Podcast: Side Quest - Applying Definitions to CartograTour

Chandler examines his game using the new definition that he created in the last side quest.

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Podcast: Side Quest - What is a Casual Game?

Chandler announces a new title for his game and re-defines what a casual game to apply to it.

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• CartograTour
• Casual Gaming: Crash Course Games #11  
• What Casual Games Are Like For Someone Who Doesn't Play Games 
• Life Simulation Games - What are they & the history of life sims - Everything about life sim games 
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Podcast: Phasmophobia

We're talking about our favorite spoop-tacular game, Phasmophobia.  You can check out the game here.

Show Notes:

- Phasmophobia

- DKnighter

- Squadrons

- Forza Horizon 4

- Close Your

- Psychological Priming

- Alien (movie)

- Aliens (movie)  

- Subnautica talk

- PewDiePie

- Amnesia: The Dark Descent

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Podcast: Shivers

We're touring a haunted museum in Shivers, the point and click adventure game. You, too, can experience it here.

Show Notes:

Shivers game manual

Moby Games Shivers entry

Adventure Classic Gaming Shivers Review

Interview with Guy Whitmore 

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Podcast: Side Quest - Game Design Approaches

Chandler dives into an overview of different game design approaches while working on The Mapper.

Show Notes:

- Designing games for Game Designers

- An introduction to Situational Game Design

- ThursDev: Game Design Pillars - Better design through definition and restriction

- Rational Game Design

- The Mapper V2 itch.io page

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Podcast: Forza Horizon 4

Our April Fools episode turned into a full episode on Forza Horizon 4, the open world racing game. You can find it here!

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- What Is Operant Conditioning and How Does It Work?

- The History of Racing Games Pt. 1: The Arcade Years - Past Gas #60

Podcast: Side Quest - Innovating vs Polishing

Today, Chandler talks about innovating versus polishing and uses examples from review episodes.

Show Notes:

- Forza Horizon 4

 

- Phasmophobia

 

- Art Direct for 100 MPH: Balancing Visuals with Performance for Forza Motorsport

- The “Strange Attractor” in Video Game Design 

 

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