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The Adventure Mechanics Podcast

A writer, game developer and a standard nerd talk about one video game in depth.

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Vertical Descent

    Chandler talks about a game with no reviews on Steam: Vertical Descent Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Cryptic Escape

    Chandler talks about a game with no reviews on Steam: Cryptic Escape Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Pixel Knight

    Chandler talks about a game with no reviews on Steam: Pixel Knight Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - SpaceWorm

    Chandler talks about a game with no reviews on Steam: SpaceWorm Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

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    The Adventure Mechanics: Arctic Eggs

    The mechanics talk about the first person egg cooking simulator.  You can find it here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Mechanics Make The Point

    Chandler talks about using mechanics to make the point of your story. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Building your player profile

    Chandler talks about building your player profile for your game. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Digging Into User Reviews

    Chandler talks about using user reviews from other games to improve yours. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

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    The Adventure Mechanics: Far: Lone Sails

    The mechanics talk about the cinematic exploration puzzler, Far: Lone Sails.  You can find it here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

  10. 56

    The Adventure Mechanics Impressions - Pour one out: The Death of KSP2

    Today, Tom and Chandler pour one out for Kerbal Space Program 2 and talk about how it died.  You can find it here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Finding Your Secret Sauce

    Chandler talks about things to look for when trying to find your game's secret sauce. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

  12. 54

    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Getting Started Part 2

    Chandler talks about continuing your first steps into the game design journey. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

    Chandler talks about tooling and keeping your eyes on the prize while developing your tools. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

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    The Adventure Mechanics - Interview with Morrowind Associate Producer Royal Connell

    Chandler sits down with Associate Producer of World Building for Morrowind, Royal Connell, and talks about Morrowind and other games he worked on.  You can find the game here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Getting to Good Enough

    Chandler talks about how you can gauge when something is "good enough" for your game. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Playable Prototype

    Chandler talks about the importance of having a playable prototype ready at all times. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Working On Your Weaknesses

    Chandler talks about the importance of looking at your game development weaknesses and how to work on them. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

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    The Adventure Mechanics - Ore No Ryomi 2: The Restaurant

    The mechanics examine the frantic mini game sim, Ore No Ryomi 2: The Restaurant.  You can find it here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

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    The Adventure Mechanics Impressions - Doing Number 2: The Sequel to KSP

    Today, Tom and Chandler talk about the sequel to the beloved rocketry indie game, Kerbal Space Program 2.  You can find it here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler Song : Plinian - Retro Gaming Version [Royalty Free] Music provided and produced by LonePeakMusic

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Starting Market Research

    Chandler talks about how to start market research for your game. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

  21. 45

    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Getting Started in Game Development

    Chandler talks about what to consider when you begin game development. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

  22. 44

    The Adventure Mechanics - Season Two in Review

    We talk about the games we reviewed and the games we played over the last season. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

  23. 43

    The Adventure Mechanics - Morrowind Pt. 3 - In Context

    We talk about Morrowind and how it compares to other entries in the series.  And D&D.  You can find Morrowind here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

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    The Adventure Mechanics - Morrowind Pt. 2 - Story

    Devon has story time with Tom and Chandler from Morrowind.  You can find the game here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler  

  25. 41

    The Adventure Mechanics - Morrowind Pt 1 - Impressions

    Devon and Chandler talk about their impressions of the classic RPG, Morrowind.  You can find it here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Tabletopping Your Game

    Chandler talks about making parts of your game on the tabletop before implementing them. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Accessibility

    Chandler talks about accessibility and how developers should consider it early and often. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest -Achievements

    Chandler talks about achievements and when they are appropriate in your game. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

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    The Adventure Mechanics - Deadbolt

    We talk about the twitch shooter/puzzle game, Deadbolt.  And we discuss accessibility.  You can find it here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

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    The Adventure Mechanics - Project Zomboid

    We fawn and rant about the long developed game, Project Zomboid.  You can find everything about it here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler  

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Momentum

    Chandler talks about momentum and how to keep it on a project. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest -The Dreaded Crunch

    Chandler talks about crunch and why it's not a good thing on projects. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Looking at Motivation

    Chandler looks at how he has changed in terms of motivation to design games. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Giving Feedback

    Chandler looks at how to give feedback to others when play testing other games. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

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    The Adventure Mechanics - Event[0]

    We're talking with Kaizen in the chatbot game, Event[0]. You can check out the game here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler  

  36. 30

    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Applying Definitions to CartograTour

    Chandler examines his game using the new definition that he created in the last side quest. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - What is a Casual Game?

    Chandler announces a new title for his game and re-defines what a casual game to apply to it. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

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    The Adventure Mechanics - Phasmophobia

    We're talking about our favorite spoop-tacular game, Phasmophobia.  You can check out the game here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

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    The Adventure Mechanics - Shivers

    We're touring a haunted museum in Shivers, the point and click adventure game.  You, too, can experience it here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Game Design Approaches

    Chandler dives into an overview of different game design approaches while working on The Mapper. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

  41. 25

    The Adventure Mechanics - Forza Horizon 4

    Our April Fools episode turned into a full episode on Forza Horizon 4, the open world racing game.  You can find it here! Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

  42. 24

    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Innovating vs Polishing

    Today, Chandler talks about innovating versus polishing and uses examples from review episodes. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

  43. 23

    The Adventure Mechanics - My Summer Car

    Hold onto your butts!  We're talking about My Summer Car, the survival mechanic simulator.  You can find it here! Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler    

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    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Making Unique Feeling Games

    Today Chandler talks about how he approaches making unique feeling games.  He also talks about progress on The Mapper.  You can find his latest prototype here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

  45. 21

    The Adventure Mechanics - Stars Die

    Today we talk about the surprise walking simulator, Stars Die.  You need to see it to believe it.  Find it here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

  46. 20

    The Adventure Mechanics - Season 1 Retrospective

    Today we look back on our first year(ish) of talking about games and what we've played over it.  You can find our lists here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

  47. 19

    The Adventure Mechanics - Majesty

    Today we fawn over one of our favorite games, Majesty, a game about bribing your heroes.  You can find this old gem here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

  48. 18

    The Adventure Mechanics - The Dagger of Amon Ra

    Today we spend far too much time talking about The Dagger of Amon Ra, an old game from Sierra.  You can find the game here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

  49. 17

    The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - The Case For Game Jams

    Today Chandler talks about game jams and why you should participate in one as a developer. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

  50. 16

    The Adventure Mechanics - Subnautica (Part 3)

    Today we finish our talk about Subnautica, a game we will stop talking about, I swear!  You can find the game here. Follow us : Devon Tom Chandler

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A writer, game developer and a standard nerd talk about one video game in depth.

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