Episode 291- Game Development with Jamey Stegmaier

Publisher, designer, and friend Jamey Stegmaier returns to the podcast, this time for a chat about game development. Come for solid advice and analysis, stay for insightful stories about specific Stonemaier and GameHead games!

Time Stamps 4:30- design vs development 20:45- tools of development 34:30- development and personal taste 41:00- possible pitfalls 53:15- crediting developers 1:06:00- using data 1:12:15- developing Stonemaier games 1:19:45- expansion development 1:25:30- when is a game "finished"?

Preplanners

Next week is an interview with a LEGENDARY designer!

Music and Sound Credits

Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s

You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.

Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA

Intermission Music: music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

hammer v2.wav by blukotek -- https://freesound.org/s/337815/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Contact

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Episode 290- The Beauty of Games with Frank Lantz

Brendan chats in this episode with game designer and professor Frank Lantz. They talk about his book The Beauty of Games and also dig into taste, expression, depth and donkey space.

https://www.franklantz.net/

https://franklantz.substack.com/

Time Stamps 1:50- games as an aesthetic form 13:00- games as a search for truth 25:30- about taste 33:45- expressive play and donkey space 54:00- insights and meaning from games 1:02:00- what is depth?

Preplanners

Next week we talk about game development with Jamey Stegmaier.

Music and Sound Credits

Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s

You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.

Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA

Intermission Music: music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

hammer v2.wav by blukotek -- https://freesound.org/s/337815/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Contact

Follow and reach us on social media on Bluesky @decisionspace.bsky.social.

If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com.

This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com.

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Episode 289- Shinzawathon

Pete and Paul create a tier list for every game designed by Taiki Shinzawa. They are joined by trick-taking expert Taylor Reiner, which is good because one of these games has only one total rating on BGG and it is from Taylor himself. That's how serious this guy is.

Time Stamps 18:00- early games 20:15- Maskmen 26:30- Charms 34:30- Luz 40:15- 9 Lives 44:30- Players Play 47:25- Ghosts of Christmas 49:00- Inflation! 52:15- American Bookshop 57:00- Cinderella's Dance 59:00- Planet etuC 1:01:00- Trick to the Future 1:07:00- Big Top 1:13:00- Combo Trax 1:14:15- Pin Combi Trio 1:16:30- Fives 1:21:00- Shihou Dealer 1:22:00- No Loose Ends 1:27:45- 6 Forces 1:29:30- Quattro Trick-Taking 1:32:00- Quashars 1:34:00- Dodicitre 1:35:30- Can't Win 1:42:40- Octopus Order

Preplanners

Next week is a interview with NYU's Frank Lantz, the guy who coined the phrase "Donkey Space"!

Music and Sound Credits

Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s

You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.

Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA

Intermission Music: music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

hammer v2.wav by blukotek -- https://freesound.org/s/337815/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

Contact

Follow and reach us on social media on Bluesky @decisionspace.bsky.social.

If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com.

This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com.

Byeee!