Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we are beginning to come dangerously close to spending longer talking about Republic Commando than we did playing it. This time, we get a look behind art development for Star Wars through the eyes and voices of two artists who worked on the title: Greg Knight, who was the principal concept artist for the game, and Paul Pierce, who designed the look and feel of the user interface. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over seve...
Jul 08, 2020•1 hr 56 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we welcome another interview, this time with industry veteran and current VP of Design at Schell Games, Harley Baldwin. Harley talks about her path through the industry and about her time especially at LucasArts and Republic Commando , on which she served as a level designer. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 0:45 Interview 1:25:23 Break 1:25:51 Feedback Issue...
Jul 01, 2020•2 hr 10 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we delve deeper into audio and music on Republic Commando , via our interview with David Collins and Jesse Harlin, the audio lead and composer for the game, respectively. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 0:48 Interview 1:45:20 Break 1:45:56 Outro Issues covered: going from film scoring to games, writing a column, dealing with the suits, getting the games at a...
Jun 24, 2020•1 hr 54 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we conclude our series on the 2005 squad-based shooter Star Wars Republic Commando , on which both hosts worked. We talk about some of the difficulty unevenness of the game, some of the process of building the game, a bit about enemy and squad AI, and especially how we came to differentiate the characters and inject some humor. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: ...
Jun 17, 2020•1 hr 49 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our series on the 2005 squad-based shooter Star Wars Republic Commando , on which both hosts worked. We talk about demoing at E3, some of the design philosophies evidenced by the scavenger droid and tidbits from the levels we played, before turning to feedback. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Through the Prosecutor Issues covered: getting approval ...
Jun 10, 2020•2 hr 21 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we begin a new series on the 2005 squad-based shooter S tar Wars Republic Commando , on which both hosts worked. We first set the game in its time and also look at the various introductions made in the first part of the game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: The Geonosis section Issues covered: revisiting our game and what it was like, a new console generation,...
Jun 03, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we cap off our revisit of the unique series Animal Crossing with a bonus episode about it's latest installment, Animal Crossing: New Horizons . We talk about the feeling of the new game, the intersection of new mechanics and quality-of-life improvements and how they change the feel of the game, and we give the museum some love in addition to other topics and feedback. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes...
May 27, 2020•1 hr 43 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our series on the unique Animal Crossing . We talk about the holidays we visited, Mr. Resetti and not wanting to mess with your save, going to the island, and many more, before turning to our series takeaways and feedback. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: An hour a day! (Many in holidays.) Podcast breakdown: 0:41 Animal Crossing 1:07:38 Break 1:08:1...
May 20, 2020•2 hr 2 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our series on the unique series Animal Crossing . We talk about collecting, changing the world, paying off your second mortgage, the many purposes the animals serve, and the fun the developers seem to have had contributing ideas to the game, among other topics. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: An hour each day! Issues covered: Brett's growing gyroid...
May 13, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our series on the unique series Animal Crossing . We talk about real time gaming, acquisition loops, how it resembles a mobile game and other topics, before turning to reviews. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: An hour a day! Issues covered: pinchy-pinchy and puns, wanting to pay off that second loan, the daily routine of play, filling about an hour,...
May 06, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we begin a new series on the unique series Animal Crossing . We situate the game briefly in time before turning to some of the ways the game introduces itself and its mechanics, before turning to feedback. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: An hour a day! Podcast breakdown: 0:50 Animal Crossing 1:08:09 Break 1:08:43 Feedback Issues covered: "this is one of my fav...
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 33 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we return to Blizzard's 2004 classic MMORPG World of Warcraft . We discuss the pace of the game in solo vs group, another dungeon, and make some observations about MMO combat before turning to feedback. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up to level 30 Podcast breakdown: 0:53 WoW Talk 1:06:32 Break 1:07:08 Feedback Issues covered: blasts from the LucasArts past, ...
Apr 22, 2020•1 hr 47 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we complete our series playing Chrono Trigger . We discuss the handful of remaininig quests in "The Fated Hour" and defeating Lavos (as an afterthought) before turning to our takeaways and feedback. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Finish the game! Podcast breakdown: 0:48 Chrono Trigger 1:27:22 Break 1:28:05 Feedback Issues covered: reforestation with Robo, bei...
Apr 15, 2020•2 hr 38 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our series playing Chrono Trigger . We hit the story notes first and doing things in your own order before turning especially to where the game goes once we reach "The Fated Hour." Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up into The Fated Hour Podcast breakdown: 0:50 Chrono Trigger 1:08:35 Break 1:09:07 Feedback Issues covered: the chapters at the end, the...
Apr 08, 2020•1 hr 36 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our series playing Chrono Trigger . We talk about new modes of exploring the game, the tone of the translation between the two of us, some of the boss battles and go over the story bits for the week. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up to "What Lies Beyond?" Podcast breakdown: 0:53 Chrono Trigger 1:14:42 Break 1:15:17 Feedback Issues covered: bowlin...
