In this episode, we've got 5 game dev tips for you to help you through your game development. Share fun facts about Abridge and it's development.

Time Stamps

00:00 Intro & Talking Points

00:40 Game Dev Tip #1: Finish your first game as fast as possible

01:50 Game Dev Tip #2: Get your game working, then polish, then optimize

02:40 Game Dev Tip #3: Keep it simple and minimize the friction

03:59 Game Dev Tip #4: Don't work on artistic elements first

05:06 Game Dev Tip #5: Start a game with making notes, not a game engine

06:28 Bonus Game Dev Tip: Explore your curiosity

07:24 Abridge Fun Facts

15:50 Outro

Goodies

Abridge on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1594290/Abridge/

Join our Email List: https://eventidegamesstudio.com/newsletter/

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Reference:

aaron7eleven's itch.io (My personal projects and Game Jam Games): https://aaron7eleven.itch.io/

In this episode, we talk about turn limits. Why are they are there and should you have them? Share podcast highlights and personal updates. Touch on gaming news with Deadlock and Black Myth: Wukong. Jumping into the 4 games I've been playing: Balatro, Firewatch, Journey, and Hellcard. Close with a game dev and design update.

Time Stamps

00:00 Intro

00:08 Talking Points

00:22 Intro (pt. 2)

00:43 Turn Limits

10:35 Podcast Highlights

11:22 Personal Updates

11:30 Game News

14:02 Games I've been playing

25:10 Game Dev Update

30:09 Outro

Goodies

Abridge on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1594290/Abridge/

Join our Email List: https://eventidegamesstudio.com/newsletter/

Hop into our Discord: https://discord.gg/peFfYVfwsZ

Reference:

aaron7eleven's itch.io(My personal projects and Game Jam Games): https://aaron7eleven.itch.io/

Deadlock (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/1422450/Deadlock/

Black Myth: Wukong (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2358720/Black_Myth_Wukong/

Balatro (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379780/Balatro/

Firewatch (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/383870/Firewatch/

Journey (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/638230/Journey/

Hellcard (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/1201540/HELLCARD/

In episode 6, we talk about prioritizing game dev. Understanding the problem, building a schedule to prioritizing time and overcoming the challenges of this approach. Review the podcast analytics to talk about the insane reach and power of YouTube. Touch on a person update. For games I played, we talk about Tunic (spoiler free). I beat it! Discuss what I liked, didn't like, and a learning lesson I had. Finish update with a game dev update. Played with shaders in godot for designing card effects. Learned that ignored (and had not considered) readability of the card. Talk about card readability and interesting use case in Balatro with negatives cards. Close with adding a new enhancement card to game.

Time Stamps

00:00 Intro

00:22 Talking Points

00:34 Prioritizing Game Dev

06:58 Podcast Highlights

09:03 Personal Update

09:23 Games I've been playing (Tunic)

17:39 Game Dev Updates

25:02 Outro

Goodies

Abridge on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1594290/Abridge/

Join our Email List: https://eventidegamesstudio.com/newsletter/

Hop into our Discord: https://discord.gg/peFfYVfwsZ

Reference:

Balatro (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379780/Balatro/

Alex Van Dromme Email List: https://alexvandromme.com/

Thor of Pirate Software (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@PirateSoftware

Elden Ring (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245620/ELDEN_RING/

In this episode, we discuss getting feedback from players about their pain points, problems, and negative experience and why this is important. Continue with 3 challenges with getting this level feedback and my thoughts to overcoming them. Share podcast highlights. Talk about personal updates and games I played this week. Give an example of feedback about pain points and a game breakdown with Aotenjo (a Mahjong Balatro Game). Close with game dev updates and game design discussion.

Time Stamps

00:00 Intro

00:21 Talking Points

00:36 "Give me problems, not solutions" and feedback discussion

05:22 Challenges of getting quality feedback of negative experience

07:43 Responds to resolving feedback challenges

14:00 Wrap up feedback discussion

15:24 Podcast Highlights

15:54 Personal Updates

18:26 Games I played this week

22:07 Aotenjo Breakdown, Feedback, and Pain Points

37:03 Game Dev Updates

43:42 Outro

Goodies

Abridge on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1594290/Abridge/

Join our Email List: https://eventidegamesstudio.com/newsletter/

Hop into our Discord: https://discord.gg/peFfYVfwsZ

Reference:

Slay the Spire (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/646570/Slay_the_Spire/

Tunic (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/553420/TUNIC/

Balatro (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379780/Balatro/

Aotenjo (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/3066570/Aotenjo/

Cloud Nine C989M/C989FSK Ergo Mechanical Keyboard w/ Kailh Tactile Brown keys (Amazon, not an affiliated link): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084BP8T18?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

In this episode, we discuss getting back into game dev after a long break. It can be challenging to overcome this. So, I'll share my experience and tips to get pass this. Then, continue on with personal updates, games, and a game dev update.

Time Stamps

00:00 Intro

00:23 Talking Points

00:36 Getting back into game dev after a long break

06:07 Personal Updates

07:39 Games I've been playing

09:55 Game dev updates

12:22 Outro

Goodies

Abridge on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1594290/Abridge/

Join our Email List: https://eventidegamesstudio.com/newsletter/

Hop into our Discord: https://discord.gg/peFfYVfwsZ

Reference:

Balatro (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379780/Balatro/

In this episode, we'll talk about why players refunded my game, Abridge, on Steam. Found out Steam's gives the devs this info in Steamworks (Steam's backend for game devs). I'll discuss what they said and how I would address had I know this earlier. Catch up on personal updates. Talk about games I've been playing (Balatro and Tunic). Close with game dev updates and a card/game design discussion.

Time Stamps

00:00 Intro

00:20 Talking Points

00:37 Background and context for refund data on Steam

01:35 Why players refunded my game on Steam?

03:00 Thought reason for refunds

06:26 Personal Updates

05:12 Games I've been playing: Balatro and Tunic

09:21 Game Dev update

14:26 Outro

Goodies:

Abridge on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1594290/Abridge/

Join our Email List: https://eventidegamesstudio.com/newsletter/

Hop into our Discord: https://discord.gg/peFfYVfwsZ

References:

Balatro (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379780/Balatro/

Tunic (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/553420/TUNIC/

In this episode, we'll talk about the banana (the game). Share background, stats, and why I think it blew up. Learning lessons from banana 1) De-mystify steam transactions from a developers perspective and 2) don't know what will blow up. Talk about personal updates and games. Give a game dev update about my unannounced game. Talk about I am with development, game design and interesting bugs.

Time Stamps

00:00 Intro

00:28 Talking Points

00:48 Banana - Intro

01:29 Banana - Stats

03:30 Banana - Quick Thought on Stats

03:59 Banana - Background

05:12 Banana - My thoughts, experience and why it blew up

09:21 Learning from Banana: Steam Transactions

12:55 Learning from Banana: Don't know what will blow up

13:37 Personal updates

14:09 Games

15:27 Game Dev updates and Game Design Discussion & Advice

22:03 Outro

Goodies

Abridge on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1594290/Abridge/

Join our Email List: https://eventidegamesstudio.com/newsletter/

Hop into our Discord: https://discord.gg/peFfYVfwsZ

Reference:

Banana (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2923300/Banana/

Balatro (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379780/Balatro/