Welcome crime detectives from all over the world and join Gary Kings and myself onto a journey through mysteries, game development, writing, trailer making and Dopesmoker cuts. Gary Kings is a writer and designer of National Insecurities and created games such as Once Upon a Crime in the West and 2000:1 A Space Felony.

Time – Topic Discussed:

0:00 - Intro

3:03 - Guest topic: The Hobbit Dopesmoker edit

13:02 - Music choices in 2000:1 A Space Felony

17:20 - Game Jams

26:43 - Calculating people being stuck in games

35:19 - Two great design choices in Gary's games

37:46 - The third (secret) ending of 2000:1 A Space Felony

42:10 - What makes a good murder mystery?

50:46 - Tropes in murder mystery

53:04 - E3 Trailers

01:02:20 - How does Gary view a trailer

01:04:34 - How Gary makes trailer

01:07:51 - The difficulties with making a trailer

01:10:15 - The process of writing

01:15:57 - Writing with a partner

01:18:19 - Scribbling the narrative structure of a game on a table

01:25:10 - Plugs and Outro

01:27:23 - Gaming's most famous trailer makers

Things mentioned on the show:

2000:1: A Space Felony by National Insecurities

Once Upon a Crime in the West by National Insecurities

THE HOBBIT: DOPESMOKER EDITION by Gary Kings

The Raid 2 by Gareth Evans

Ribvolver

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Sergio Leone

Details about the Old Gods Are Dead

The Ace Attorney series

Return of the Obra Dinn

Sable E3 Trailer

Metroid Dread Trailer

Derek Lieu

El Paso, Elsewhere Trailer

Skatebird

Social Media:

Gary Kings

Gary King's Homepage

National Insecurities on itch.io

National Insecurities on Twitter (@NIPresents)

Gary Kings on Twitter (@GaryJKings)

Gary Kings on Instagram (@garyjkings)

Mohammed Taher on Twitter (@robokick)

YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY

YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY on Twitter (@youmeindustry)

Dorian on Twitter (@DorianChou)

YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY on Instagram (@youmeindustry)

Dorian on Instagram (@dorian.chou)

YOU ME AND THE INDUSTRY on Facebook (youmeindustry)

Intro/Outro by FreshMcZone

Artwork by Thomas Martin (Instagram: @thomas.martin.martin)