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115: Doubling Down on Intuition with Kenny Sun (Mr. Sun's Hatbox)

Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

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The Importance of Play Testing

I think for me, the role of play testing is which also I pretty much mostly do with game designers to be honest. If they're not having fun in the way that I wanted them to, then, you know, maybe I haven't conveyed something clearly or I haven't set up some expectation clearly. So I kind of feel like if people are complaining about Perma-death, they're probably not interested in having fun that way. You didn't do anything wrong because they see what the way is to have that fun and they're just not interested in it. And that's totally fine. The important thing about making games is being able to make as many people as possible able to

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