Category: More Great Talks About Games
Inspired by Zach Gage’s tumblr page “Great Talks about Games”, these are talks about games that I learned a lot from.
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Reviving Paradise: The Art and Philosophy Behind Terra Nil’s ‘Reverse City Builder’ Journey
One of the coolest conferences I saw at Game Camp was about the art process behind the “reverse city builder” game Terra Nil, given by the tech artist Jonathan H. from the South African studio FreeLives. In this game, you first bring life and nature to a desolate planet, and then remove all the mechanical…
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Dave the Diver’s Early Access Strategy: Lessons from Jaeho Hwang at Gamecamp
What’s Dave the Diver’s Early Access secret? Dave the Diver is one of break-out hits from 2023. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s a surprising mix of mechanics – fishing/collecting during the day and running a restaurant at night, all with a pixel-art aesthetic. So I was very happy to check out Jaeho Hwang…
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Exploring Game Design Values: Insights from Nikhil Murthy at ADDON
This is one my favorite talks from ADDON! Nikhil Murthy examines implicit messages that frame game designs in a bunch of different genres, including farming and exploration games. It’s a fascinating subject, and I love thinking about what values a certain game design expresses, and how highlighting alternative values would change those designs. At some…
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Seven Years in Alpha: The Thumper Postmortem
A real “indie” spirit runs through this story of 7 years of game development, some part-time, some full-time. Marc shows the demos along the way that so that you see the major departures. It’s inspiring to see how they moved from an ugly grid based world to this beautiful haunting wonderland. Especially when he explains…