Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

77: Learning to Let Go with GoodbyeWorld Games (Before Your Eyes)

Aug 27, 2021

01:19:00

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The Moment of Closing Your Eyes to Causett Is Really Powerful

05:15

How Do You Make It Good Frustrating?

05:44

Is There a Game Where You Don't Have Choices?

02:44

Introduction

2min

Indie Projects

5min

Little Bug - A Very Cool Game That's Great for Solo Devs

3min

The Blink, Isn't It?

2min

Bella

5min

The Moment of Closing Your Eyes to Causett Is Really Powerful

5min

The Input Detection Issues in Motion Control Games

2min

How Do You Make It Good Frustrating?

6min

The Blinking Mechanic

5min

10.

The Great Divorce by Cs Lewis

3min

11.

A Life Cut Short Too Soon

5min

12.

Cry, but It's a Birtferlier?

3min

13.

Play Tests on Emotional Scenes

4min

14.

Is There a Game Where You Don't Have Choices?

3min

15.

Is There a Game Like This That Is Going to End Soon?

4min

16.

The Choices of a Performance?

5min

17.

Beyond Your Eyes - Music and Audio

4min

18.

Is It a Composer or an Artist?

4min

19.

Can You Still Succeed at That Rehearsal?

4min

20.

I Think Controllers and Keyboards Are Under Us

3min

Graham Parkes and Bela Messex of GoodbyeWorld Games join us to discuss their beautiful, blink-controlled adventure through the afterlife, Before Your Eyes. We discuss the benefits of disempowerment, working off faith in technology, and teaching players to let go.

Show notes:

Walter Murch's In the Blink of An Eye

Death of a Salesman

C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce

Where You Are short film