GameDev Breakdown

Original Air Date: Dec. 30, 2020 - The party never stops in this episode as the designers behind the card-based drinking game Last Call for Alcohol and the Jackbox-style party game Assimilate! call in to discuss promoting physical games at a distance, design conventions for unusual experiences, and more.To find out more about the first Virtual Indie Games Expo, visit https://indiegamesexpo.com/. Our thanks to the organizers for access to the event.Support our sponsorsThis show was sponsored by Appfigures! Appfigures is all about giving game makers the tools they need to reduce risk and get more downloads. To find out more, head to https://appfigures.com/on/GameDevBreakdown to try Appfigures for free. if you like it, use our special code GDB3030 to get 30% off for the next 3 months.Last Call for Alcohol links • https://twitter.com/PlayKnightmare • https://knightmaregames.itch.io/ • https://discord.gg/qktt2hKAssimilate! links • https://clashofthegenres.com/ • https://store.steampowered.com/app/1423140/Assimilate_A_Party_Game/ • https://twitter.com/AssimilateTVIf you enjoy GameDev Breakdown • Sign up for our https://codewriteplay.com/newsletter/! • https://codewriteplay.com/the-gamedev-breakdown-podcast/ to the podcast on the platform of your choice • Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/gamedevpod, http://twitter.com/codewriteplay, http://twitter.com/mechatodzilla • Check show notes and articles at CodeWritePlay.com • Join us on https://discord.gg/auVvvK3!

Original Air Date: Dec. 28, 2020 - Following their appearances at Virtual Indie Games Expo 2020, the designers behind the Crumbs and Clash of the Genres board games call in to discuss inspiration, pandemic survival, and in one case, getting cut off on Fox News.To find out more about the first Virtual Indie Games Expo, visit https://indiegamesexpo.com/. Our thanks to the organizers for access to the event.Support our sponsorsThis show was sponsored by Appfigures! Appfigures is all about giving game makers the tools they need to reduce risk and get more downloads. To find out more, head to https://appfigures.com/on/GameDevBreakdown to try Appfigures for free. if you like it, use our special code GDB3030 to get 30% off for the next 3 months.Crumbs links • https://www.tidbitgames.com/ • https://discord.gg/2kZaf26VshClash of the Genres links • https://clashofthegenres.com/ • https://discord.gg/rJX7Hrbx5M • https://www.twitch.tv/videos/799703193If you enjoy GameDev Breakdown • Sign up for our https://codewriteplay.com/newsletter/! • https://codewriteplay.com/the-gamedev-breakdown-podcast/ to the podcast on the platform of your choice • Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/gamedevpod, http://twitter.com/codewriteplay, http://twitter.com/mechatodzilla • Check show notes and articles at CodeWritePlay.com • Join us on https://discord.gg/auVvvK3!

Original Air Date: Dec. 23, 2020 - Following their exhibits at Virtual Indie Games Expo 2020, creators behind GunDrill and the TeamJumpers games discuss indie life, platform release strategies, navigating game engine options, dealing with negativity, and more.To find out more about the first Virtual Indie Games Expo, visit https://indiegamesexpo.com/. Our thanks to the organizers for access to the event.Support our sponsorsThis show was sponsored by Appfigures! Appfigures is all about giving game makers the tools they need to reduce risk and get more downloads. To find out more, head to https://appfigures.com/on/GameDevBreakdown to try Appfigures for free. if you like it, use our special code GDB3030 to get 30% off for the next 3 months.GunDrill links • https://twitter.com/GunDrill_ • https://twitter.com/Brian_Mowat • https://twitter.com/Cogh_TeamJumpers links • https://store.steampowered.com/app/1481310/TeamJumpers_2_New_Reality/ • https://www.youtube.com/expogamerdev • https://twitter.com/imperfectstudio • https://twitter.com/Sandii_Spoofs • https://twitter.com/NotamegalosaurIf you enjoy GameDev Breakdown • Sign up for our https://codewriteplay.com/newsletter/! • https://codewriteplay.com/the-gamedev-breakdown-podcast/ to the podcast on the platform of your choice • Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/gamedevpod, http://twitter.com/codewriteplay, http://twitter.com/mechatodzilla • Check show notes and articles at CodeWritePlay.com • Join us on https://discord.gg/auVvvK3!

