Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games 87: Fighting Words with Everybody House Games (Babble Royale)
Jan 14, 2022
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
How to Introduce Yourself to Babble Rail
02:25 • 2min
How to Make a Scrabble Game
03:56 • 5min
The Beginner's Guide to the Game
09:15 • 2min
How to Play a Game Without a Tutorial
11:25 • 2min
The Importance of Playing Scrabble
13:17 • 2min
The Dark Souls of Word Games
14:52 • 3min
The Evolution of Scrabble
17:23 • 2min
Apple Rail: A Game Design Decision
19:20 • 2min
The Evolution of Battle Royale
21:01 • 2min
Battle Royale: The Power of Flavor
23:31 • 2min
The Evolution of Battle Royale
25:09 • 3min
How to Play a Tutorial, Pay DLC, and Save Time
28:00 • 2min
How to Make a Game That Lives Up to the Name
30:05 • 3min
The Importance of Texture in Word Games
32:48 • 2min
The Wildness of Language
34:29 • 4min
The Importance of Choosing a Dictionary
38:03 • 2min
The Disagreement With Wordnik
39:34 • 2min
The Importance of Word Games
41:26 • 3min
The Importance of Short Rounds
44:07 • 3min
The Tension Between Input Complexity and Language
46:57 • 2min
The Tension of Complex Mechanical Inputs
49:12 • 4min
Babel: A Game About the English Language
53:05 • 2min
The Importance of Playing Words
54:46 • 2min
The Art of Language Dissociated From Meaning
56:22 • 2min
The Magic of Language
58:20 • 2min
The Importance of Language in Fantasy Games
01:00:28 • 2min
How to Debunk Elegance
01:02:11 • 2min
How to Prototype Beble Rail in JavaScript
01:04:10 • 2min
How to Be an Aggressive Player in Battle Royale
01:05:58 • 2min
How to Make an ELO for a 16-Player Game
01:07:53 • 3min
How to Make a Game That Succeeds
01:10:40 • 2min
The Meta of the Game
01:12:50 • 2min
Mercury Prime: The Future of MMA
01:14:42 • 2min
How James and I Worked on Everybody House Games
01:16:13 • 2min
The Importance of Collaboration
01:17:52 • 2min
The Core Differences Between James and Frank
01:19:42 • 2min
How to Play Invisible Link
01:21:22 • 2min
How to Dub a Shandelier
01:23:10 • 2min
Fancy Light Fixture in a Rich Person's Lobby
01:24:41 • 2min
The Taste of a Werther's Original
01:26:18 • 2min
What Is the Flavor of a Werther's Original?
01:27:51 • 2min
How to Say a Word Without Saying the Word
01:29:24 • 2min
The Taste of Light Orange Pudding
01:31:03 • 2min
How to Describe a Non Religious Institution
01:32:33 • 2min
The Importance of Doubting
01:34:09 • 3min
How to Text and Call Your Dad
01:37:04 • 2min
How Tall Does Frank Think the Empire State Building?
01:38:57 • 3min