
009: Getting Over It with Bennet Foddy + Enjoying Failure
03/06/23 • 41 min
Questions I ask myself this episode:
- What happens when you go extreme with difficulty?
- How essential are the quotations & taunting?
- How am I impacting the player's emotions?
- What did I develop this week?
- Game development books?
- What fields have good crossover with game design?
- What to do when I get stuck?
My first game, "Sut" is out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2638880/Sut/
Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/anxiousbuddhagames
Email me: anxiousbuddhagames(this sentence is to confuse bots@)gmail.com
Join our discord: https://discord.gg/GvYRtTQM9m
- Send me any feedback, suggestions, or questions! I'd love for us to build a strong, supportive, creative community.
Questions I ask myself this episode:
- What happens when you go extreme with difficulty?
- How essential are the quotations & taunting?
- How am I impacting the player's emotions?
- What did I develop this week?
- Game development books?
- What fields have good crossover with game design?
- What to do when I get stuck?
My first game, "Sut" is out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2638880/Sut/
Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/anxiousbuddhagames
Email me: anxiousbuddhagames(this sentence is to confuse bots@)gmail.com
Join our discord: https://discord.gg/GvYRtTQM9m
- Send me any feedback, suggestions, or questions! I'd love for us to build a strong, supportive, creative community.
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008: Nox + Distinctive Playstyles
Questions I ask myself this episode:
- Was there anything in Nox that I wish was in more games?
- What do I want to make, as a result of playing Nox?
- Are there any tiny tweaks I want to make to my current project, having thought about Nox?
- What did I develop this week?
- How is this podcast affecting my game development?
- What keeps me making things?
My first game, "Sut" is out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2638880/Sut/
Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/anxiousbuddhagames
Email me: anxiousbuddhagames(this sentence is to confuse bots@)gmail.com
Join our discord: https://discord.gg/GvYRtTQM9m
- Send me any feedback, suggestions, or questions! I'd love for us to build a strong, supportive, creative community.
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This episode, I discuss my childhood love of Warcraft III and ask: How can a game's design inspire the players to "get good?
My first game, "Sut" is out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2638880/Sut/
Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/anxiousbuddhagames
Email me: anxiousbuddhagames(this sentence is to confuse bots@)gmail.com
Join our discord: https://discord.gg/GvYRtTQM9m
- Send me any feedback, suggestions, or questions! I'd love for us to build a strong, supportive, creative community.
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