Episode 7: Experience & Replayability. With Scott Lewis

 

Contact Information

Jon Shafer – @JonShaferDesign, www.JonShaferOnDesign.com, Jon.Shafer@Comcast.net

Dirk Knemeyer – @DKnemeyer

Scott Lewis – @DeftMunky

 

Episode Outline

• 0:00:55 – Housekeeping

• 0:03:20 – What Are Experience Games?
• 0:08:55 – Is Replayability Always Better?
• 0:13:15 – Making Replayable Games Less Bland
• 0:15:10 – Hardcore VS Casual
• 0:23:45 – Are Experience Games Harder to Design?
• 0:32:40 – What Games Have Done Both?
• 0:41:45 – Why Do We Play Games?
• 0:49:50 – The Impact of Multiplayer and AI
• 0:54:25 – Roguelikes
• 1:00:15 – Can a Game be Infinitely Replayable?

Our Games

• 0:26:15 – Civilization 5: Gods & Kings (Firaxis)

Digital Games Discussed

• 0:33:15 – FTL (Subset Games)
• 0:34:25 – Spelunky (Derek Yu)
• 0:39:55 – Shiren the Wanderer (ChunSoft)
• 0:45:15 – Hotline Miami (Dennaton Games)
• 0:50:10 – Company of Heroes (Relic)
• 0:55:55 – Nethack (These Folks)
• 1:00:40 – Solium Infernum (Vic Davis / Cryptic Comet)