The Panic Mode Podcast

This week on the show we take a deep dive into the practices and challenges commonly associated with designing open world games. Turns out it’s a fairly open-ended topic (ayyye)

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Show Notes:

Richard Moss - Roam free: A history of open-world gaming:

https://bit.ly/3il2ciH

Gamemaker’s Toolkit - Deus Ex: Mankind Divided's Amazing Open World:

https://youtu.be/USVr936aKzs

This week we discuss why educational games may be the future of classroom learning. And no, we don’t mean those games your teacher used to make you play at www.coolmathgames.com.

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Show Notes:

Extra Credits - Games in Education:

https://youtu.be/1HTS2nxpRqM

André Thomas - The Effective Use of Game-Based Learning in Education:

https://youtu.be/-X1m7tf9cRQ

Scott Hebert - The Power of Gamification in Education:

https://youtu.be/mOssYTimQwM

This week we take a somber look at how we as gamers relate to not only the games we play, but also the people who made them. This is Death of the Game Designer.

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Show Notes:

Jason Schrieir on Assassin Creed’s Female Protagonists:

https://bit.ly/3ggpepW

Kotaku - Inside The Culture Of Sexism At Riot Games:

https://bit.ly/39J4IM4

The Verge - Microsoft excludes Minecraft’s creator from anniversary event over his ‘comments and opinions:

https://bit.ly/33fgbBF

Nicholas Carter - How to Know You’re Not Insane (And how a Cards Against Humanity Staff Writer was fired.):

https://bit.ly/2Xwdl83

Lindsay Ellis - Death of the Author 2: Rowling Boogaloo

https://bit.ly/2XePlGg

Euro games are a rising genre in board games, but… what exactly are they? And what the hell is Ameritrash? And why does gaming academia continue to force its cruel taxonomies on everything? Worry not, Panic Mode is on the case.

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Show Notes

Lewis Pulsipher - The Essence of Euro-style Games:

https://bit.ly/3jlPlh2

Start Your Meeples - On Defining Eurogames:

https://bit.ly/3heKVGS

Characteristics of Euro-style Games:

https://bit.ly/2ZHfCys

Asymmetry carries a lot of pros and cons when implemented in games. This week we dive into what asymmetry is, what it’s good for, and how to effectively design asymmetric games.

Check out our Facebook and Twitter pages to enter our Titanfall 2 Giveaway! Entries close 11:59pm MST on July 17, 2020.

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SHUX Panel - Making Asymmetric Games:

https://youtu.be/duAsXAOqLhQ

Extra Credits - Asymmetric Play:

https://youtu.be/SQhxtfKH1f8

This week we talk to Rishi Barnwal from On Thin Ice Games about race in video games, and what we can do to be conscious of it as game designers.

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Show Notes:

Rishi Barnwal: twitter.com/TheRishiBarnwal

On Thin Ice Games: twitter.com/OnThinIceGames

Allan G. Johnson - Privilege, Power, and Difference: https://bit.ly/2B0lGbI

Spider-Man: India: https://bit.ly/2Ynh4FA

Evergreen games are a growing presence in the gaming industry. This week we take a deep dive into what they are, where they came from, and the hottest of takes on where they are going.

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Show Notes:

How games as a service are changing the way we play:

https://win.gs/3gguTg3

GDC Talk - Emerging Trends In Games as a Service:

https://bit.ly/2Ty3Lzb

Rise of the Lifestyle Game:

https://bit.ly/2zsiyVj

Kotaku - Game Companies Won't Stop Talking About 'Games As A Service':

https://bit.ly/2LRmBx6

Visual novels have a (relatively) long and unusual history. This week we get into what visual novels are, where they came from, and why you should probably be making them.

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Show Notes:

Wired - A Brief History of Porn on the Internet:

https://bit.ly/3bjb9EO

Get in the Robot - What Are Visual Novels, and Why Are They a Thing?

https://youtu.be/GajXQ-25Y5s

Twine:

www.twinery.org

Ren’Py:

www.renpy.org

Scope is important to any project, and doubly so ina field as complex as game development. This week we delve into the practices and consequences of scoping in games.

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Show Notes:

Extra Credits - Minimum Viable Product:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvCri1tqIxQ

Evolution of Overwatch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBFrwRXUV-g

This week we welcome Pixelmatic’s Director of Art, Wayne Wong-Chong, to talk about everything art in games. And also about our quarantine beards!

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Show Notes:

Wayne Wong-Chong:

twitter.com/WayneWongChong

WatchMojo - Top 10 Video Game Concept Artists

https://youtu.be/jKH4FO0UT-c