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Could have also just meant “pink taco neck”

That taco is a typo that happened to work out and be gross/funny.

🤣🤣🤣🌮

Hahahhah. Thanks?

I hire designers who make sound effects 🎶
Sounds ridiculous but sound design and game design truly go hand in hand. Jon Ontiveros talks how audio can shape a player’s heartbeat, heighten tension, and build terror.

🎧Listen Now!
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#GameDev #IndieDev #BrainArcade #Sounddesign

Can’t find the MMO you want to play? David Siddock couldn’t either, so he’s building one.
We talked nostalgia, what we're missing today, and what MMOs could be next.

Listen here:
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#indiegamedev #MMORPG #gamedev #BrainArcade

@sanityglitched.bsky.social we definitely need a new indie platform.

Blockchain? Yeah, I know some of it's crazy😅 but knowledge is power so let's talk about it! Is there a way small teams could use it to build trust and transparency?

Episode here: buff.ly/nHMQHsq

#IndieDev #GameDev #BrainArcade #NewPodcast

"but that's what kickstarter is for" says the strawman

Do you know how much it costs to run a Kickstarter campaign that *might* be successful? It's all the difficulty of marketing a game, piled on top of funding the game.

I’ve got notebooks full of small multiplayer game ideas but the server costs always killed them.
Talking to Ken Anderson about serverless, peer-to-peer games felt liberating!
No servers. No sunsets. Just games that could live forever.
🎧 Listen in—Ken’s always a great guest!
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I really want to get good at Houdini. It’s a powerful tool.

What can indie teams learn from Spider-Man?
Veteran Art Director, Art Manager, and Lead Artist Jason Priest talks building smarter with procedural modeling, modular assets, environment storytelling, and the illusion of realism.

🎧 Listen Now!
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#GameDev #BrainArcade #GameArt

Free RPG Boot Icons – armored greaves, and footgear – perfect for fantasy equipment screen, and character customization UI👢

Check it out and download👉 craftpix.net/freebies/fre...

#craftpix #ドット絵 #gamedev #indiegame #assetstore #pixelart #픽셀아트 #gamemaker #gamedesign #characterdesign #gameasset #2d

@sanityglitched.bsky.social

Valve Sued for Antitrust — Indie Devs Now Part of a Class Action, Whether They Like It or Not | Fix Gaming Channel Stay updated with the latest gaming stories, indie developer features, and honest reviews from Fix Gaming Channel.

If you are a Steam developer and recently got an email about a class action suit, it's legit and you should check out two sites and your options:
1) Good summary article: fixgamingchannel.com/valve-antitr...
2) valvepublisherclassaction.com (full info/docs)
#gamedev #IndieGameDev #steam #sgteamgame

Creative, embraces challenges, and always player-first: Tatiana Funk talks designing for Nightingale in a live game environment.

If you're into game design or trying to break in, this episode of Brain Arcade is for you!

🎧New Ep: buff.ly/zLUmtfj

#GameDev #GameDesign #BrainArcade #Nightingale

Theater to Games! Jessica Woodard, Writer/ Producer Terrible Posture Games, talks building thriving indie teams and how stagecraft maps directly to game dev.
Congrats to Jess & team on Battle Train! buff.ly/njW5KDK

🎧 New Ep
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#gamedev #brainarcade #IndieDev #gameproductoion

This was a super fun one. I can probably talk with Ed all day.

“Games are a series of interesting choices.”
Too many? That’s how you get analysis paralysis!
UX lead Ed Moore gives us tips about information hiding, cognitive load, friction, and designing with empathy.

🎧 Episodes: buff.ly/YZBWgxM
🧠 What game overwhelmed you?

#Gamedev #UXdesign #BrainArcade

YouTube video by DoctorNovakaine Mega Man Day In The Limelight 2 #16 - Condescending Combinations

Mega Man Day In The Limelight 2 #16 - Condescending Combinations
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HYQ...
#DoctorNovakaine #MegaManDayInTheLimelight2 #MegaManFanGame #MegaManFanGames #MegaMan #Capcom #RetroGaming #RetroGames

Will be going live on #Twitch at 12:30 AM CST will be continuing my blind playthrough of #Afterimage by #AurogonShanghai

www.twitch.tv/angelus_05

#Metroidvania #IndieGame #IndieGames #IndieGaming

I stopped by Chris Cross's Brain Arcade podcast and we had a blast chatting nostalgic games meeting modern hardware.

He's the Lead Designer of the og Medal of Honor games, and has so much industry knowledge of making the games that we call retro now. Fascinating to pick his Brain (Arcade). 🎮

@retrohandhelds.bsky.social

Retro games are time machines! 🪄 They bring us back to a specific place and time. Stubbs from Retro Handhelds chats about why handheld emulation is booming, the strength of nostalgia, and lessons from old game design.

🎧 Episodes here:
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#GameDev #RetroHandheld #RetroGames

Love Me on Steam Kimino sneaks into her highschool late at night under the pretense that there, she can finally find happiness through love. What she finds instead, is a labyrinthine assortment of lockers sprawling wi...

EARLY ACCESS DEMO UP ON STEAM!
Check out the early access demo on Love Me's steampage if you'd like to try a short atmospheric, PSX horror-adventure game set in an otherworldly Japanese highschool.

(pls leave a wishlist if you'd like to support!)

#gamedev #indiegame #horrorgame #psx #godot #steam

This week we’re joined by Chris Cross, the original lead designer of Medal of Honor, who cut his teeth at Blizzard on Warcraft II and Diablo, worked on Small... 482: Medal of Honor: The Inside Story with Chris Cross - The Retro Hour EP482

Loved going down memory lane with The Retro Hour podcast! We go all the way from my first job in QA to unpacking what retro games can teach us today about modern game design and storytelling.

🎧 Catch the full episode
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🎙️Jump to my interview:
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#Gamedev #retrogrames

✨Neopets! What made this kids game so successful? Natalie Odien, Design Director, talks about her work on Neopets, the difference between designing “for kids” vs. “family-friendly” and how respecting young players creates lifelong fans.

Episodes:
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#GameDev #BrainArcade #GameDesign

Fun episode to record. You have to come back on.

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Expertise bias is real—and it can slow your whole project down!
This week we kick back with the fantastic Layla Mamedova, Cinematic Pipeline Manager at ZeniMax and we chat all about building thriving teams.

🎙️For more game dev knowledge, join the convo on Brain Arcade!