#296 Listener Questions

Dirk and David gather for another round of listener questions! They answer how to balance mechanical options and variety in a game, trends in how genres are under- or over-utilized, and the impact of live streaming on designing and marketing a game. Topics include the evolution of Legend of the Five Rings, the gameplay loops of extraction shooters and battle royales, and polarizing opinions on the idle/clicker genre.

Episode Outline

0:00 Beginning of Show

0:58 End of Intro

1:52 How do you balance the number of available mechanics?

10:11 Creating unintended problems by fixing others

19:12 Are there types of games that are under or over explored?

27:47 How does the influence of VoD or Live Streaming affect game design and marketing?

42:37 What are your favorite bad games?

52:49 Outro

53:43 End of Show

In this Episode

David V. Heron - @davidvheron
Dirk Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer