Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

96: Eavesdropping for Inspiration with Grace Bruxner (Frog Detective)

Aug 5, 2022

01:06:43

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How Did Frog Detective Come From?

03:36

Is the Twitter of the Fraud Detective a Part of the Game?

02:58

Frog Detective: The Next Big Thing?

01:33

Introduction

4min

Are You No Longer a Scoundrel?

2min

Frog Detective 2

3min

Frog Detective 3

2min

Frog Detective 2

3min

Frog Detective Versus LA Noir Style Interrogating?

2min

I'll Wait Till They Stop. Yeah, I Wish I Could

2min

The Third Game Review

2min

Frog Detective: The Next Big Thing?

2min

10.

Is the Twitter of the Fraud Detective a Part of the Game?

3min

11.

How Did Frog Detective Come From?

4min

12.

Frog Detective - What's It All About?

2min

13.

Is It Just a Just Living Life That You Presume?

4min

14.

Frog Detective 2 - Drawing From Yourself

2min

15.

How Do You Decide Which Characters Fit in a Game?

3min

16.

Front Detective 3

2min

17.

Is the Game a Kid's Game?

3min

18.

Around the Twist

2min

19.

A Kid's Can Handle So Much

2min

20.

Is This Like 89?

2min

21.

What Makes a Game Australian?

2min

22.

Is There a Difference Between Melbourne and Melbourne?

2min

23.

Australian TV and Video Games in Australia

3min

24.

Are You Cynical About That?

2min

25.

What What Replaces Opinions?

2min

26.

I've Been Watching a Streamer Play Breath of the Wild for the First Time and He's Been Doing It

2min

27.

The Secret Lives of Games - The Secret Lifes of Games

3min

Frog Detective creator Grace Bruxner joins us to discuss the inspirations and process behind her charming detective series, including the upcoming Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County. We discuss sticking to scope (or not), making the most of adventure game tropes, and finding inspiration in the mundane.

Show notes:

Grace Bruxner

Frog Detective

ALIEN CASENO

Games Talks 2020: Grace Bruxner

Building Games Around Humor (GDC talk)

L.A. Noire

Frog Detective Twitter account

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Round the Twist (full first season)

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