Game Dev Field Guide

In this episode Zackavelli talks the fundamental theory of Bartle's player types.

Skip to Body of Episode: 7:11

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Ep. 040 Bartle's Player Types

In this episode Zackavelli talks about what emergent gameplay is and how you might bring it about in your games. Lots of good game stories in this one!

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Ep 042. Emergent Game Design

In this episode Zackavelli talks about how to make sure your game is easy to pick up and play.

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Ep. 043 Making Approachable Games

In this episode Zackavelli talks about how to classify health systems, and identify a few mechanics that make them interesting.

Skip to Body of Episode: 7:10

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Ep. 045 Health System Overview

In this episode Zackavelli goes deep on core game loops, their function and definitions, and give good examples from popular games.

Skip to Body of Episode: 4:53

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Ep. 048 Core Game Loops Deep Dive

In this episode Zackavelli talks about tips for not getting stuck in a perpetual loop of half finished games.

Skip to Body of Episode: 4:19

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Ep. 049 How To Finish Gamedev Projects

In this episode Zackavelli talks about tips for how to use sound effects, and also how to make them for your games.

Skip to Body of Episode: 6:31

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Ep. 050 Sound Effects For Video Games

In this episode Zackavelli talks about some good "bang for your buck" polish tips.

Skip to Body of Episode: 6:05

TotalBiscut on FOV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPDq_qvsKUA

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Ep. 052 Polish Part II: High Value Polish

In this episode Zackavelli talks about strategies for making your game more replayable

Skip to Body of Episode: 5:20

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Ep. 053 Designing Replayability

In this episode Zackavelli breaks down an academic paper about game design.

Read the paper for yourself: https://users.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/MDA.pdf

Skip to Body of Episode: 5:30

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Ep. 054 MDA Game Design Framework

In this episode Zackavelli talks about the advantages of focusing on art first during game development.

Skip to Body of Episode: 5:34

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Ep. 059 Art Driven Game Development

In this episode Zackavelli breaks down the Metroidvania genre.

Skip to Body of Episode: 4:45

Mertroid Dread Video by Mark Brown:
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Ep. 061 Genre Study: Metroidvania

In this episode Zackavelli talks about quest design and the spectrum of styles it comes in.

Skip to Body of Episode: 5:17

Oblivion Whodunit Quest:
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Ep. 062 Quest Design

In this episode Zackavelli talks about both the artistic and technical sides of lighting in video games.

Skip to Body of Episode: 6:45

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Ep. 063 Lighting For Video Games

In this episode Zackavelli talks about camera perspectives and the importance of smooth camera motion in video games.

Skip to Body of Episode: 6:24

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Ep. 067 Camera Tips For Video 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 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 managing motivation as a project resource, similar to money or time.

Skip to Body of Episode: 7:23

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Ep. 091 Managing Motivation For Game Dev

In this episode Zackavelli talks about the 3C's Game Design Framework

Skip to Body of Episode: 6:15

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Ep. 095 3C's Game Design Framework

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Game Dev Field Guide

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