On this episode, I'm talking with software engineer and game designer, Dmitri Salcedo. Dmitri has been making games since the 90s, and we talk about balancing design and code.

We'll discuss his work on Michael Gagné's Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet. as well as tools, developers, publishers, and the challenges of making great games in a constantly changing business environment.

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SHOW NOTES

00:01:30 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet: http://store.steampowered.com/app/205730/ 00:01:46 The game out in 2012 00:02:20 Metroidvania is term describing any 2D side scroll game that combines the exploration dynamics of Metroid and Castlevania games. 00:03:35 Michell Gagné is truly an amazing artist: http://www.gagneint.com/ 00:03:45 Joe Olson: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,9897/ 00:04:35 The Torque engine: http://www.garagegames.com/products/torque-3d 00:04:50 The company was Dynamix! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamix 00:05:00 The Destiny of Zorro: http://amzn.to/1WN6rFQ 00:07:15 Here's that trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=975Zw8BJ3Vg 00:09:30 Corwin Light-Williams is almost impossible to find on the internet. 00:10:40 John Scrapper: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,128712/ 00:17:00 Xbox Live Indie Games was a separate marketplace on Live from XBLA. Definitely the wild west, for a time. 00:17:21 The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai: http://thedishwasherdeadsamurai.com/ 00:20:30 Microsoft Windows Live Messenger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger 00:21:20 Shadowrun on Games for Windows Live: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowrun_(2007_video_game) 00:26:00 Psybadek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWNgfLD6X20 026:40 Here are the Psygnosis titles I mentioned: Shipwreckers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePYSqhCyqAM Colony Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDJ7xJ2KNXI G-Police: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTEIh0sLlc0 00:27:20 Peter Chung's G-Police Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSUX3qGcWS4 00:30:25 "The Quake Guy" was Fatal1ty. He's now spending his time playing on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/fatal1ty He also still makes and sells gaming gear. 00:32:40 FXVille: Here's their current reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wNRVOinvJQ 00:36:00 Ryan ended up being on episode 02. Yes, I'm not necessarily releasing these in the same order I recorded them. 00:37:00 Heres those Google neural network images: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPX0SCl7OzWilt9LnuQliattX4OUCj_8EP65_cTVnBmS1jnYgsGQAieQUc1VQWdgQ?key=aVBxWjhwSzg2RjJWLWRuVFBBZEN1d205bUdEMnhB 00:37:30 7 Wonders: http://amzn.to/24Pxcst 00:42:10 Clutchplay Portland: http://clutchplaygames.com/cp/ 00:44:20 It's called Bullet Train, unsurprisingly: https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/introducing-bullet-train-new-vr-experience 00:48:07 More on Playdeck's problematic Kickstarter: http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/8/10937186/development-has-stopped-on-unsung-story-studio-tells-kickstarter-donors 00:49:00 Skullduggery: http://clutchplaygames.com/cp/ 00:50:00 Helloeyeballs: http://www.helloeyeballs.com/ 00:50:15 Pagdig.org PigSquad: http://pigsquad.com/ Oregon Game Organization: http://www.oregongames.org/

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