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Listen now (54 min) | As our heroes sneak their way past the battlefield, they encounter a small family of game designers. Laura Rodriguez and daughter Adriana Bailey discuss the making of their new game Dice Invasion. Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 01:53 Theater LARP 07:18 Designing a LARP 10:13 Aspire SRD 11:00 Caltrop Core 16:24 Her Odyssey 19:35 Solo-Journaling RPGs 21:47 Galatea 25:07 Diversity Saves 33:09 Mass Effect 33:54 Knights of the Old Republic 34:51 Tyranny 37:01 Magic the Gathering 40:19 Vampire Survivors 42:10 Tunic 45:06 Root 46:07 Dragon Quest Support…
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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 · E42 · 6 Aug 2023 · 19 min
042: Design Thinking LARPing :: The Audiodrama
Listen now (19 min) | Design Thinking LARPing is a fully immersive, fully cast, tongue-in-cheek radio play about LARPers taking over a gaming convention. Join Tim, Michael, and Rapid Protobot on this adventure. 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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S3 · E41 · 30 Jul 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
041: It’s Kind of a Fun Story
Listen now (61 min) | Heeding the warning from the space wizard, our heroes make camp for the night in a nearby cave. They soon discover that the cave is inhabited by a three-headed dragon named PopHaus, who just wants to play a new game called It's Kind of a Fun Story! Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 02:44 Final Fantasy VII 03:30 Crash Bandicoot 04:06 Dream Phone 05:22 Mouse Trap 09:06 Animal Crossing 15:11 Codenames 15:30 It's Kind of a Fun Story 20:01 Cards Against Humanity 31:29 Gloomhaven 39:41 Spot It 41:37 Betrayal at House on the Hill 42:34 Secret Hitler 45:49…
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S3 · E40 · 23 Jul 2023 · 53 min
040: Designing Tabletop Games with Connor Wake
Listen now (53 min) | After parting ways with their old friend, our heroes travel until they encounter Connor Wake, a tabletop game wizard from outer space! Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: The Mind Roads & Boats Scythe Framework Into the Breach Herbacious 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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S3 · E39 · 16 Jul 2023 · 1 hr 2 min
039: Stillfleet with Aaron H.
Listen now (62 min) | On their epic quest our heroes encounter an old friend, Aaron H., and they talk about his recent gaming conquests in Stillfleet. Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: Stillfleet The Rain Thieves Dune Float City Fun City Podcast Strings Roll 20 Malinger Robot Factory The Art of Game Design: Book of Lenses The Game Design Workshop Candyland Moats in the Eye Splendor Galaxy Trucker Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast. Follow us on TikTok @designthinkinggames. Subscribe on Twitch at DesignThinkingGames. Tim Broadwater is…
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S2 · E38 · 9 Jul 2023 · 48 min
038: Games that Give Back with Dan Scalise
Listen now (48 min) | Bidding the family of designers good morrow, our heroes find respite, a cozy moment to decompress with Scalisco Games founder Dan Scalise and talk about their new game: Corgi's Cozy Hike. Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 00:59 Dog Gone Seattle. Lots: Corgis Cozy Hike 1:26 Candy Crush 02:53 Final Fantasy 03:11 Game of Thrones board game 03:11 Avalon 03:11 Resistance 03:28 Among Us 03:37 One Night Werewolf 03:50 Blood on the Clock Tower 04:15 Donkey Kong Country Lots: Banjo Kazooie 10:13 Mario 64 15:12 Rock Miner 22:53 Elden Ring 22:53 Tears of the…
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S3 · E36 · 25 Jun 2023 · 57 min
036: Aspire SRD and Theatre LARPing with S. Kaiya J.
Listen now (57 min) | With the Forest of Trees behind them, we stumble upon a battle - but a mysterious game designer on the periphery explains that it's just a Boffer LARP. S. Kaiya J. discusses game design, the Aspire SRD, Diversity Saves, and the complexity of LARP design. Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 01:53 Theater LARP 07:18 Designing a LARP 10:13 Aspire SRD 11:00 Caltrop Core 16:24 Her Odyssey 19:35 Solo-Journaling RPGs 21:47 Galatea 25:07 Diversity Saves 33:09 Mass Effect 33:54 Knights of the Old Republic 34:51 Tyranny 37:01 Magic the Gathering 40:19 Vampire…
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S3 · E35 · 18 Jun 2023 · 1 hr
035: Dungeons & Dragons with Nick Finck
Listen now (60 min) | As our heroes just set out on their new gaming quest, they encounter Nick Finck, "The Director of the Forest of Trees." Nick discusses being a UX professional, advisor, mentor, coach, speaker, and founding Craft & Rigor. Read the transcript. Things discussed on this episode: 15:25 Dungeons & Dragons: First Edition 19:37 Mazes and Monsters 21:02 The Real Housewives of D&D 21:39 Digital D&D 21:51 D&D Beyond 28:34 Craft and Rigor 32:23 NickFinck.com 41:17 Trailer Park Wars 49:39 Cards Against Humanity Support the show on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter @DTGamesPodcast.…
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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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