This week, your nice hosts cover the topics of Rogue-likes and Crowdfunding while sneaking in a third topic about E3.
In this episode, Mark discusses his previous crowdfunding campaigns, Stephen discovers his new love for an old genre and Martha proposes a new E3 uniform rule.
[0:00:28] E3
Here’s the official E3 recap website if you missed any news. “The Real Stories Behind E3’s Glossy Game Demos” - Patrick Klepek, Kotaku “HitRecord, Beyond Good & Evil 2 and the #nospec backlash” - Jeff Ramos, Polygon Roguelikes 0:29:45 Stephen McGregor Category Game Design GamingAn article on the The Berlin Interpretation of Roguelikes from the Internationa… We covered procedural generation in a previous episode: “Mutual butt-kicking.” "Mutual butt-kicking."
Crowdfunding 0:57:47 Martha Megarry Category Marketing Production“Star Citizen, I am disappointed” - Robert Purchese, Eurogamer The Double Fine Adventure! documentary series is available on Youtube. Fig is a newer option for game developers to get funding. Mark loved WHAT THE GOLF?, already funded through Fig! We talked about Steam Greenlight with the Korth family in their interview episode. Steam Greenlight Hatchfund has helped many artists become successfully funded as well.