Episode 36 - Aaron Clark, co-founder Glovebox Games, creators of Beard Blade

05/23/22 • 64 min

In this episode I speak with Aaron Clark, co-founder of Glovebox Games, creators of Beard Blade Start - 3:45 - Intro 3:45 - 10:30 - Aaron answers how and why they landed on a magical beard wielding protagonist named Branson 10:30 - 18:15 - I ask Aaron about the current climate of educational games 18:15 - 30:25 - We talk about how Aaron got into making games, and what kind of advice he can share based on his experience 30:25 - 51:30 - We talk about Aarons favorite game, Super Mario World, and why. We then float through a bunch of other games that Aaron enjoyed and I ask about whether he ever played any of the SNES Capcom games due to his art reminding me of their fantastic designs 51:30 - 54:30 - We talk about what makes gaming enjoyable to Aaron 54:30 - 1:01:00 - We talk about what Aaron enjoys doing outside of playing and making games 1:01:00 - End - Wrap Up Check Beard Blade out on their Steam page at https://store.steampowered.com/app/1546940/Beard_Blade/ Check Beard Blade out on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BeardBladeGame or check out Glove Box Games on Twitter at https://twitter.com/gloveboxgames Check Aaron out on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ac2Dart For you hold outs, you can also check them out on Tumblr at https://beardbladegame.tumblr.com/ Check out their Instagram at www.instagram.com/beardbladegame/

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Episode 35 - Conversation with Bruno Beaudoin, creator of Nightmare Reaper at Blazing Bit Games

In this episode I speak with Bruno Beaudoin from Blazing Bit Games, creator of Nightmare Reaper

Start - 6:45 - Intro

6:45 - 16:00 - We talk about how Bruno got into the gaming industry

16:00 - 31:00 - We talk about Bruno's favorite game as a child, Blood. As well as his revisiting of an old favorite Daggerfall.

31:00 - 37:30 - We talk about what it is that make games enjoyable to Bruno

37:30 - 47:30 - Bruno talks about kind of games he enjoys or plays to relax such as Subnautica and Vampire Masquerade

47:30 - 53:00 - We talk about what Bruno likes to do outside of playing and making games

53:00 - End - Wrap Up

Check Nightmare Reaper out on Steam at https://store.steampowered.com/app/1051690/Nightmare_Reaper/

Check out Nightmare Reaper on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NightmareReape4

Check out Nightmare Reaper on the GOG store at https://www.gog.com/en/game/nightmare_reaper

Join the official Discord at https://discord.gg/u2pdcGY

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Episode 37 - Conversation with David Bocek, Sr.Game Designer at Gravity Well, prev Apex Legends and Destiny 2

In this episode I speak with David Bocek, Senior Game Designer at Gravity Well and previously worked on Apex Legends and Destiny 2

Start - 3:00 - Introductions

3:00 - 20:30 - David talks more about what he did as a weapon designer at Respawn while working on Apex Legends

20:30 - 31:00 - We talk about how David got into the industry and any advice he can share based on his experiences so far

31:00 - 37:15 - We talk about why David's favorite childhood games included Silent Hill 2, the Zelda series, Mario series, as well as horror-genre games. Which eventually lead to online shooters being what set him on the path to wanting to work on shooters.

37:15 - 39:30 - We talk about what it is about gaming that David enjoys

39:30 - 47:00 - We talk about the concept of flow state and what games David can feel that in

47:00 - 59:00 - We talk about what David does outside of gaming... Which often includes more video games. We also discuss what kind of comfort games David enjoys to relax

59:00 - End - Wrap up

Check David out on Twitter https://twitter.com/AmusedApricot

Check out the studio David works at Gravity Well on Twitter https://twitter.com/gravitywell

David occasionally streams on Twitch, check him out there at https://www.twitch.tv/Amused_Apricot

As David suggested, everyone should check out the Moss devs, Polyarc, on Twitter https://twitter.com/polyarcgames