tokyo
28:06 Bioshock
29:02 Moonlighter
29:15 Cult of the Lamb
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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34min
August 15, 2022029: Game Mechanics We Love
Listen now (34 min) | After communing with the game designer, our heroes blast through a dense asteroid field made up of simulator, voice chat, collaboration, totaling, karma, and other game mechanic rocks. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
1:33 Stray
2:21 Goat Simulator
2:35 Maneater
4:20 Fly Simulator
7:34 Hell Let Lose
9:40 Battlefield 4
10:39 Friday the 13th
13:14 Dead by Daylight
15:48 Spy Vs. Spy
16:28 Oregon Trail Card Game
16:47 Munchkin
17:33 ROBOT RISE!
19:34 Vampire the Masquerade
24:35 Ticket To Ride
25:57 Settlers of Catan
27:32 Lords of Waterdeep
28:05 Call of Cthulu
30:21 Marvel Superheroes RPG
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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35min
August 01, 2022028: Designing Games with Breeze Grigas
Listen now (37 min) | After leaving summer camp, our heroes have a chance encounter with a game designer of some renown. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
1:53 AEGIS Combining Robots
12:15 Magic the Gathering
12:42 Warhammer 40K
20:02 Gloomhaven
23:15 Protospiel
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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38min
July 18, 2022027: The Quarry
Listen now (36 min) | After exploring heroic tropes and struggles, our adventurers receive an urgent distress signal. Tracing the origins of the signal, our heroes travel to a strange and unknown mining planet, where the source of the signal is coming from a summer camp. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
1:33 The Quarry
9:23 House of Ashes
10:32 Until Dawn
27:34 The Devil in Me

31:23 Detroit: Become Human
32:22 Little Hope
33:56 Pick-a-Path Book Series
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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36min
July 04, 2022026: Everybody Loves a Hero
Listen now (32 min) | Bidding the space adventurers a good journey, our heroes explore what it is about last stands and struggles against oppressive forces that makes a great hero.
Games discussed on this episode:
5:49 Final Fantasy
9:24 Mass Effect
11:18 Legend of Zelda
16:51 Lord of the Rings
17:05 Castlevania
19:04 Metroid
21:10 Halo
22:47 Mega-Man
28:04 Sonic
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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31min
June 20, 2022025: Lonely Hero Games
Listen now (32 min) | Narrowly escaping the asteroid field, our heroes are joined by space adventurers Christopher Kincaid and Jared Kaplan of Lonely Hero Games. The four explore designing games and starting a game design studio. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
17:44 Codenames
17:48 5 Minute Mystery
18:21 Bank Heist
18:45 Hungry for Humans
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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33min
June 06, 2022024: The Geocache Killer
Listen now (34 min) | After leaving PAX East on planet royale, our heroes must carefully navigate an asteroid field made up of geocaching, augmented reality, and location-based games. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
02:18 Sea of Thieves
02:49 Letterboxing
11:36 Ready Player One
13:30 Rabbids
16:29 Pokemon Go
18:09 Ingress Prime
19:32 Harry Potter Wizards Unite
20:48 World of Warcraft
24:06 Pikmin Bloom
27:29 Minecraft
31:13 Horizon Forbidden West
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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34min
May 23, 2022023: Indie Games at PAX East
Listen now (37 min) | In a tiny realm on the planet royale our heroes discover a town called Boston, knee-deep in a festival of games called PAX East. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
05:09 Aron's Gift
09:50 Dead Cells
16:31 Rescue Pets
20:59 Aegis
22:55 Pocket Paragons
26:08 Dragoon
26:25 Life Siphon
29:02 Reap
30:49 Drinking Quest Six Pack
35:21 Stream Queens
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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38min
May 09, 2022022: Bloodhunt Battle Royale
Listen now (32min) | After exiting the Roguelike-Like star system, our heroes stop by a neighboring planet to study the native battle royale games like PUBG, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Fall Guys, and Tetris 99. Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
00:43 Vampire the Masquerade Bloodhunt
02:33 Fortnight

05:18 Vampire the Masquerade
07:20 PUBG
10:43 Apex Legends
11:52 Battlefield V
14:03 Call of Duty
14:12 Fall Guys
19:32 Dead By Daylight
20:56 Tetris 99
25:34 Predator Hunting Grounds
31:23 Hell Let Loose
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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33min
April 25, 2022021: Roguelike and Roguelike Hybrid Games
Listen now (38min) | Our heroes successfully escape the asteroid field but find themselves on the precipice of a new challenge… the Roguelike-Like star system! Read the transcript.
Games discussed on this episode:
02:32 Rogue
04:57 King's Quest
10:50 Hades
12:07 Binding of Isaac
14:04 Faster Than Light
19:36 Crypt of the Necrodancer
19:48 Tomb of Horrors
20:19 BIT.TRIP RUNNER
22:41 Cadence of Hyrule
24:29 Cuphead
27:53 Mass Effect
29:29 Moonlighter
Support the show on Patreon!
Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.
Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames.
Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames.
Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.
Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter.
Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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39min

FAQs about Design Thinking Games:

How many episodes does Design Thinking Games have?

The podcast currently has 81 episodes available.