Game Dev Field Guide

In this episode Zackavelli gives 5 practical things that you can start doing to improve your visual effects.

Skip to Body of Episode: 7:45

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Ep. 068 5 Tips For Better VFX

In this episode Zackavelli talks about coming up with game ideas that can be financially successful by doing market research.

Skip to Body of Episode: 12:56

How to market a game blog:
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Ep. 069 Market Research (Game Ideas That Sell)

In this episode Zackavelli talks about his journey getting a job in games and tips for getting your own job in games.

Skip to Body of Episode: 7:24

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Ep. 070 Tips For Making Gamedev Your Career

In this episode Zackavelli talks about basic fundamental cheat prevention strategies and about weather or not they are even worth it.

Skip to Body of Episode: 4:10

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Ep 071. Cheat Prevention For Indie Games

In this episode Zackavelli talks about text and image genrating ai tools and how he is using them in his gamedev toolkit right now.

Skip to Body of Episode: 5:33

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Ep 072. AI Tools For Gamedevs

In this episode Zackavelli talks about the nebulous topic of giving a game heart and soul, and identifies a few contributing factors.

Skip to Body of Episode: 3:48

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Ep. 073 Finding The Heart And Soul Of A Game

In this episode Zackavelli talks about tips for turning a bad game around. Sonner or later, your gonna need these tips...

Skip to Body of Episode: 8:59

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Ep. 074 Tips For Turning A Bad Game Around

In this episode Zackavelli gives you a look behind the scenes at how much indie games really make.

Market Research Website:
https://gamalytic.com/steam-analytics

Skip to Body of Episode: 7:05

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Ep. 075 The Money Side Of Indie Game Dev

In this episode Zackavelli talks about the strengths and weaknesses of the survival game genre

Skip to Body of Episode: 6:45

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Ep. 076 Genre Study: Survival Games

In this episode Zackavelli talks about horde modes popular around ~2010 and why Diablo 2 has the best item progression and rarity of all time.

Skip to Body of Episode: 5:40

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Ep. 077 Quick Tips IX: Horde Modes And Rarity Systems

In this episode Zackavelli talks about an experimental design method called Core Skill Tuning

Skip to Body of Episode: 8:47

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Ep. 079 Core Skill Tuning

In this episode Zackavelli talks about practical tips for implementing dialogue and voice acting in your games.

Skip to Body of Episode: 7:40

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Ep. 080 Dialogue And Voice Tips

In this episode Zackavelli talks about what tutorial hell is, how you likely got there, and how to get out.

Skip to Body of Episode: 6:28

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Ep. 081 Escaping Tutorial Hell

In this episode Zackavelli talks about the state of the games industry and why we may be going through a paradigm shift.

Skip to Body of Episode: 13:13

Extremism in games article:
https://thatparkplace.com/u-s-government-funded-organization-take-this-encourages-game-developers-to-denounce-gamers-who-are-being-harassed-by-sweet-baby-inc/

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Ep. 082 Current Events: State Of The Games Industry

In this episode Zackavelli talks about how to identify little things that go a long way.

Skip to Body of Episode: 6:12

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Ep. 083 Little Things That Go A Long Way

In this episode Zackavelli talks about how to recognize and avoid design traps.

Game Makers Toolkit Balatro Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk3S3o1qOHo&t=315s

Skip to Body of Episode: 10:25

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Ep. 084 Design Trap Identification

In this episode Zackavelli talks about how to recognize and avoid design traps.

Star Wars Galaxies Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz9Ohl1MqmQ

Skip to Body of Episode: 11:02

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Ep. 085 Genre Study: MMO

In this episode Zackavelli talks about how to build and optimize your content workflow.

Skip to Body of Episode: 8:20

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Ep. 086 Optimizing Content Workflow

In this episode Zackavelli talks about reusing game environments and plays buff debuff.

Skip to Body of Episode: 5:29

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Ep. 087 Quick Tips X: Reusing Environments, Buff Debuff Extended

In this episode Zackavelli talks about negotiating your design ideas with others.

Skip to Body of Episode: 5:01

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Game Dev Field Guide

Giancarlo Todone