Designer Notes 72: Harvey Smith

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

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I'm Just Ground Up the Quarters for Arcade Game

02:04 • 2min

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Atari 2600 Cartridge Adventure by Warren Robinette

04:08 • 2min

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D&D - The Biggest Influence on My Life

05:52 • 2min

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ADD Distraction Anxiety

08:00 • 3min

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Is There a Moment for Level Designers Who Work in Immersive Sims?

10:42 • 4min

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Early Gamer's Anecdote

14:27 • 2min

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Game Designers Think That's a Bad Idea

16:46 • 1min

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Sleeping Better

18:15 • 2min

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I Was a Chemical Plant Worker and I Was Like a Barber and I Would Take Anything

20:25 • 5min

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How to Get a Game Designer Job

25:10 • 2min

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Did You Just Bumble Into It?

27:08 • 3min

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I'm a TDA Technical Design Assistant

30:02 • 2min

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The Three Things Are Killing Us Right Now

32:20 • 2min

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QA in the 80s

33:54 • 4min

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I Was a Tester and I Was an Associate Producer

38:22 • 2min

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Deus Ex: The First RTS Game I've Played

40:23 • 1min

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Deus Ex Half-Life One System Stolen

41:44 • 5min

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Deus Ex - What Was It All About?

46:37 • 3min

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Deus Ex - How to Motivate a Team

49:15 • 4min

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Strategy Games

53:00 • 4min

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Level Design Immersive Sims

56:54 • 3min

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Deus Ex Levels

59:41 • 6min

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How Many People Played Dishonored Without Killing Anyone?

01:05:34 • 5min

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Getting Too Philosophical About a Game

01:10:20 • 3min

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Level Design - The Simplest Dumbest Thing in the World

01:13:21 • 3min

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How Much Is Necessary for the Players to Have Fun?

01:16:20 • 2min

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Mudlark in Dishonor

01:18:14 • 1min

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How Do You Know if You're a Billionaire?

01:19:37 • 4min

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Game Development Tools Can Change Your Game

01:23:16 • 3min

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Is Your UI Invisible?

01:26:04 • 3min

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Deus Ex - The First Mission

01:28:41 • 2min

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How Many People Do You Have?

01:30:54 • 2min

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Level Designers Are Empowered, Right?

01:32:31 • 3min

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The Second Half of Dishonored

01:35:09 • 2min

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How to Make a Multi Platform Game Work for All Platforms

01:36:55 • 2min

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Deus Ex - A Great Challenge, Right?

01:38:42 • 4min

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A Game Based on the Movie Heat by Michael Man - Uh, You Steal From the Future to Pay the Present

01:42:42 • 2min

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Arkane - What Was Your Goal the Project Like?

01:44:35 • 3min

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The Dark Messiah - A Game of Thieves

01:47:46 • 4min

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Is There a Better Way to Play the Game With a Sword and Blink?

01:51:58 • 3min

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The Heart of the Empress

01:55:21 • 2min

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The Heart of Dishonor 2 - A Game Design Trick

01:57:42 • 2min

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Arcane - Is That Too Heavy-Handed?

01:59:22 • 2min

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How Do You Approach This Type of Brand Chain in a Game?

02:01:32 • 3min

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Dishonored to - The Heart Again

02:04:13 • 5min

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Deus X2 - Text to Speech

02:09:06 • 2min

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Redfall Is a Pandemic Game

02:10:43 • 3min

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Video Games and the Pandemic and It's Cool

02:13:39 • 2min

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You Know, I Don't Have a Degree

02:15:29 • 4min

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Um, I'm High Right Now Because I Love Games

02:19:45 • 4min

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I'm a Writer and Editor and I've Been Around the Block a Few Times and I Was Like, I Never Said That

02:23:26 • 4min

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You Make It Up as You Go Along Yeah Yeah, Yeah, You're a Programmer.

02:27:26 • 4min

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The Importance of Getting Feedback From the Audience

02:31:34 • 6min

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I'm Coming in on the Beginning of a Story Um, Yeah, Cool.

02:37:20 • 2min