by Justin Gary | Mar 19, 2021 | Design Fundamentals, Elements of Good Design, Gaming, Show Notes
Rodney Thompson has been designing games professionally for over 15 years. He has worked on some of the industry’s most significant properties, including Star Wars, Dungeons & Dragons, Lords of Waterdeep, Tyrants of the Underdark, and Dark Sun. He’s...
by Justin Gary | Mar 3, 2021 | Business, Design Fundamentals, Elements of Good Design, Gaming, Show Notes
Raph Koster has undoubtedly changed the world of gaming. He was the lead designer of the legendary Ultima Online and the creative director behind Star Wars Galaxies. In 2004, he wrote A Theory of Fun for Game Design which highlights our desire to learn as the driving...
by Justin Gary | Feb 3, 2021 | Business, Design Fundamentals, Elements of Good Design, Gaming, Publishing, Show Notes
Tim Fowers is the punk rocker of game design. A purely independent tabletop and digital game developer, who distributes his games directly, rather than using big publishers and standard distribution channels. This allows Tim to stand out as a master of indy game...
by Justin Gary | Jan 29, 2021 | Ascension, Elements of Good Design, Gaming, Show Notes, Uncategorized
Monte Cook is a legend among roleplaying game designers. Monte has worked on hundreds of roleplaying products. He is probably best known for his work on the 3rd Edition of Dungeons & Dragons, Planescape, Ptolus, and Arcana Evolved. In addition, his own games...
by Justin Gary | Jan 6, 2021 | Business, Design Fundamentals, Elements of Good Design, Gaming, Publishing, Show Notes
This week on Think Like A Game Designer Podcast I interview Wright Bagwell: Wright Bagwell started his career by designing mods for Quake. He is the CEO and co-founder of Outpost Games. He was the design director of the Farmville franchise at Zynga. Prior to that, he...
by Justin Gary | Dec 23, 2020 | Business, Design Fundamentals, Elements of Good Design, Gaming, Publishing, Show Notes
Rob Daviau pioneered the legacy game genre, starting with Risk: Legacy. In addition, he’s worked with a variety of beloved titles: Star Wars, Axis & Allies, Pandemic, Betrayal at House on The Hill, just to name a few. In this episode, we go into detail about...
