This week, Aaron chats with Kyle Holmquist. Kyle is a generalist game designer, writer, developer, and narrative designer with a ridiculous variety of experience writing and designing for indie, mobile, and AAA games. He is also a hobbyist blacksmith and volunteers teaching blacksmithing in his spare time!

00:00 Intro

01:02 What Makes A Good Narrative Designer?

04:44 Horro Games, Horror Movies, And A Bit Of Comedy

11:49 Media Literacy and Subjective Experience (And Helldivers 2)

17:38 What We [Developers] Notice Isn't What Others Notice

20:08 What Developers Get Wrong About Narrative Design

24:59 Getting Into Blacksmithing in 2020

28:53 Wrap Up

Links:

Kyle's Portfolio site:

https://www.kgholmquist.com/

You can find the podcast at:

http://www.makegamesdrinkcoffee.com 

Questions? Comments?

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