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Apr 29
53m 36s

154: Messy Attic Simulator

Claire and Isaac Caldwell
About this episode

Welcome to Make That Game, the podcast for indie game developers, design enthusiasts, and creative minds in gaming! This episode's theme is "Tile"!

Claire pitches a game idea about drawing tiles and Isaac decides the one thing Go is missing is imbalance!

After the rapid fire round Claire talks about Tomodachi Life and compares it to Animal Crossing and The Sims!

Each episode of Make That Game includes:

- Original game design pitches from our hosts

- Rapid-fire game creation using three random words

- Breakdowns of popular and indie games we've played or discussion of game design topics

Whether you're exploring game mechanics, level design, or just love the chaos of creative brainstorming, this podcast will entertain and hopefully get those juices flowing!00:00 Intro

01:53 Claire pitches her tile-based mario maker

07:06 Isaac pitches his tile-based go-like

15:17 Rapid fire round!

31:25 Discussion: Tomodachi Life

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