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The Adventure Mechanics Impressions - Pour one out: The Death of KSP2
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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 LonePeakMusicBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Finding Your Secret Sauce
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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 LonePeakMusicBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Getting Started Part 2
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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 LonePeakMusicBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
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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 LonePeakMusicBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - Interview with Morrowind Associate Producer Royal Connell
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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
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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 LonePeakMusicBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Playable Prototype
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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 LonePeakMusicBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Working On Your Weaknesses
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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 LonePeakMusicBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - Ore No Ryomi 2: The Restaurant
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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 LonePeakMusicBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Impressions - Doing Number 2: The Sequel to KSP
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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 LonePeakMusicBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Starting Market Research
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Chandler talks about how to start market research for your game. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Getting Started in Game Development
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Chandler talks about what to consider when you begin game development. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - Season Two in Review
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We talk about the games we reviewed and the games we played over the last season. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - Morrowind Pt. 3 - In Context
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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 ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - Morrowind Pt. 2 - Story
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Devon has story time with Tom and Chandler from Morrowind. You can find the game here. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - Morrowind Pt 1 - Impressions
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Devon and Chandler talk about their impressions of the classic RPG, Morrowind. You can find it here. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Tabletopping Your Game
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Chandler talks about making parts of your game on the tabletop before implementing them. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Accessibility
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Chandler talks about accessibility and how developers should consider it early and often. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest -Achievements
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Chandler talks about achievements and when they are appropriate in your game. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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We talk about the twitch shooter/puzzle game, Deadbolt. And we discuss accessibility. You can find it here. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - Project Zomboid
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We fawn and rant about the long developed game, Project Zomboid. You can find everything about it here. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Momentum
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Chandler talks about momentum and how to keep it on a project. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest -The Dreaded Crunch
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Chandler talks about crunch and why it's not a good thing on projects. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Looking at Motivation
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Chandler looks at how he has changed in terms of motivation to design games. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Giving Feedback
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Chandler looks at how to give feedback to others when play testing other games. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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We're talking with Kaizen in the chatbot game, Event[0]. You can check out the game here. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Applying Definitions to CartograTour
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Chandler examines his game using the new definition that he created in the last side quest. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - What is a Casual Game?
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Chandler announces a new title for his game and re-defines what a casual game to apply to it. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - Phasmophobia
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We're talking about our favorite spoop-tacular game, Phasmophobia. You can check out the game here. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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We're touring a haunted museum in Shivers, the point and click adventure game. You, too, can experience it here. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Game Design Approaches
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Chandler dives into an overview of different game design approaches while working on The Mapper. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - Forza Horizon 4
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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 ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Innovating vs Polishing
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Today, Chandler talks about innovating versus polishing and uses examples from review episodes. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - My Summer Car
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Hold onto your butts! We're talking about My Summer Car, the survival mechanic simulator. You can find it here! Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Making Unique Feeling Games
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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 ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - Stars Die
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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 ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - Season 1 Retrospective
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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 ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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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 ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - The Dagger of Amon Ra
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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 ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - The Case For Game Jams
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Today Chandler talks about game jams and why you should participate in one as a developer. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - Subnautica (Part 3)
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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 ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Feedback Issues
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Today Chandler talks about progress on his prototype and problems getting feedback on games. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - Subnautica (Part 2)
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Today we continue our talk about Subnautica, a game we can't get enough of. You can find the game here. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Side Quest - Pre-Production
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Today Chandler talks about doing pre-production on games. He then talks about applying it to his own designs. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - Subnautica (Part 1)
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Today we start our talk about Subnautica, a game about swimming and surviving on a hostile world. You can find the game here. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics Impressions - Carrion
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Today Chandler gives his impressions of Carrion, a new game by Phobia Game Studio. You can find the game here. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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Today we talk about The Dig, an adventure game that almost didn't make it. You can find the game here or here. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - Thomas Was Alone
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Today we talk about Thomas Was Alone, a super polished game about jumping boxes. You can find the game here. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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Today we are talking about Donut County, a charmingly small game from Ben Esposito. You can find the game here. Follow us : Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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The Adventure Mechanics - Untitled Goose Game
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This time, we talk about Untitled Goose Game, where you play a jerk of a goose. You can find more about it here. Follow us: Devon Tom ChandlerBy theadventuremechanics
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