Building a Unique Life Sim Game at Mid Summer Studios

Join the team at Mid Summer Studios as they create a hardcore version of The Sims, focusing on emergent storytelling and injecting unexpected events into the game. Delve into the challenges of game design, the importance of player choices, and the rising popularity of life simulation and farming games. Receive insights on character development, gameplay mechanics, and the intricacies of creating unique experiences in a competitive market.

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On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, and Jacob Geller to unpack the deluge of great games releasing in early May. We start out by talking about Ubisoft's reveal trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows before diving into the surreal Nun-based adventure Indika, the amazing puzzles of Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, the dark farming world of Echoes of the Plum Grove, and the keyboard-based dungeon-crawler Cryptmaster. Then we're joined by the creative director for XCOM and Marvel's Midnight Suns Jake Solomon to talk about leaving Firaxis to start Midsummer Studios for a ton of community questions submitted on Patreon. Support the show directly and submit questions for future episodes on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:50 - Animal Well

00:06:23 - Assassin's Creed Shadows

00:14:16 - Indika