Victory Pointers

We are joined by Matt Dunstan to discuss finding a community, collaborating on designs, how we come up with game ideas, working with publishers, and recognizing different philosophies of game design. Matt Dunstan – @wisegoldfish / matthewdunstan.com Kim Brebach – @secretbasegames / secretbasegames.com Aaron Lim – @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson – @syelon / syelon.com What we talked about 1:50 – Starting game groups and Australian game design scene growth. 6:00 – Collaborating on game design 8:48 – On the spectrum of design and development 10:00 – How we come up with game ideas 17:10 – On missing rules documents in prototypes 26:17 – Setting design goals and agreeing on a vision for a game 31:10 – Will collaboration lead to more projects being finished? 35:39 – Working with publishers in developing games and finding the “best direction” for a game 41:43 – Level of polish in game prototypes at the pitching stage 44:26 – Building relationships with publishers 47:10 – Philosophies of game de