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Back to SearchEpisode 246 - Making Good Financial Decisions as a Game Designer
Episode 371
Recorded at Metatopia 2019
Presented by Heather O'Neill, Tim Rodriguez, Jennifer Graham-Macht.
You are an individual using your hard earned money to invest in your game project. Do you self-publish, …
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
Episode 245 - Selling Games into Mass vs. Specialty Retail
Episode 370
Recorded at Metatopia 2019
Presented by Brian Turtle, Peter Hayward, Avonelle Wing.
I fell into games almost by accident back in 1994 when some friends and I created a game called "The Six Degrees of…
Published on 5 years, 10 months ago
Episode 244 - Creating Safety Tools
Episode 369
Recorded at Metatopia 2019
Presented by Kate Bullock, Camdon Wright, Bronwyn Sperling.
Want to learn how to create safety tools that fit your game and are baked into the mechanics instead of just add…
Published on 5 years, 10 months ago
Episode 243 - Responsible Research
Episode 368
Recorded at Metatopia 2019
Presented by Jason Pitre, Misha Bushyager, James Mendez Hodes.
Some of the best games deal with heavy topics and challenging subject matter. Creators who look to design or …
Published on 5 years, 10 months ago
Episode 242 - On Failure
Episode 367
Recorded at Metatopia 2019
Presented by Jason Morningstar, Jacqueline Bryk and Alastor Guzman.
Failure is baked into any creative discipline, but we rarely discuss it. In this panel we'll discuss ou…
Published on 5 years, 10 months ago
Episode 241 - Nostalgia as a Genre
Episode 366
Recorded at Metatopia 2019
Presented by Shoshanna Kessock, Brian Neff, Doug Levandowski, and Sean Jaffe.
Echoes of the late 20th century are all around us in 2019, especially in pop culture and media…
Published on 5 years, 10 months ago
Episode 240 - Distribution and Fulfillment
Episode 365
Recorded at Metatopia 2019
Presented by Jason Walters, Mark Diaz Truman, Brennan Taylor, and Christopher Tang.
Distribution And Fulfillment presented by Jason Walters, Mark Diaz Truman, Brennan Tylor…
Published on 5 years, 11 months ago
Episode 239 - Honing your Game Pitch
Episode 364
Recorded at Metatopia 2018
Presented by Jim McClure, Kenneth Hite, Cat Tobin.
This panel is designed to help you establish the best way to present your game to consumers. From Elevator pitches, to f…
Published on 5 years, 11 months ago
Episode 238 - Xenobiology and Speculative Zoology
Episode 363
Recorded at Metatopia 2018
Presented by Jason Pitre, Rob Donoghue, Darren Watts and Joshua A.C. Newman.
Alien Worlds - Xenobiology and Speculative Zoology. Fictional alien biology and ecosystems are…
Published on 5 years, 11 months ago
Episode 237 - The Transitive Power of Myth
Episode 362
Recorded at Metatopia 2018
Presented by Kenneth Hite
In this year's installment of "Ken Thinks About Stuff Out Loud", I look at the structural patterns of mythology. Are there actually structures of …
Published on 5 years, 11 months ago