Secret Twins Club

We’ve got Damian, Cale, Alex, Ryan and Halina. Chad and Lucy are hanging out with us while we recap our experience at GDC 2014.

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Secret Twins Club - Episode 20: … DEATH!

You know it’s gonna happen, but how can it be used in game design?

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Cast: 

Cale “Netgrind” Bradbury, Chris de Carteret, Alexander “Droqen” Martin, Damian Sommer

Recording:

Ryan D. Roth

Secret Twins Club - Episode 19: Twine

We’re back together for another season of Secret Twins Club. This time we talk about Twine. We discuss how it’s a great way to get started making games, and our feelings about some of the drawbacks the tool has.

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Cast: 

Cale “Netgrind” Bradbury, Chris de Carteret, Alexander “Droqen” Martin, Damian Sommer

Recording:

Ryan D. Roth

Links:

Twine

Secret Twins Club - Episode 18: The Emily Carroll Effect

Tonight’s Topic: Who Do We Make Our Games For? We talk about the different motivations that go into making our games, thinking about who we want to play our games. It turns into a discussion about the different ways this can impact game design.

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Cast: 

Alexander “Droqen” Martin, Damian Sommer

Special Guest:

Daniel Steger, Taylor Bai-Woo

Recording (and Special Appearance by):

Ryan D. Roth

Links:

Starseed Pilgrim

Mount Your Friends

The Yawhg

40 Seeds

Secret Twins Club - Episode 14: Incredible Grape Fights

Better late than never!

Before GDC this year we got together with Jamie Tucker, one of the people behind Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime, which was nominated for an IGF award.

We talk at length about the Independent Games Festival and what it’s like to be nominated. We also give our impressions of many of the games that were nominated this year.

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Cast: 

Cale “Netgrind” Bradbury, Chris de Carteret, Alexander “Droqen” Martin, Damian Sommer

Special Guest:

Jaime Tucker

Recording (and Special Appearance by):

Ryan D. Roth

Secret Twins Club - Episode 16: Journey with Chris Bell

This year Alex and Cale went to GDC. While running around we were able to fit in a discussion with Chris Bell who worked on Way and Journey. We talk about breaking horizons, non-verbal communication, and online interaction with other players. This leads into a discussion of our experiences in Journey. 

Oh, and it’s windy. Adventures are always windy.

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Cast: 

Cale “Netgrind” Bradbury, Alexander “Droqen” Martin

Special Guests:

Chris Bell

Recording and Audio:

Ryan D. Roth

Secret Twins Club - Episode 15: Crowdfunding & Spellirium!

In this episode, we have Ryan Creighton on to talk about his thoughts and experiences with crowdfunding Spellirium. Basically, we all just sit around in a circle and listen to Ryan tell stories. It’s nice.

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Cast: 

Cale “Netgrind” Bradbury, Chris de Carteret, Alexander “Droqen” Martin, Damian Sommer

Special Guests:

Ryan Henson Creighton

Recording by:

Ryan D. Roth

Just in case you had no idea what we were talking about, here’s some links (In order talked about):

Spellirium
Digital Delivery App
Ponycorns
Cafepress
TCAF
Bit Bazaar
Moystiq
Word Game World
Zombie Game World
Fiverr

Secret Twins Club - Episode 13: Sharecart 1000

In this episode Damian reveals a new collaborative project called the Sharecart 1000. We mention some good games made for 7DRL. By the end we talk about how much we love Corrypt.

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Cast: 

Cale “Netgrind” Bradbury, Chris de Carteret, Alexander “Droqen” Martin, Damian Sommer, Jack “Bluesweatshirt” Sanders

Special Guests:

Alan “Draknek” Hazelden

Recording by:

Ryan D. Roth

Just in case you had no idea what we were talking about, here’s some links (In order talked about):

Shit Snake
Oh My Gorgons!
A Game About Game Literacy
Cave Salamander
Knytt Stories design tour
QWOP
Touhou
CAVE
Michael Brough
Pirate Kart
Receiver
7DRL
Zaga-33
You Only Live Once
Powder
Promesst
Corrypt
Brian Moriarty Talk

Secret Twins Club - Episode 12.5: A Collection of Tools

In this episode, we talk about the tools we work with to make our games. We almost stay on topic for the entire episode, too!

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Cast: 

Cale “Netgrind” Bradbury, Chris de Carteret, Alexander “Droqen” Martin, Damian Sommer, Jack “Bluesweatshirt” Sanders

Special Guests:

Alan “Draknek” Hazelden

Recording by:

Ryan D. Roth

Just in case you had no idea what we were talking about, here’s some links (In order talked about):

Flashpunk
Chevy Ray
Flixel
Pyglet
Pygame
Game Maker
Multimedia Fusion 2
Unity
Love 2D
Polycode
Stencyl
Beth Maher
Construct
Twine
Konjak
Retro City Rampage
Roller Coaster Tycoon
Electronic Super Joy