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[Ep291] Finite Checkpoints Dec 30, 2020

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Season’s greetings, Shenanites! This week, we talk about chapter ends, an elaborate system of mirrors, and total death traps. It’s the last episode of 2020, so we break down our year in review. What was the timeline? What was our experience? Did we learn any lessons? And as for the future? It’s time for getting stuff done with bombastic butterfly dunks.

Questions answered (abbreviated):

challosis: What is a design choice one of you pushed hard for that ended up being totally wrong once it was implemented?

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[Ep290] A Firehose of Data Dec 23, 2020

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Hi, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss making the right call, horrifying categories, and capitalistic pressures. Plus, we drag a few companies and complain about chores! Sometimes you just reach that “enough” moment and have to put your foot down. Or smack your ceiling with a towel.

Questions (sort of) answered (abbreviated):

Vuvu987: What are your thoughts on the modern AAA environment, and the practices that take place within it?

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[Ep289] Fruit Stickers Dec 16, 2020

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Hello, Shenanites! This week, we talk about boring adventures, picking up soda bottles, and doing things. As in, how do? It’s tempting to look for a system or secret that’s the answer to EVERYTHING, but it turns out that sometimes things are just hard. Strategies work until they don’t, and then you find a new one! Just make sure you don’t use up all your toughness on things like toothaches. That’s what Tylenol is for.

Questions answered (abbreviated):

challosis: I love being a "jack of all trades, master of none" when it comes to making games, but EVERYONE says it is a bad strategy. Who is wrong, me or everyone?
TimConceivable: What are some methods you have found helpful to tackle the tasks you dread?

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[Ep288] Liquid Bug Phase Dec 09, 2020

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Hey, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss tool inertia, diluting the particulate poo, and math. We tried to take more time for questions this week and ended up airing some grievances. But that’s what happens when you have highly specific pet peeves: one minute you’re talking about slippers, and the next you’re ranting about water slapping nonsense. Seems about par for the course.

Questions answered (abbreviated):

Mopait Flatunk: Since no one wears shoes during quarantine, are you going barefoot?
Huhonka Zonkdonk: Do you feel that it would be prudent to declare a 2021 name that has only positive connotations?
QuantumAnomaly: With as many tools as you have, do you have your own internal documentation for each of them?

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[Ep287] False Gates Dec 02, 2020

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Hi, Shenanites! We’re taking a break from our break in order to discuss holiday creep creep (we said what we said), ground warts, and console tribalism. By the time you hear this episode, we’ll be at least half way through the second of two superspreader capitalism event weeks! Stay safe, mask up, and remember, you can always work remotely from Barbados.

Questions answered (abbreviated):

TimConceivable: SAM! You mentioned switching over to Clip Studio Paint from Inkscape, but haven't said why! What made you decide to switch software?

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[Ep286] Feral Obi-Wan Nov 25, 2020

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Hello, Shenanites! This week, we talk about rad cats, content glut, and the indiepocalypse. It’s all about weathering the storm long enough to weatherproof your boat. Although at some point, your boat is so weatherproofed that you’ve reached the threshold of diminishing returns. As with everything, survival is key.

Questions answered (abbreviated):

Flyhoppie Axerompa: A few people have said there is an unknown but real end date to indiepocalypse. What are your thoughts?

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[Ep285] Druid Bias Nov 18, 2020

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Heya, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss information diets, radioactive piles of poop, and asynchronous mentorship. All data is spun, but whether you get gold or pasta at the end is unpredictable. Plus, context changes all the time, so maybe someday you’ll WANT spaghetti consequences. Turns out, everything is hard, and it’s just a bunch of triangles anyway, each following a different path.

Questions answered (abbreviated):

Woland77: Does the explosive post-end-of-support popularity of Among Us have any meaningful lessons for developers about maintaining their old games, or is it just a statistical outlier with no real lessons for anyone?
Flyhoppie Axerompa: Are there any tools you use or really anything you do that you believe listeners shouldn't try to emulate?

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[Ep284] The Bread-Cake Gradient Nov 11, 2020

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Hi, Shenanites! This week, we talk about gummi bear jackets, trash tier debt, and triangular muffins. In reality TV, entertainment trumps function every single time, so it is imperative that we save other baked goods from going the way of the cupcake. Do you really want to live in a world where twelve pounds of frosting are piled on every bread-thing you eat? Which side of the donut wars will you be on?

Questions answered (abbreviated):

Levelheaded: How does the revenue system work for different platform partnerships?
Beekie Boppaboop: What would be the best thing to find in the middle of the cupcake? The worst?
Flyhoppie Axerompa: What office chairs do you guys use?

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[Ep283] Monkey Law Nov 04, 2020

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Hello, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss happy lights, the weird disconnect, and accurate genre classifications. Do you ever think about how weird it is that we’re just a bunch of monkeys that chose to put on clothes and live in a world with rules that are artificially constructed by other monkeys based on the nonsense they believe? Sometimes when we’re in the grind, our minds wander. See these termites? These are money now.

Questions answered (abbreviated):

Dee Snopek: How long did each of your games take to develop, and why did you choose to explore each genre?
ICBusch: How did you maintain the focus to program effectively while Sam was so sick?

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[Ep282] Skeleton Gateways Oct 28, 2020

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Hey there, Shenanites! This week, we talk about the three stages of animation, the spectrum of engagement, and a weird trifecta of totally oppositional forces. We also talk about cake. Like a lot. Whether you can have it or eat it or both. There are a lot of great outcomes when cake is involved. And skeletons! The easiest way to give permission to grown-ups to have fun is to add a skeleton. And that, friends, is what Halloween is all about.

Questions answered (abbreviated):

TimConceivable: Do you all get into Halloween?

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