Apr 01, 2020•1 hr 31 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our series playing Chrono Trigger . We talk exploration vs following the story threads, delve deeper into the combat, chat about the game's difficulty and accessibility, along with story recaps and other topics. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up to the Magus's Castle Podcast breakdown: 0:52 Chrono Trigger 1:30:48 Break 1:31:22 Feedback Issues cove...
Mar 25, 2020•2 hr 13 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we begin our series playing Chrono Trigger , the beloved 1995 SNES classic. We cover a lot of ground with this one, including the story, some of the combat, the way the game pays attention to you... all sorts of topics for a corker of a game. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up to The End of Time! Podcast breakdown: 0:51 Chrono Trigger 1:31:07 Break 1:31:41 Fee...
Mar 18, 2020•2 hr 22 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we finish our Civilization III discussion with an interview with Jeff Morris, producer on Civilization III and long-time producer in the industry. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 0:47 Interview 1:09:53 Break 1:10:25 Feedback Issues covered: not being suited to programming, being part of the problem, the huge shadow of Origin growing up, getting a job through...
Mar 11, 2020•1 hr 53 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our Civilization III discussion with an interview with Soren Johnson, Civilization III designer and programmer and head of Mohawk Games. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 0:49 Interview 1:39:20 Break 1:39:54 Feedback Issues covered: surprises on the 200th episode, getting into games, mispronouncing a California city, computer science as a term, fig...
Mar 04, 2020•2 hr 9 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we engage in a little bonus talk about 2014's Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth . We talk about the game's strengths and iterations over Civ III and also the things that particular work for the hosts in the game, before turning to a brief celebration of our episode 200 and some feedback. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: A few hours of Beyond Earth (9 for B...
Feb 26, 2020•1 hr 51 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we complete our discussion of Civilization III (and of the Civilization series generally). We talk about Tim bending the game to his will and falling down the game's rabbit hole before turning to takeaways and feedback. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Through the Modern Era! Issues covered: Brett just can't play the game, making a very specific game, finding t...
Feb 19, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 199
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our discussion of Civilization III . We talk about Tim triggering a World War, the slow-down in the mid-game, Brett as a war criminal, and other topics. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up to the Modern Era Issues covered: Rome gets what it deserves, having more vs fewer Civs, running out of time/hitting a point of no return, not knowing what to ask...
Feb 12, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our discussion of Civilization III (and of the Civilization series generally). We talk a bit about the middle game generally, why it doesn't catch on with Brett as much, and especially address the layers of game play and how they interact. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Through the Medieval period Issues covered: converting members of the populati...
Feb 05, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we begin our discussion of the game series beginning in 1991, Civilization , through its 2001 incarnation Civilization III . We talk about it in time, the type of sim it is, some bits about "civilization" and lots of other topics. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up to the Medieval Age Issues covered: choosing your names, looking at the series as a whole, one m...
Jan 29, 2020•1 hr 30 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we welcome Kirk Hamilton, composer, podcaster, and retired writer/editor to the podcast to talk about music composition, working with licenses and licensed music, the way music and play work on our brains, and a host of other topics. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 0:16 Interview 1:10:31 Break 1:11:00 Next game, announcement, etc. Issues covered: Kirk's earl...
Jan 22, 2020•1 hr 31 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we return to Blizzard's 2004 classic MMORPG World of Warcraft . We discuss the focus required to work in groups, zone design and macro story choices, and delve into our first dungeon before turning to feedback. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Into the mid-20s Podcast breakdown: 0:47 WoW talk 1:16:45 Break 1:17:16 Feedback Issues covered: shortcuts/acronyms for...
Jan 16, 2020•1 hr 45 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we complete our series on 1999's Sega cult classic Shenmue . We spend a lot of time lifting cargo and putting it into place and also run pell-mell for the exit before we turn to our takeaways and some feedback. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Finishing the game! Podcast breakdown: 0:44 Shenmue discussion 58:24 Break 59:03 Takeaways and Feedback Issues covered:...
Jan 08, 2020•1 hr 49 min
No show notes this week -- just our annual takeaways and recaps. Happy New Year -- let's make 2020 a good one, folks. https://twitch.tv/brettdouville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com
Jan 01, 2020•1 hr 17 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our series on 1999's Sega cult classic Shenmue . We talk about waiting for time to pass, delve into similarities with other auteurist life simulation games, and get caught by guards ten times apiece. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up until we're getting a job Issues covered: getting on the bus, missing the bus, watching the wheels on the bus go ro...
Dec 18, 2019•1 hr 17 min
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we start a new series on 1999's Sega cult classic Shenmue . We've visited 1999 before, so we briefly set it in context before moving on to the salient question: What even is this game? We talk about the way the story begins, the environment interactivity, and the "open world" and time, among other topics. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Up until we're looking ...
Dec 11, 2019•1 hr 42 min
