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Design Thinking Games episodes
- 030: 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/
34 min - 029: 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/
35 min - 028: 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/
38 min - 027: 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/
36 min - 026: 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/
31 min - 025: 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/
33 min - 024: 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/
34 min - 023: 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/
38 min - 022: 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/
33 min - 021: 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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About Design Thinking Games
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Design Thinking Games is an indie game design, play-testing, and user experience podcast that examines the player experience of different types of games.