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Jun 2023
34m 58s

Ep. 56 - Learn Em Up Kids: I'm Bat at Ma...

Claire and Isaac
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This week, Claire has an idea for a horror game... with cats! And Isaac's idea is about scorpions? but it's half-baked... can Claire bring it to full bake!? We don't ask a question but we do talk about genres. And Folks... Let me tell ya. Genres be weird.


Welcome back for another weekly episode of Make That Game, the podcast where we talk about the latest and greatest new video games... that aren't ever going to get made. We pitch 'em, you make 'em (if you want, nobody's forcing you I guess). Then we break down games we've played by game design elements we liked or didn't like so much. If you're looking for a video game design focused podcast, we might have just the one for you!


And of course, as always, we have the rapid fire round, where we generate 3 random words and come up with a game idea and design incorporating them! Needless to say, it's a riot!

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