Hello! Check out the latest Dinofarm Community Podcast episode. Here are the topics of this week’s episodes: Evizaer’s new article on tension The characteristics of actions How these characteristics interact to produce tension A bit about the relationship between planning actions and the information horizon Enjoy, and thanks for listening.

Hello Dinofarm Community Podcast listeners! Here’s another episode for you. As Swiftspear explains in the beginning, it’s a bit of a different episode. Topics: The Dinofarm community itself The “Sirlineous exodus” – regarding the Fantasy Strike community surrounding David Sirlin’s games Redless’ games Theming and marketing of indie games Enjoy!

Hi everyone! Here’s a new podcast episode on game design from the Dinofarm Community, and also from me, Keith! Today’s episode featured Swiftspear, Hopenager, Redless, myself, and Bob! In this episode, we discussed procedural generation – what is it, what isn’t it, and how does it fit into a larger design? Are some kinds of... Continue Reading

A new DFCP is out! Here are the bullet points: Win conditions vs loss conditions Alternative end state/goal designs Asymmetrical games The value of feedback Is endstate feedback special? Also, if you haven’t noticed yet, our lead designer Keith Burgun has a new Kickstarter out! Listen to the full episode below.

Today, even though it was a holiday, our community still had a fresh game design podcast for you all. This week’s topics: Difficulty management Hopenager’s critiques of ranking systems “Optional Challenge Rewards” How those things work in Spelunky Check it out!

We have a new Dinofarm Community Podcast episode out today. The topics covered: Types of criticism Evizaer’s conception of criticism Tension in games Check it out below!

Today the Dinofarm Community produced their third podcast episode. This one involved host Redless, Swiftspear, Hopenager, and myself, Keith Burgun. On this episode we went pretty in-depth on Core Mechanisms, Core Decisions, whether systems need a single core, and if they do, why? Check out the podcast episode below, and as always, feel free to... Continue Reading

Today we have the second episode of the Dinofarm Community Podcast. Here are some topics covered: Skinner boxes – what makes a Skinner box? What makes other activities more valuable than them? Moral responsibilities of game developers Gardening “Inhibition porn” More! Give it a listen! As always, you can come by our forums or chat... Continue Reading

Hi everyone! Today, I’d like to introduce a new cool thing that has come out of the Dinofarm Games community forums/discord: the Dinofarm Community Podcast! If you’re looking for game design discussion, it’s definitely something to keep on your radar. Some topics in this episode include: Information Horizons Input/Output Randomness Mastery and playing to win... Continue Reading