Catching up Fission Superstar X Josh Bycer [email protected]

For this week, we spoke once again with Turbo Pelvis 3000 catching up about the game Fission Superstar X as it is almost out now.

This cast was done earlier in the year, but we discussed what was going on …

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The Design of a Pacifist Rogue-Like: Miasma Caves Interview Josh Bycer [email protected]

For this week’s cast, I spoke with Adam who is the lead designer over at Windy Games on his studios first major title Miasma Caves — a pacifist rogue-like.

We did this cast about a month before the game came …

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The Cross Platform Work of Imperium Omni Josh Bycer [email protected]

For this cast, I spoke with author and designer Matt Thomas about translating his fantasy novel series “Imperium Omni” into a videogame and going to kickstarter to fund the first part.

Despite having some problems with his voice, Matt was …

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Discussing the Medium of Videogames Josh Bycer [email protected]

For this week’s cast, I was joined by fan of the site and YouTube channel Muhammad to talk about our thoughts on videogames as a medium.

We hit a lot of different topics for this cast, as we talked about …

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The Tricky Balance of Action and RPG Design Josh Bycer [email protected]

For this week’s cast, I was joined by Arvind Yadjav of Pyrodactyl games for a discussion about RPG and action game design, and the challenge of balancing them.

After introductions and talking about Arvind’s background, we began the lengthy topic …

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Rogue-Like Design Ramblings With Gerty Josh Bycer [email protected]

For this week’s cast, I sat down with two members of the studio Spawn Point OSK who just released the early access title Gerty to talk about rogue-like design.

We started off with talking about Gerty. This cast was recorded …

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The Challenge of Game Design in a 3rd World Country Josh Bycer [email protected]

For this cast, I spoke with Glen of the studio Sprite Wrench to talk about his first game Grimm and Tonic, and what it’s like to be a game designer in a third world country.

We talked about Glen’s background …

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The Growth of Game-Wisdom Radio Interview Josh Bycer [email protected]

For this special cast, I was interviewed by my local radio station about Game-Wisdom and my upcoming book.

We spent the hour talking about Game-Wisdom and how I got started and my thoughts on the game industry. For the final …

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Making an Action Rogue-Lite with Turbo Pelvis 3000 Josh Bycer [email protected]

For this week, I spoke with the head of Turbo Pelvis 3000  about developing action-based rogue-lites and his upcoming game Fission Superstar X.

We started with introductions before discussing his previous game and where he was inspired to make rogue-like …

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From Long Wars to Terra Invicta with Pavonis Interactive Josh Bycer [email protected]

For this week’s cast, I sat down with the lead designer of Pavonis Interactive John Lumpkin to discuss how wanting to make XCOM better lead to the Long War mod, his company: Pavonis Interactive, and the future with Terra Invicta.…

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