Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

87: Fighting Words with Everybody House Games (Babble Royale)

Jan 14, 2022

01:42:28

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

How to Introduce Yourself to Babble Rail

2min

How to Make a Scrabble Game

5min

The Beginner's Guide to the Game

2min

How to Play a Game Without a Tutorial

2min

The Importance of Playing Scrabble

2min

The Dark Souls of Word Games

3min

The Evolution of Scrabble

2min

Apple Rail: A Game Design Decision

2min

10.

The Evolution of Battle Royale

2min

11.

Battle Royale: The Power of Flavor

2min

12.

The Evolution of Battle Royale

3min

13.

How to Play a Tutorial, Pay DLC, and Save Time

2min

14.

How to Make a Game That Lives Up to the Name

3min

15.

The Importance of Texture in Word Games

2min

16.

The Wildness of Language

4min

17.

The Importance of Choosing a Dictionary

2min

18.

The Disagreement With Wordnik

2min

19.

The Importance of Word Games

3min

20.

The Importance of Short Rounds

3min

21.

The Tension Between Input Complexity and Language

2min

22.

The Tension of Complex Mechanical Inputs

4min

23.

Babel: A Game About the English Language

2min

24.

The Importance of Playing Words

2min

25.

The Art of Language Dissociated From Meaning

2min

26.

The Magic of Language

2min

27.

The Importance of Language in Fantasy Games

2min

28.

How to Debunk Elegance

2min

29.

How to Prototype Beble Rail in JavaScript

2min

30.

How to Be an Aggressive Player in Battle Royale

2min

31.

How to Make an ELO for a 16-Player Game

3min

32.

How to Make a Game That Succeeds

2min

33.

The Meta of the Game

2min

34.

Mercury Prime: The Future of MMA

2min

35.

How James and I Worked on Everybody House Games

2min

36.

The Importance of Collaboration

2min

37.

The Core Differences Between James and Frank

2min

38.

How to Play Invisible Link

2min

39.

How to Dub a Shandelier

2min

40.

Fancy Light Fixture in a Rich Person's Lobby

2min

41.

The Taste of a Werther's Original

2min

42.

What Is the Flavor of a Werther's Original?

2min

43.

How to Say a Word Without Saying the Word

2min

44.

The Taste of Light Orange Pudding

2min

45.

How to Describe a Non Religious Institution

2min

46.

The Importance of Doubting

3min

47.

How to Text and Call Your Dad

2min

48.

How Tall Does Frank Think the Empire State Building?

3min

Frank and James Lantz of Everybody House Games join us to discuss their tactical word-slinging free-for-all, Babble Royale. We discuss the built-in texture of language, reconsidering elegance, and why not: we phone a few friends for some live rounds of Hey Robot.

Show notes:

Frank Lantz

James Lantz

Everybody House Games

Hey Robot

Babble Royale

Babble Royale beginner's guide

Babble Royale advanced guide