Episode 58 is HERE, with the incredibly awesome and prolific board (and video) game designer Tim Fowers! This was, in many ways, a model episode of the Clockwork Game Design Podcast, because we hit so many different (but relevant) topics involving the process of game design. Yay! Here’s a few key items: Conventions/conferences – which […]
I’ve been talking for awhile about giving my show an upgrade. This episode, which is number 52, represents the first significant step in that direction. I spent more time working on this episode, developing segments, working on audio and various other features, than I have on any previous episode. I hope that it shows, and
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Hey everyone! I have a new podcast episode up. I wish it was a little bit more organized; I might write an article later on that presents these ideas in a more coherent and organized way, but with that out of the way, I have a lot of things to say about a certain kind
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I’ve got a new podcast episode! This one is, I think, more technical, systems-design oriented, with some bigger questions involved. I mostly wanted to share my thought process about where Escape the Omnochronom! is now, where I imagine it going, and how I feel about it. I’m often conflicted about how much I should keep
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Hey everyone! Welcome to Episode 46 of the podcast. This episode talks about what it means when a game uses “management” as its basic functionality. It also talks about “decisions” and whether those are really what we’re after in strategy game design. I also propose a new vision of what it could be like for
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In this episode, I struggle with, and mostly reject, a lot of the formalist ideas I previously held about art. Art – whether it’s games, music, movies, or anything else – is largely about connecting with other people. When you like something, it’s largely because of a lot of subconscious processes that are largely informed
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