Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

12: Into the Breach with Jay Ma

Feb 14, 2019
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
How Did You Get Into Game Design?
02:31 • 2min
3
How to Build a Product in 2K Games
04:04 • 2min
4
Into the Breach - What's the Elevator Pitch?
05:45 • 2min
5
Into the Breach - The Final Game
07:37 • 2min
6
Into the Breach - A Game Design Response to FTL?
09:52 • 2min
7
Final Fantasy 10 - The Time Bar
11:33 • 2min
8
What Are Your Thoughts About Technical Strategy Games?
13:24 • 2min
9
The Beginning Is as Intense as It Is
15:16 • 2min
10
Final Fantasy 10 - How Did That Happen?
17:12 • 3min
11
Fire Emblem AI
20:05 • 2min
12
Is the AI Dumb in FTL?
22:09 • 4min
13
Is There a Weapon Slot for Each Mech?
25:53 • 2min
14
Into the Breach Is a Run Based Game and It's a Great Way to Get Better at It
28:00 • 3min
15
What's the Watershed Moment in the Game?
31:02 • 2min
16
Metagame
32:52 • 2min
17
Time Traveler - The Last Rest of That System
34:57 • 2min
18
Game Designer - Was It Always Persistent Between Runs?
36:36 • 2min
19
Game Design - Waypoint by Danielle Riendo
38:28 • 2min
20
Is the EMT Game a Good Game or a Bad Game?
40:18 • 2min
21
Steam Review - Is Steam Too Random?
42:14 • 2min
22
The High Level Design of the Ghost in Spelunky
43:44 • 3min
23
Randomness in FTL Versus FTL
46:47 • 2min
24
FTL - How Do You Approach the Difficulty Modes in Your Game?
49:03 • 2min
25
Easy to FTL in an Update?
51:23 • 2min
26
How to Build a Difficult Mode in a Game
52:57 • 3min
27
The Difficulty in End of the Breach
55:37 • 2min
28
How Do We Make Them Work in Into the Breach?
57:27 • 2min
29
Do You Consider Multiplayer for FTL or Into the Breach?
59:12 • 2min
30
The UI Was the Most Work in the Whole Game
01:01:17 • 2min
31
Game Design - The Ui and the UI
01:02:49 • 2min
32
Gameplay - Animated Tool Tips
01:04:53 • 2min
33
How Did You Come Up With the Restrained Undo?
01:06:27 • 2min
34
The Ability to Undo a Turn
01:08:36 • 3min
35
How to Undo a Turn in a Sudoku Game
01:11:06 • 2min
36
The Story of Time Travel in the Game of Warcraft
01:12:48 • 2min
37
The Last Jedi Run - The Last Jetpack Game Review
01:14:39 • 3min
38
Playing the Jungle Bees Level 2 - Death of a Bee
01:17:21 • 2min
39
The Jetpack Is a Great Seed for Killing Shopkeepers
01:19:44 • 2min
40
Apple Curators and Editors Are a Good Pick for a Game of the Week
01:22:09 • 2min
41
Into the Breach - A Good Wreck Um Andy
01:24:20 • 3min
42
Game of the Earpicks - Is There an Expansion?
01:26:56 • 2min
43
Sub-Set Games - What's Your Favorite Game?
01:29:14 • 3min