Original Air Date: Dec. 21, 2020 - Following their exhibits at Virtual Indie Games Expo 2020, creators from Laser Beams & Particle Streams Software, Inc. share details on the upcoming 4X/RTS/Space flight sim, Rank: Warmaster and Ryan S. Peterson tells us about his upcoming platform brawler, Altercation.To find out more about the first Virtual Indie Games Expo, visit https://indiegamesexpo.com/. Our thanks to the organizers for access to the event.Rank: Warmaster links • http://RankWarmaster.com • https://gamejolt.com/@LaserBeams at GameJolt  • https://discord.gg/wXAYEVC • Kathleen's art - http://www.titaniummelon.com/Altercation links • https://linktr.ee/AltercationGameIf you enjoy GameDev Breakdown • Sign up for our https://codewriteplay.com/newsletter/! • https://codewriteplay.com/the-gamedev-breakdown-podcast/ to the podcast on the platform of your choice • Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/gamedevpod, http://twitter.com/codewriteplay, http://twitter.com/mechatodzilla • Check show notes and articles at CodeWritePlay.com • Join us on https://discord.gg/auVvvK3!

Original Air Date: Dec. 17, 2020 - In this episode of the GameDev Breakdown podcast, Ryan Engle calls in to explain how he started as a soloist with an augmented reality putting prototype and wound up leading a team through the development of the definitive virtual reality Topgolf experience.Episode links • https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/2412327085529357/ at the Oculus store • https://twitter.com/Rengle820 on Twitter • http://topgolf.comIf you enjoy GameDev Breakdown • Sign up for our https://codewriteplay.com/newsletter/! • https://codewriteplay.com/the-gamedev-breakdown-podcast/ to the podcast on the platform of your choice • Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/gamedevpod, http://twitter.com/codewriteplay, http://twitter.com/mechatodzilla • Check show notes and articles at CodeWritePlay.com • Join us on https://discord.gg/auVvvK3!

Original Air Date: Dec. 14, 2020 - EA has scooped up Codemasters at great cost. Germany is investigating Facebook over potentially anticompetitive practices in handling the Quest 2. Players are seeking--and receiving--refunds for Cyberpunk 2077, and it only gets weirder from here.Episode news storieshttps://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-12-14-ea-agrees-USD1-2-billion-acquisition-of-codemastersEA will purchase Codemasters to the tune of over $1.2 billion. The companies say this will allow them to "dominate the racing category." Codemasters makes fantastic racing games, but there's plenty of competition left in town. Here's hoping EA acts in their best interests.https://www.vrfocus.com/2020/12/facebook-oculus-account-linking-being-investigated-by-german-regulators/Facebook's mandatory account linking on Quest 2 is under investigation in Germany. You may remember Germany briefly halted device sales over the summer, and even that wasn't the beginning of the country's distrust of Facebook. Many developers have also cried foul, but is it worth tanking your development efforts?https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/14/22173738/cyberpunk-2077-developer-apologizes-base-ps4-xbox-one-performance-issues-refundsCyberpunk 2077 buzz on social media has been super weird--perhaps because it involves glitchy genitalia. CD Projekt Red has come forward to apologize for performance issues and offer to assist disappointed players in getting refunds over the course of the next week. Nonetheless, we're let down--and maybe even a little bit haunted--by what we've seen.If you enjoy GameDev Breakdown • Sign up for our https://codewriteplay.com/newsletter/! • https://codewriteplay.com/the-gamedev-breakdown-podcast/ to the podcast on the platform of your choice • Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/gamedevpod, http://twitter.com/codewriteplay, http://twitter.com/mechatodzilla • Check show notes and articles at CodeWritePlay.com • Join us on https://discord.gg/auVvvK3!

