Nick Vaccaro is the co-founder and programmer at Synersteel Studio. Synersteel is currently developing Valley of Shadow, an autobiographical first-person puzzle game targeting a 2023 release date. The demo is available on Steam. I met the Synersteel team at PAX East 2022 where I first played the demo.

In this episode we will discuss making an autobiographical game, the first-person puzzle game genre, the fundamentals of puzzle game design, playtesting, dev blogs, prepping to approach a publisher, attending PAX East, and of course a whole lot more.

Play the demo or wishlist Valley of Shadow on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1414030/Valley_of_Shadow/

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Synersteel Studio on the web: https://synersteel.com/

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