Cheryl Platz

The Methodical Magic of Systems Design with Joseph “joemag” Magdalena (Enduring Play S1 E8) - The Game Development Strategy Guide Enduring Play Season 1 Episode 8: The Methodical Magic of Systems Design Episode Summary In today's episode, we demystify another specialty within the game design discipline: systems design. Joseph Ma...

Episode 8 of #EnduringPlay, a #GameDev podcast is now live featuring a systems design chat with @joemag.games!

Listen on your favorite platform today to hear us talk about the realities of designing for live-service/live-ops games, the beauty of a well-designed spreadsheet, and so much more. 🃏🎲🎮💜

It’s funny: the first Highlight group in my Instagram (same name) is Pokémon. But it’s been there for 5 years, since I got really proud of some Pikachu snowmen I made & realized half my Reels were Pokémon related.

There are a ton of them there & then 9/10 of the way through ✨something changes✨ 😇

People be like “omg how’d you write a book and have a job and do a podcast”

Me: “yes all those things but you know what really gets my heart going? Two dozen slight bends of a weight bearing leg”

PT: “pliés? Are you a dancer?”

ME: “I was, yes, even a tiny bit professionally. Not that you would be able to tell from my fall history. 🫠”

Few things are more humbling by having your ass kicked by 20 deep one legged plies at the physical therapist at 9AM and being like “yeah well there’s my heart rate spiking workout for the day”

we have some work to do, EDS atrophy nonsense noodle muscles 👀

So we started playing this game on my stream this Sunday and I’m kind of obsessed - 30 Birds. It is GORGEOUS and they had me laughing in the first 10 minutes.

I’m still in awards season mode bouncing between games but - we will be back. Moar birds pls. store.steampowered.com/app/1708770/...

Every time I switch industries or companies I learn new things. Riot: so much in esports. Scopely: adapting to live-service changes at scale. TPCi: what’s a planogram? 😅

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LIVE on Twitch - let's dig deeper into my new pile of BAFTA games and explore new titles! Bring your questions about my new book The Game Development Strategy Guide or my podcast Enduring Play - let's get into the game. #gamedev #uxdesign 10AM PT - 1PM PT twitch.tv/funnygodmother

We are all way past normal cognitive load in ways no one wants to discuss. Like, I donated to some G*za fundraisers and now get way more personal appeals than I can comprehend because my email was shared without my consent and it’s too much on a daily basis but can’t complain as they have it worse

As someone who spent decades doing improv comedy, writing is a bit agonizing. Year+ of work with no real-time feedback & even when you release there’s this wait to see if it resonates with everyone. Things ARE crazy. But your opinion about the things you DO like determines what thrives in market.

It’s been great to hear about my new book, The Game Development Strategy Guide, making it to people! It’s been less great to hear that my publisher’s distributor doesn’t currently have access to Vine on Amazon so I’m stuck at one review. Your review can make a BIG difference. amzn.to/3KDwZdr

Talk about a life well-lived. RIP to the amazing Jane Goodall.

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

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S1 Episode 7 of #EnduringPlay: A #GameDev podcast “Engineering for Scalable, Sustainable Games” is up featuring @wickedfoxgames.com co-founder @caeriehouchins.bsky.social on major podcast platforms or at www.gamedevelopmentstrategyguide.com/enduring-pla... - explore AAA vs indie dev with us!

But my experience was a full radical hysterectomy saphlingo oophrectomy because the cancer risks were too high to leave anything in after my ovaries malfunctioned. YMMV if you’re not going scorched earth

The biggest issue was the temperature regulation, and I didn’t get the loss of migraines I was promised. Honestly the benefits outweighed the harms. I struggled with hormones though because pills have a cancer risk but I rejected patches and other delivery methods due to EDS issues.

Important community-funded journalism and food for thought in an era when divergent perspectives are dwindling. What motivates the people making the decisions? Are things exactly what they seem? Have they always been? Who is no longer here to tell their story, and who is currently being unwritten?

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Despite NJ Transit's VERY best efforts, I am home and we are LIVE on time for Sunday Funday with the #MagicMafia on Twitch! Join me for an East Coast MOEment and some more indie games 10AM PT - 1PM PT. #uxDesign #gameDesign #gameDev twitch.tv/funnygodmother

This was the first time I ever got to weigh in on the production of an *actual printed card* going into *actual Pokémon card packs* and it’s so exciting to see them out in the wild 💛❤️💛

Don’t forget to turn the sound on… I am so excited for folks to enjoy the NEW DEFAULT lobby music for the Mega series that I’ve been working on with our team the last few months. 🎶

I've heard from several listeners who said this episode permanently improved their appreciation for the craft of narrative design. Whitney always brings clear passion matched with skill forged in some of the world's best contexts, and that showed in this conversation. Listen now! #gameDev #podcast

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I LOVE this insight from Episode 4 of my #GameDev podcast #EnduringPlay. I left EA in 2004 with the goal of proving that games could be made sustainably without tons of crunch. Leaders like David are doing that work today, creating space for games AND the people who make them to thrive.

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We are BACK after my travel hiatus and streaming NEW GAME(s) today to celebrate THE RELEASE OF THE GAME DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY GUIDE! Join me to hear about my Japan keynote adventure, the book launch, and more. Bring your book questions! #GameDev #UxDesign 10AM PT - 1PM PT twitch.tv/funnygodmother

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There are trans people in my family that I love and they are the bravest people I know. Everyone who is trans I know just wants to live their life unbothered and share the love they have discovered for their true self with their loved ones. It is a joyous path when it not marred with fear and hate.

I mean, I didn’t think they’d approve more than one, but I put in time to do 3 proposals so that there was more chance there would be a topic match. One on monetization, one on motivators of play, and one on the relationship between UX design and game design.

No, but I had a pretty good path to going anyway. And I have wanted to do it for a while - and it feels like if this year isn’t enough, then when would it be?

Well, GDC rejected all three of my talk submissions and I’m not sure what else a woman #gamedev can do besides “run multiple game UX teams, speak on 5 continents, ship a game development book, and give detailed proposals for talks on 3 very different subjects” to be considered viable 👀