Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

81: Scaling and Scoping with Asher Vollmer (Beast Breaker)

Oct 22, 2021

01:14:04

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What's the Fantasy of a Shield?

01:22

How Big or Small Should These Numbers Be?

04:54

Was There Ever a Sense of Balancing?

05:45

Introduction

2min

Vodios Debu Game, Blast Breaker

6min

What's the Fantasy of a Shield?

1min

How Big or Small Should These Numbers Be?

5min

Scale Matters a Lot

5min

The Monstrosity Game Review

3min

Was There Ever a Sense of Balancing?

6min

Is There a Sequence of Scales?

5min

Vovotio Games - What's Your Philosophy?

5min

10.

Game Development

3min

11.

Are You Prototyping With a Full Team?

3min

12.

Getting Star Wars: The Next Generation Game?

5min

13.

The Man Carracter and the Story Telling

4min

14.

The Four Abilities on a Keyhord Rit?

5min

15.

A Bouncing Bouncing Game, a Bouncing Bouncer?

5min

16.

Game Design - Space Maps

5min

17.

Game Development - A Voice Mill From Jamie Aa Matron Boy

6min

18.

The Egg Plant Show - GG Plant Show on Twitter.

2min

We're joined by Asher Vollmer (Threes) to discuss the mouse-bouncing adventure Beast Breaker, the debut game from his studio Vodeo Games. We discuss the perils of overscoping, scaling up (and back down), and building a studio ethos.

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