EPISODE · Aug 23, 2018 · 59 MIN
159: Bomb Chicken
from The Short Game · host The Short Game
Bomb Chicken is the first console game from mobile game royalty Nitrome. It’s a perfect example of a developer creating a entire game based on a single, super polished mechanic. Nitrome uses clever level design to spin their simple one button bomb-egg mechanic into dozens of unique challenges. Also the chicken is so fat. So so fat. Links for this episode Mark Brown – Game Makers Toolkit Bomb Chicken’s Dual Purpose Design – Skip the Tutorial Bomb Chicken website The Swapper – The Short Game episode 35 What’s making you happy this week? Laura: * To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (film) * The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (film) * Evergarden Nate: Holedown Raygan: Mousetrap Monday’s – All 12 Of Mascall’s 427 Year Old Style Mouse Traps (00:00) - Bomb Chicken (45:55) - What’s Making Us Happy This Week
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Bomb Chicken is the first console game from mobile game royalty Nitrome. It’s a perfect example of a developer creating a entire game based on a single, super polished mechanic. Nitrome uses clever level design to spin their simple one button bomb-egg mechanic into dozens of unique challenges. Also the chicken is so fat. So so fat. Links for this episode Mark Brown – Game Makers Toolkit Bomb Chicken’s Dual Purpose Design – Skip the Tutorial Bomb Chicken website The Swapper – The Short Game episode 35 What’s making you happy this week? Laura: * To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (film) * The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (film) * Evergarden Nate: Holedown Raygan: Mousetrap Monday’s – All 12 Of Mascall’s 427 Year Old Style Mouse Traps (00:00) - Bomb Chicken (45:55) - What’s Making Us Happy This Week
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