Today’s guest is Dayan Radisic, the lead developer at Stygian Software, the team behind the indie CRPG UnderRail. I’ve personally only played a handful of hours of the game so far, but it’s definitely the kind of game that’s in the “RPG Project” territory – it’s quite clearly super inspired by games like the original …
Hello again! This here is probably the most nitty gritty strategy game design podcast episode I’ve had on the show yet, which is made possible because I have a shared language and understanding with today’s guest. This guest, by the way, is none other than Brett Lowey, who has been on the podcast several times …
Skill Compensation, Randomness, and the lifespan of games with Brett Lowey Read More »
EDIT: We’ve made a significant change to the Caravan on 3/18, before it was actually launched – you now no longer permanently lose units during the campaign. Read all about the changes that went into version 1.20 here. Today marks the 1-month anniversary* of the launch of Gem Wizards Tactics! It has been QUITE …
Campaign Mode, and the Gem Wizards Tactics 1-Month Anniversary Read More »
If you listened to my last episode all the way to the end, you might’ve heard Justin Ma mention a game that he’s been playing recently that he thought was cool. That game, which he recommended and I ended up playing, was Quantum Protocol. Quantum Protocol is a one-player digital card game that isn’t a …
Interview with Jaron Kong, creator of Quantum Protocol Read More »
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking over the last few years about short arcs and long arcs in strategy game design. “Short arcs” would be referring to local, short term operations – so in a tactical game, this might mean “defeating THIS unit” or “making sure that unit doesn’t reach this area”, etc. Longer …
I’m super excited to announce that today, as of the latest patch (1.10) that Gem Wizards Tactics has a new mode: Derby’s Story. Since launch about two weeks ago, one of the common things I heard was something along these lines: “The tutorial is really easy and simple, but then the game throws you into …
