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EPISODE · Aug 20, 2019

"Explosions!" Power Fantasies; Game Trailers

from Nice Games Club - a gamedev podcast! · host Lydia, Stephen, and Mark

This week your Nice Hosts break open Power Fantasies and Indie Game Trailers and analyze what makes them work! Can boredom be a game mechanic? Is the age old storytelling rule "show don't tell" actually bad advice for indie game trailers? Can a power fantasy game really ever have too many explosions??Picture credit Gearbox SoftwareIf you have a trailer for your game and want to get some feedback on it send us a link on Twitter to see if it gets the "Stephen Would Actually Watch This" Seal of Approval!Game Devs of Color Expo TalksFriends of the show gave talks! Aubrey Scott talks at 49:57 and Evva Kraikul is on a panel at 4:07:54.Swimsanity (If your team includes two brothers it has to be sea themed)Worker Bee is publishing Widget Satchel in Japan!The Ooblets team is amazing and you should plan on buying the game on the Epic …(Ooblets was going to be published by Double Fine until Double Fine was bought …0:18:08Power FantasiesMonster Den was a game store/event space in Minneapolis where Martha first played Halo- there is a different game store there now called Dreamers Vault Games0:43:27Game TrailersWidget Satchel Trailer

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