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Listen now (33 min) | Surviving the asteroid field, our heroes pass a nearby planet, and run into a friendly sci-fi feline and his robot companion. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 0:53 Stray 5:44 Death Stranding 17:53 Elden Ring 24:24 Horizon Forbidden West 25:41 Splatoons 3 27:09 Tunic 27:36 Evil Dead 27:47 Ghostwire Tokyo 28:06 Bioshock 29:02 Moonlighter 29:15 Cult of the Lamb Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter.…
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Design Thinking Games is an indie game design, play-testing, and user experience podcast that examines the player experience of different types of games.
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S3 · E34 · 11 Jun 2023 · 45 min
034: We’re Back!
Listen now (45 min) | Our heroes kick-off season 3 of the podcast discussing changes to the podcast, what they've been playing, the Devil In Me, and the Season Challenge: Outlast Trials! Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 02:44 What we've been playing since last season 02:56 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within 03:21 Titanic: Adventure out of Time 03:54 Regency Call of Cthulhu 04:27 Flourish 05:34 Gears of War 5 05:49 The Stick of Truth and the Fractured But Whole 05:55 Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch 10:41 The Devil In Me 28:18 The Season Challenge: Outlast Trials…
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S3 · 4 Jun 2023 · 2 min
000 v.3: Season 3 Intro/Outro
Listen now (2 min) | Our fantastic and new season 3 intro for the Design Thinking Games podcast! Read the transcript. Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at https://designthinkinggames.com/
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S2 · E33 · 24 Oct 2022 · 52 min
033: Season Finale with Sophia Prater
Listen now (51 min) | The big fish is revealed to be Sophia Prater, Chief Evangelist of OOUX. Our heroes learn about the history of object-oriented UX and the design of Sophia's new game. We finally review the results of this season's great challenge: Moonlighter! Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 01:10 Sophia Prater 02:15 Axure 09:14 Object Orientated UX (OOUX) 13:17 Atomic Design 14:52 Thinking in Services 16:31 UX Magic 19:14 Object Map 27:05 Lords of Waterdeep 29:28 OOUX.com 34:03 Moonlighter 38:10 Cult of the Lamb 38:48 Rollercoaster Tycoon 39:38 Monster Hunter…
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S2 · E32 · 10 Oct 2022 · 24 min
032: Open Worlds
Listen now (24 min) | Having overcome the collective horde, our heroes are confronted with their greatest challenge: a really big ****ing space fish. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 3:05 Elden Ring 4:06 Resident Evil Village 9:00 It Takes Two 12:48 Mad Max 13:18 God Of War 15:27 Stray 17:32 Simon's Quest 17:51 Dying Light 21:46 Breath of the Wild Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on…
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S2 · E31 · 26 Sep 2022 · 34 min
031: The LPGWV Collective
Listen now (34 min) | After having an allergic reaction to the sci-fi feline, our heroes return to space and are immediately confronted by a gamer collective armada! Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 2:11 Dragula 4:42 PopCon 7:22 LPGWV 17:21 Motown Tilt 17:47 Mortal Kombat 19:16 Pac-Man 20:51 PewDiePie 21:19 Pokemon Go 23:14 Okami 24:41 Evil Within 27:07 Sailor Moon R 28:48 Pittsburgh Dad Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on…
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S2 · E29 · 15 Aug 2022 · 35 min
029: Game Mechanics We Love
Listen now (34 min) | After communing with the game designer, our heroes blast through a dense asteroid field made up of simulator, voice chat, collaboration, totaling, karma, and other game mechanic rocks. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 1:33 Stray 2:21 Goat Simulator 2:35 Maneater 4:20 Fly Simulator 7:34 Hell Let Lose 9:40 Battlefield 4 10:39 Friday the 13th 13:14 Dead by Daylight 15:48 Spy Vs. Spy 16:28 Oregon Trail Card Game 16:47 Munchkin 17:33 ROBOT RISE! 19:34 Vampire the Masquerade 24:35 Ticket To Ride 25:57 Settlers of Catan 27:32 Lords of Waterdeep 28:05 Call…
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S2 · E28 · 1 Aug 2022 · 37 min
028: Designing Games with Breeze Grigas
Listen now (37 min) | After leaving summer camp, our heroes have a chance encounter with a game designer of some renown. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 1:53 AEGIS Combining Robots 12:15 Magic the Gathering 12:42 Warhammer 40K 20:02 Gloomhaven 23:15 Protospiel Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on Twitter. Send us stuff, contact us, get merch, news, and more at…
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S2 · E27 · 18 Jul 2022 · 36 min
027: The Quarry
Listen now (36 min) | After exploring heroic tropes and struggles, our adventurers receive an urgent distress signal. Tracing the origins of the signal, our heroes travel to a strange and unknown mining planet, where the source of the signal is coming from a summer camp. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 1:33 The Quarry 9:23 House of Ashes 10:32 Until Dawn 27:34 The Devil in Me 31:23 Detroit: Become Human 32:22 Little Hope 33:56 Pick-a-Path Book Series Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on…
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S2 · E26 · 4 Jul 2022 · 30 min
026: Everybody Loves a Hero
Listen now (32 min) | Bidding the space adventurers a good journey, our heroes explore what it is about last stands and struggles against oppressive forces that makes a great hero.
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S2 · E25 · 20 Jun 2022 · 32 min
025: Lonely Hero Games
Listen now (32 min) | Narrowly escaping the asteroid field, our heroes are joined by space adventurers Christopher Kincaid and Jared Kaplan of Lonely Hero Games. The four explore designing games and starting a game design studio. Read the transcript. Games discussed on this episode: 17:44 Codenames 17:48 5 Minute Mystery 18:21 Bank Heist 18:45 Hungry for Humans Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is @uxbear on Twitter. Michael Schofield is @schoeyfield on…
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