In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss the card deck. They discuss how it’s not just a pile of cards, and how altering the Size, Placement and Access attributes of a deck can change the feel, length and difficulty of your game.
Sep 6, 2022
16 min
In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss the ‘card draw’. Is this the simplest mechanism? Is it actually a sub-mechanism? They talk about the Trigger, Action, Destination breakdown of drawing cards and the simple changes you can make to each step that will change the feel of your game.
Aug 16, 2022
15 min
In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss the functional units of a game, what to call them and how using them as a starting point for game design can be clever, but not always fun.
Jul 6, 2022
14 min
In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris welcome back Omari Akil to discuss designing games based on films, TV shows and other intellectual properties (IPs). Omari talks about the challenges of designing the Home Alone game, and how the creative constraints and time pressures of IP can be a double-edged sword.
Jun 29, 2022
16 min
Welcome back! In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss what’s been going on over the past few months; new jobs, busy lives and new (totally genuine) sponsorship deals...
Jun 21, 2022
13 min
In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris are joined by Omari Akil, musician and co-designer of Rap Godz, to discuss music as a theme and source of inspiration for game designs.
Dec 8, 2021
16 min
In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss party games! What makes something a party game? Is it the player count, the mechanics, the rowdiness of the participants or something else?
Nov 29, 2021
12 min
In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss their tabletop origin stories and how they ended up hosting a podcast together.
Nov 22, 2021
13 min
In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris try not to get too confused as they discuss abstraction in games, and how temporarily removing themes during development can liberate your designs.
Nov 15, 2021
11 min
In this episode of 10 Minute Design Chat, Rob and Chris discuss surprises in games, and how you can incorporate the unexpected into your designs to create memorable moments.
Oct 24, 2021
14 min
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