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Two developers discuss, diagnose and design video and table-top games.Tune in as Dale and Tom breakdown design decisions on all kinds of games, prototype designs live, and discuss game development.... more
FAQs about The Game Design Hacks:How many episodes does The Game Design Hacks have?The podcast currently has 11 episodes available.
September 22, 2021Mario Golf Should Have Been Better (Season Finale)In the season finale, Mario Golf underwhelms Dale and Tom with its lofty promises - but it takes Dale a moment to realise it. Also, we decide which was the best game of the season.0:10:19 - What Are We Playing?0:22:56 - Mario Golf Diagnosis0:54:30 - The Best Game Design of the Season...more1h 9minPlay
July 19, 2021Torn Apart - an RPG based on Tommy Wiseau's The Room (Design Challenge)Tom channels his inner Tommy bringing a rendition of Tommy Wiseau's The Room into tabletop form to meet Dale's challenge....more53minPlay
July 18, 2021The Room: Torn Apart: The Game (Design Challenge)Tommy Design brings his rendition of Tommy Wiseau's The Room into tabletop form to meet Dale's challenge....more54minPlay
June 29, 2021Is Fez Still Good? (and E3) (Diagnosis)Dale and Tom look at E3 2021 and decide to play Fez instead - but does it hold up or it does it fold up? Yeah, nah, it holds up so we gush about it and break it down a bit and also E3 wasn't that bad but there wasn't any Switch Pro and is this description still going and wasn't it third person a moment ago?Listen for E3 hot takes and a Fez mechanical review....more55minPlay
May 27, 2021Everything Wrong with Sonic Generations (Diagnosis)Dale and Tom try to figure out where the feeling changed in Sonic's 3D games, also we discuss Nintendo Indie World really, really late.0:00:59 - Nintendo Indie World0:22:35 - What Are We Playing?0:39:45 - Sonic 3D Diagnosis...more1h 25minPlay
May 06, 2021Playcast: The Athenian Philosophical Olympic Pentathlon (Non-random Ancient Greek Court Intrigue)May the best boast win - Dale and Tom are joined by Milly, Kayleigh and Rocco to play an Olympic Pentathlon where the ultimate sportsman is the player who can best describe their Olympic feats....more1h 33minPlay
April 08, 2021Gardenscapes' Seven Thousand Levels ain't A Short Hike's One (Diagnosis)Tom addicts himself to free-to-play mobile game Gardenscapes while Dale enjoys the infinitely more conquerable A Short Hike....more59minPlay
March 23, 2021Design Challenge: Non-random Ancient Greek Court IntrigueDale answers Tom's design challenge: Ancient Greece, non-random and Court Intrigue. Meanwhile, Nintendo goes Direct and Stadia goes to shit....more1h 14minPlay
February 09, 2021Is Hades well designed? (Diagnosis)Tom inspects Hades' procedural generation, meta and narrative design before setting Dale his first design challenge....more40minPlay
January 25, 20212020: The Best and Worst Game MechanicsDale and Tom dive into the best and worst game mechanics from the year that was 2020....more1h 28minPlay
FAQs about The Game Design Hacks:How many episodes does The Game Design Hacks have?The podcast currently has 11 episodes available.