Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

94: Learning to Unclench with Ben Esposito (Neon White)

Jul 8, 2022

01:27:32

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Video Games

02:22

How Did You Know That the Level Layout Would Work?

01:35

The Cultural Politics of the Noun Freak

02:34

Introduction

2min

Neon White - A Single Player Speedrunning FPS

2min

Game Review: Geometry Wars 2 - Is This a Time Based Game?

2min

Neon White - What's Going On?

2min

Is That Attributable to Level Layouts?

1min

Is Your Process for Designing Levels for This Additive or Reductive?

2min

Is There a Difference Between Level Design and Game Field Design?

2min

How Did You Know That the Level Layout Would Work?

2min

Poison - What's the Pillars of Design?

2min

10.

Optimizing a Short Level in First Person Shooters

2min

11.

I Love That You Can Build Levels That Ask More of You Than Other Games Can Get Away With

2min

12.

Neon White

2min

13.

Neon White

3min

14.

Killer Seven

2min

15.

Killer Seven

2min

16.

Is This a New Word for You?

2min

17.

The Narrative of Your Career Comes From Your Audience

2min

18.

Video Games

2min

19.

The Cultural Politics of the Noun Freak

3min

20.

Are You Ready to Embrace Masks as Your Whole Kink for This Game?

2min

21.

Anime Leveling

2min

22.

Game Review

2min

23.

Is There a Comparison With Super Meat Boy?

2min

24.

Speedrunning Games - How to Get It Together

2min

25.

Are the Side Missions in the Steam Game Burning Out?

2min

26.

Is It Deep or Wide?

2min

27.

Is There a Leveling Ramp in Difficulty?

2min

28.

I'd Say It Gets Harder at the End of the Mission

2min

29.

I'm a Man. Is Everything Consistently Doable for Me?

2min

30.

Designing for the High End Speedrunning People?

2min

31.

Speedrunners

2min

32.

Game Review - Is There a Card Based Shooter?

3min

33.

Deck Building Game Review

2min

34.

Golden Eye on the N64

2min

35.

Helmode Level Rushes

2min

36.

Get Out of Jail Free

2min

37.

Donut County - The Music of the Game

2min

38.

The Arcane Kids Manifesto

3min

39.

Is Neon White the Most Arcane Kids Game Ever Made?

2min

40.

Are You Still Actively Working on Non-Commercial Games?

3min

41.

Video Games Are Just Fine, Just Make Good Games

2min

42.

House of a Thousand Snakes

2min

43.

Eggplant Show - The Secret Lives of Games

3min

Ben Esposito (Donut County, What Remains of Edith Finch) joins us to talk about his heavenly new card-powered, speedrunning FPS Neon White. We discuss making tight designs by keeping things loose, what a "career" of indie games feels like, and making games u wish 2 see on the Dreamcast.

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