Listen up game designers
Posted: January 8th, 2010 | Author: Gregory Trefry | Filed under: Game Design | Tags: Interviews, LinkedIn, Podcasts | No Comments »
Another Castle (art by Rachel Morris)
Charles Pratt has been conducting a series of great podcasts with different game designers and academics under the name Another Castle. He’s interviewed everyone from Eric Zimmerman to Jesper Juul to Heather Chaplin. He even interviewed yours truly–giving me the chance to expound on the Come Out & Play Festival, my definition of “casual” games and the design process and style taxonomy behind Jojo’s Fashion Show.
I highly recommend checking them out. They’re great listens for anyone thinking about games. Here’s the list of all of the shows.
In this book I dissect a range of different casual game mechanics in an attempt to find out how they work and why they engage players.