Original Air Date: Dec. 10, 2020 - We wrap up the console development series with a look at Sony PlayStation hardware, the development programs they run, interesting funding initiatives, and an unusual story about how Sony delisted a previous podcast guest.If you enjoy GameDev Breakdown • Sign up for our https://codewriteplay.com/newsletter/! • https://codewriteplay.com/the-gamedev-breakdown-podcast/ to the podcast on the platform of your choice • Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/gamedevpod, http://twitter.com/codewriteplay, http://twitter.com/mechatodzilla • Check show notes and articles at CodeWritePlay.com Join us on https://discord.gg/auVvvK3!

Original Air Date: Dec. 7, 2020 - TREE Industries CTO, Joshua Johnson, gives an inside look at one of the disc golf community's most anticipated titles, Ultimate Disc Golf. We talk indie development business, the challenges of using all-purpose physics engines for very specific applications, and more.Show topicshttps://ultimatediscgolfgame.com/Ultimate Disc Golf is an upcoming disc golf game from TREE Industries. The game has been profiled on the UDisc blog and elsewhere around the sport's community and is currently finishing Alpha testing.https://www.tree.industries/TREE Industries is a St. Louis-based tech start-up doing work in the fields of AI, machine learning, games, AR/VR, and more.https://www.svsports.com/info/beginners-disc-golf-guideDisc golf is a sport played on a course--not much unlike golf--but with the objective of throwing a disc into a basket with hanging chains in as few throws as possible. Many municipal parks, universities, and other accessible properties have free courses on which to play. Many popular YouTube channels and websites host disc golf content, and it can occasionally be seen on CBS, ESPN, and other networks. The sport has professional athletes, tournaments, and many other parallels to traditional golf.If you enjoy GameDev Breakdown • Sign up for our https://codewriteplay.com/newsletter/!  • https://codewriteplay.com/the-gamedev-breakdown-podcast/ to the podcast on the platform of your choice Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/gamedevpod, http://twitter.com/codewriteplay, http://twitter.com/mechatodzilla  • Check show notes and articles at CodeWritePlay.com  • Join us on https://discord.gg/auVvvK3!

Original Air Date: Dec. 3, 2020 - Versus CEO and Co-Founder, John Vitti, calls in to discuss the early success of Versus Game, designing around human nature, players as designers, and we speculate about our chances against the eventual rise of the machines.Show Topics • John’s background • How Versus works • Gaming during covid • Prediction and human nature • Working with celebs and influencers • Lessons in entrepreneurship and scalingJohn's Links • http://VersusGame.com • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq2v22J2l7fSHWQaU0PYMbQIf you enjoy GameDev Breakdown • Sign up for our https://codewriteplay.com/newsletter/!  • https://codewriteplay.com/the-gamedev-breakdown-podcast/ to the podcast on the platform of your choice  • Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/gamedevpod, http://twitter.com/codewriteplay, http://twitter.com/mechatodzilla  • Check show notes and articles at CodeWritePlay.com Join us on https://discord.gg/auVvvK3!

Original Air Date: Nov. 30, 2020 - Over the weekend, Todd presented virtually to students, indies, and other industry folks at GameDev Camp 2020 to present insight gathered through interviews conducted throughout the last year. This episode recaps the event and includes the full audio of the presentation.Speakers featured in the presentation include: • Mingaile Striaukaitė, Communications Manager, Tag of Joy • David Jagneaux, Editor, UploadVR • Robert Hubert, Development Director, AGOG Entertainment • Salvatore Pane, Writer, Retromania Wrestling • Clinton Keith, Author, Agile Game Development • Banks Boutte, Co-Founder, KitBash3d • Jason Lee, Chief Creative Officer, PixelmaticSee the full video presentation at YouTubehttps://youtu.be/mzCHwRM_kb8If you enjoy GameDev Breakdown • Sign up for our https://codewriteplay.com/newsletter/! • https://codewriteplay.com/the-gamedev-breakdown-podcast/ to the podcast on the platform of your choice • Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/gamedevpod, http://twitter.com/codewriteplay, http://twitter.com/mechatodzilla • Check show notes and articles at CodeWritePlay.com Join us on https://discord.gg/auVvvK3!