Fabio Del Rio, owner of CSE Games, discusses the ins and outs of sports themed games. We go into mechanics, marketability, licensing, challenges, success stories, and more.
Fabio has been publishing sports games for over a decade and brings a lot of wisdom and insight to the episode.
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Daniel Aronson, professional graphic designer and game designer, discusses the importance of being intentional with all the graphic design in your game. We talk fonts, color choices, layouts, branding, and more in this information full episode.
Daniel is the designer of “El Dorado,” which just launched on Kickstarter. Check it out here.
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Lance Myxter, the Undead Viking, talks about game reviews from a lot of different angles. Lance has done over 1000 reviews and offers a lot of insight on the different ins and outs of the review world.
He does a ton of videos for Kickstarter games and gives some great advice for anyone wanting to travel down that road as well.
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Marshall Britt, owner of Yanaguana Games, talks about all the mistakes he’s made and lessons he’s learned as a small game publisher.
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Hermann Luttmann, designer of Dawn of the Zeds, talks about how to design a solo game.
Hermann has created numerous games meant for only one player and offers a ton of interesting insight on how to craft the solitaire experience.
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Denny Weston, designer of Kingdoms Lawn Game, discusses the ins, outs, and challenges of creating a game meant to be played in the great outdoors.
And check out the Kingdoms Lawn Game Kickstarter here.
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James Hudson, owner of Druid City Games, talks about how to create a game that families love to play.
James works full time in the gaming industry, and his company focuses specifically on family games. We talk about what makes a game appealing to families and how to get noticed on Kickstarter.
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Daryl Andrews, designer of Sagrada, discusses how to work on a bunch of designs at the same time.
Daryl has designed around 100 games that are either in stores, in production, or have been signed and are waiting to move forward, so he has a TON of knowledge on the subject.
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Gin Yu and Alex Hall, filmmakers with Gin and Tonic Films, discuss their new web series Getting on Board.
Gin and Alex have been interviewing and following game designers around for a while and filming their different processes.
I had a ton of fun with this episode, and I think you’ll get a kick out of it as well.
Find them on Facebook here. And Twitter here.
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Seth Jaffee, designer of Eminent Domain, discusses how to tackle that last 10% of game design that takes a game from merely good to that next level of great.
And be sure to check out the BGDL inspired t-shirt project over at IndieGoGo. Shirts are only available for a very limited time.
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