Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

103: Day of the Devs Special

Nov 20, 2022

01:29:36

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

Wheels of Oakland

3min

Saturnalia: A Third Person Horror Adventure Game

4min

The Hardest Design Challenge During Production of This Game

2min

How to Be a Successful Gamer After a Weird Period

2min

How to React to People Playing Your Game

2min

Saturnalia: A Political Game

4min

The Hardest Challenge in Development

6min

Sermon's: A Physics Platformer Game With Roguelike Elements

3min

10.

The Relationship Between Art and Games

2min

11.

Birth: A Puzzle, Point-and-Click Adventure Game

4min

12.

How to Make a Puzzle Game That's Like Birth

2min

13.

The Importance of Self Improvement in Game Development

4min

14.

Animal Wells: A Dark Surreal Environment

3min

15.

How to Create a Game That Works

2min

16.

The Hardest Design Challenge of the Game So Far

2min

17.

The Importance of Time in Art

5min

18.

The Future of Twitter

5min

19.

The Importance of Accepting the Nature of the Game

2min

20.

How to Make Things Right Now in the World

5min

21.

The Light of My Life

4min

22.

The Relationship Between Art and Politics

4min

23.

How to Reduce the Number of Clicks to Do a Battle in Demon School

3min

24.

How to Be a Successful Game Developer

2min

25.

The Relationship Between Creativity and Creation

2min

26.

How to Deal With Negative Feedback on Your Game

2min

27.

How to Market a Game Like Yours

2min

28.

The Importance of Setting Up a Game Festival

2min

29.

How to Optimize Your Game for Marketing

2min

30.

The Importance of Networking at GDC

2min

31.

How to Launch a Game and Show It at Events

2min

We (well, Nick) stops by the annual Day of the Devs event in San Francisco, and chats to a bunch of lovely developers about the games they're showing there, their biggest design challenges, and what it feels like making games in the cursed year of 2022.

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