uselesspodcasts's video: Patreon Q A Session 2 6 -July 2015

0:16 - Mike looks for Nikhil's question from last time and doesn't find it 0:55 - Game Design habits and mentalities, especially for new designers 6:50 - Throwing in everything AND the kitchen sink 9:45 - A trick for pacing out setups across content 12:08 - Laying a solid foundation and then iterating 13:56 - Question about tying weapons/enemies into a larger meta-economy 14:15 - Review of archetypes 16:53 - Examples from Skylanders of weapons/enemies/economy balance 21:10 - Examples from Ratchet and Clank 22:25 - Obsoleting old weapons in R&C to encourage new weapons 24:00 - How has Mike's approach to game design evolved over time? 25:25 - Mike's kung-fu design teachers 26:15 - Shedding my agenda for the players' agendas 30:56 - Finding passion in designing a game that's not FOR you 32:00 - Being excited when others are having fun 33:30 - Confusion over game development job titles 35:35 - Games aren't made by one person 37:29 - Talks about all the varied roles in game development and what they do 46:20 - There are many creative agendas that all make up a larger agenda 49:00 - Message to Patreon supporters The articles I'm writing for Patreon are located here: http://www.chaoticstupid.com Patreon Credits As always, these videos wouldn’t be possible without my supporters on Patreon http://www.patreon.com/mikedodgerstout Champions Petrov Neutrino Guardians Martin Ka’ai Cluney Patrons Ryan Auld Genevieve Pratt Jesse Pattinson Nikhil Suresh Teal Bald Vincent Baker Benefactors Justin Keverne Ben Strickland Mad Jack McMad Oliver Linton Katie Streifel Annie Mitsoda Supporters Margaret Spiller Jason VandenBerghe The Yuanxian Backers Kim Acuff Pittman Karl Kovaciny Christopher Parsons Matt Juskelis Mary Stout