Podcast: Design Thinking Games

039: Stillfleet with Aaron H.

Listen now (62 min) | On their epic quest our heroes encounter an old friend, Aaron H., and they talk about his recent gaming conquests in Stillfleet. Read the transcript.

Things discussed on this episode:

  • Stillfleet
  • The Rain Thieves
  • Dune
  • Float City
  • Fun City Podcast
  • Strings
  • Roll 20
  • Malinger
  • Robot Factory
  • The Art of Game Design: Book of Lenses
  • The Game Design Workshop
  • Candyland
  • Moats in the Eye
  • Splendor
  • Galaxy Trucker

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038: Games that Give Back with Dan Scalise

Dan Scalise of Scalisco Games - with cat!

Listen now (48 min) | Bidding the family of designers good morrow, our heroes find respite, a cozy moment to decompress with Scalisco Games founder Dan Scalise and talk about their new game: Corgi’s Cozy Hike. Read the transcript.

Things discussed on this episode:

  • 00:59 Dog Gone Seattle.
  • Lots: Corgis Cozy Hike
  • 1:26 Candy Crush
  • 02:53 Final Fantasy
  • 03:11 Game of Thrones board game
  • 03:11 Avalon
  • 03:11 Resistance
  • 03:28 Among Us
  • 03:37 One Night Werewolf
  • 03:50 Blood on the Clock Tower
  • 04:15 Donkey Kong Country
  • Lots: Banjo Kazooie
  • 10:13 Mario 64
  • 15:12 Rock Miner
  • 22:53 Elden Ring
  • 22:53 Tears of the Kingdom
  • 22:53 Zelda (The Legend of Zelda series)

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037: Dice Invasion

Listen now (54 min) | As our heroes sneak their way past the battlefield, they encounter a small family of game designers. Laura Rodriguez and daughter Adriana Bailey discuss the making of their new game Dice Invasion. Read the transcript.

Things discussed on this episode:

  • 01:53 Theater LARP
  • 07:18 Designing a LARP
  • 10:13 Aspire SRD
  • 11:00 Caltrop Core
  • 16:24 Her Odyssey
  • 19:35 Solo-Journaling RPGs
  • 21:47 Galatea
  • 25:07 Diversity Saves
  • 33:09 Mass Effect
  • 33:54 Knights of the Old Republic
  • 34:51 Tyranny
  • 37:01 Magic the Gathering
  • 40:19 Vampire Survivors
  • 42:10 Tunic
  • 45:06 Root
  • 46:07 Dragon Quest

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036: Aspire SRD and Theatre LARPing with S. Kaiya J.

Listen now (57 min) | With the Forest of Trees behind them, we stumble upon a battle – but a mysterious game designer on the periphery explains that it’s just a Boffer LARP. S. Kaiya J. discusses game design, the Aspire SRD, Diversity Saves, and the complexity of LARP design. Read the transcript.

Things discussed on this episode:

  • 01:53 Theater LARP
  • 07:18 Designing a LARP
  • 10:13 Aspire SRD
  • 11:00 Caltrop Core
  • 16:24 Her Odyssey
  • 19:35 Solo-Journaling RPGs
  • 21:47 Galatea
  • 25:07 Diversity Saves
  • 33:09 Mass Effect
  • 33:54 Knights of the Old Republic
  • 34:51 Tyranny
  • 37:01 Magic the Gathering
  • 40:19 Vampire Survivors
  • 42:10 Tunic
  • 45:06 Root
  • 46:07 Dragon Quest

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035: Dungeons & Dragons with Nick Finck

Listen now (60 min) | As our heroes just set out on their new gaming quest, they encounter Nick Finck, “The Director of the Forest of Trees.” Nick discusses being a UX professional, advisor, mentor, coach, speaker, and founding Craft & Rigor. Read the transcript.

Things discussed on this episode:

  • 15:25 Dungeons & Dragons: First Edition
  • 19:37 Mazes and Monsters
  • 21:02 The Real Housewives of D&D
  • 21:39 Digital D&D
  • 21:51 D&D Beyond
  • 28:34 Craft and Rigor
  • 32:23 NickFinck.com
  • 41:17 Trailer Park Wars
  • 49:39 Cards Against Humanity

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034: We’re Back!

Listen now (45 min) | Our heroes kick-off season 3 of the podcast discussing changes to the podcast, what they’ve been playing, the Devil In Me, and the Season Challenge: Outlast Trials! Read the transcript.

Things discussed on this episode:

  • 02:44 What we’ve been playing since last season
  • 02:56 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
  • 03:21 Titanic: Adventure out of Time
  • 03:54 Regency Call of Cthulhu
  • 04:27 Flourish
  • 05:34 Gears of War 5
  • 05:49 The Stick of Truth and the Fractured But Whole
  • 05:55 Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
  • 10:41 The Devil In Me
  • 28:18 The Season Challenge: Outlast Trials

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000 v.3: Season 3 Intro/Outro

Listen now (2 min) | Our fantastic and new season 3 intro for the Design Thinking Games podcast! Read the transcript.

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033: Season Finale with Sophia Prater

Listen now (51 min) | The big fish is revealed to be Sophia Prater, Chief Evangelist of OOUX. Our heroes learn about the history of object-oriented UX and the design of Sophia’s new game. We finally review the results of this season’s great challenge: Moonlighter! Read the transcript.

Things discussed on this episode:

  • 01:10 Sophia Prater
  • 02:15 Axure
  • 09:14 Object Orientated UX (OOUX)
  • 13:17 Atomic Design
  • 14:52 Thinking in Services
  • 16:31 UX Magic
  • 19:14 Object Map
  • 27:05 Lords of Waterdeep
  • 29:28 OOUX.com
  • 34:03 Moonlighter
  • 38:10 Cult of the Lamb
  • 38:48 Rollercoaster Tycoon
  • 39:38 Monster Hunter

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032: Open Worlds

Listen now (24 min) | Having overcome the collective horde, our heroes are confronted with their greatest challenge: a really big ****ing space fish. Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

  • 3:05 Elden Ring
  • 4:06 Resident Evil Village
  • 9:00 It Takes Two
  • 12:48 Mad Max
  • 13:18 God Of War
  • 15:27 Stray
  • 17:32 Simon’s Quest
  • 17:51 Dying Light
  • 21:46 Breath of the Wild

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031: The LPGWV Collective

Listen now (34 min) | After having an allergic reaction to the sci-fi feline, our heroes return to space and are immediately confronted by a gamer collective armada! Read the transcript.

Games discussed on this episode:

  • 2:11 Dragula
  • 4:42 PopCon
  • 7:22 LPGWV
  • 17:21 Motown Tilt
  • 17:47 Mortal Kombat
  • 19:16 Pac-Man
  • 20:51 PewDiePie
  • 21:19 Pokemon Go
  • 23:14 Okami
  • 24:41 Evil Within
  • 27:07 Sailor Moon R
  • 28:48 Pittsburgh Dad

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