096: The Goal Dilemma
10/28/24 • 28 min
Game:
- Games without goals
- How games present goals
- Challenges, exploration, invitations
Develop:
- Creating things
- Music, Game Dev, and Writing
- Coding feels like improvisation
- Not having a goal
Repeat:
- What size of goal is useful for you?
- Are there times when you benefit from not having a goal?
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.
Game:
- Games without goals
- How games present goals
- Challenges, exploration, invitations
Develop:
- Creating things
- Music, Game Dev, and Writing
- Coding feels like improvisation
- Not having a goal
Repeat:
- What size of goal is useful for you?
- Are there times when you benefit from not having a goal?
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.
Previous Episode
095: On Competitive Games
Game:
- Warcraft III ranked
- Climbing the ladder
- Blizzard's affinity for competitive games
Develop:
- Pro-competitive design
- Marketplace competition
- Skill development and rankings
- Rankings are not the full picture
Repeat:
- Do you like competitive games? Favorite?
- Do you find competition useful?
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.
Next Episode
097: Default Hotkeys and You
Game:
- Unplayable default hotkeys
- Mechwarrior 2 and 3
- Warcraft III hotkey optimization
- Gothic hotkey engineering
- Dustforce, Celeste
- The "First letter" hotkey scheme
Develop:
- Default responses to challenges
- Bashing my head against walls vs learning tools
- Key rebinding and therapy
Repeat:
- What is your default response to overwhelming challenges?
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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