Lostcast
250 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsLostcast is a weekly podcast about making better video games with small teams.
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Episodes
Lostcast 150: Loot'cast
November 24, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 3.82 KBLoot drops, game design, forum chats, Cho'gall, and dirty flags.
Lostcast 149: 3-Death
November 17, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 3.88 KBWhat if AWL were 3D? Also, death mechanic design discussions and more.
Lostcast 148: Shiperate
November 10, 2015 00:00 - 57 minutes - 3.38 KBShip or iterate? Game design, complexity, bosses, behavior trees, and thumbnails to hide your shame.
Lostcast 147: The Geoff Show (TGS)
November 03, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 3.67 KBRPG types, company buyouts, doubling down, data locality, and brutal verbal punishment.
Lostcast 146: Coffeecast
October 27, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.44 KBGeoff had too much coffee so he's violently yelling about melee combat, UI design, HTML5, and design patterns.
Lostcast 145: Function Bump
October 20, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.2 KBGame engines, game design, productivity, singletons, and separation of concerns.
Lostcast 144: Grosscast
October 13, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.6 KBGame design balance, composite operations, observer pattern, art tips, and tiger hats.
Lostcast 143: Hall Aboard
October 06, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.01 KBThe Five Rules Of Australia's Most Successful Game Creator, Indie Cup, Inktober, and more.
Lostcast 142: Back Peddlers
September 29, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 3.64 KBIt's back to the drawing board as we continue to peddle A Wizard's Lizard 2.
Lostcast 141: What Makes an Indie Hiss?
September 22, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.34 KBLet's analyze how to choose the right design by Ryan Clark, also art tips and game dev tips!
Lostcast 140: Sapped
September 15, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.69 KBAWL2 Kickstarter progress, AWL1 postmortem, board games, LARPing, Steam, and more.
Lostcast 139: Stresscast
September 01, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.35 KBA Wizard's Lizard 2 Kickstarter launched TODAY! Also survey results, game dev tips, art tips, and more.
Lostcast 138: MeAIsurement
August 25, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 3.61 KBSprite sheets, tiling, light and shadow, measurement, enemy AI, and our upcoming Kickstarter. This and more!
Lostcast 137: Meancast 2
August 18, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.19 KBjs13kGames, art tips, unity tips, evaluating game mechanics for depth, and... full-coverage car decals??
Lostcast 136: Whatever in the World
August 11, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 3.89 KBZelda II, THROWING THINGS, Twitch, the golden ratio, game mechanics, and more.
Lostcast 135: Games Are Hard
August 04, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.26 KBSURVEY! Please take it. Also Unity, art tips, AWL2 Kickstarter dates, and more.
Lostcast 134: Nobouya's Razer
July 28, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.53 KBTrain helmet hacks, Final Fantasy, music, development, and art. What more could game enthusiasts ask for?!
Lostcast 133: Artity
July 21, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.39 KBArt, Unity, and game design. With these things you can make vidja games!
Lostcast 132: Emergent Mourning
July 14, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 3.83 KBJoin us for emergent gameplay, the life of Iwata, Unity, and more.
Lostcast 131: Bytes and Pieces
July 07, 2015 00:00 - 57 minutes - 3.39 KBLet's chat about Kickstarter, A* path finding, Unity, art, difficulty, and game jams.
Lostcast 130: Caststarter
June 30, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.3 KBWhoa, we announced our next game! Let's go into more details and how we'll fund this friggin' thing.
Lostcast 129: Pun Diego
June 23, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.43 KBLet's chat about E3, games, podcasts, and our next major project!
Lostcast 128: Live Action Role-Podcasting
June 16, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.01 KBE3, YouTube Gaming, and live action gaming. Also: big announcement next week.
Lostcast 127: No Bones
June 09, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 3.92 KBUnity 5.1 is here, Steam Refunds have had an impact, and some games we're playing.
Lostcast 126: The Heuristicrats
June 02, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.14 KBHeuristics can be useful in making games. Also Steam refunds, AWL updates, Unity development, and Waveform Collection.
Lostcast 125: A Strange Tractor
May 26, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.53 KBWhen competing in a crowded market, a Strange Attractor could help your creative work stand out.
Lostcast 124: Meancast
May 19, 2015 00:00 - 57 minutes - 3.35 KBHow'd we get the name LDG? Backstory! Also turn-based tactics and Unity and YOU!
Lostcast 123: There and Back a Friend
May 12, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.39 KBMatt's back from HOME and has game design/art THOUGHTS! Also, catch up with Geoff's Unity exploits.
Lostcast 122: Playing for Keeps
May 05, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 3.7 KBMatt asks about Geoff's card game, ending with more Arcade Attack action.
Lostcast 121: Traditional Steamia
April 28, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.01 KBSteam mods for sale! And digital VS traditional media in games.
Lostcast 120: Development Delight
April 21, 2015 00:00 - 57 minutes - 3.36 KBHey we're playing games for once, let's talk about it. Also 2d lighting engines, and takeaways from Symphony of the Night director Koji Igarashi.
Lostcast 119: Preduction
April 14, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 3.63 KBGeoff streamed Unity dev again, pre-production, and minimum sustainable success.
Lostcast 118: Streamcast
April 07, 2015 00:00 - 51 minutes - 2.99 KBGeoff streamed some Unity game dev the other day! Let's talk about it and maybe future streams.
Lostcast 117: Humble Wizard Stream
March 31, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 3.9 KBHumble Bundle happened! Also some updates to AWL, and a new game streaming platform.
Lostcast 116: Complex City
March 24, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.39 KBSufficient complexity is a term we've been using to help us with game design. Let's discuss!
Lostcast 115: Ramble On Unity
March 17, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.53 KBConfiguring your Unity project, tile-based games, masking, and game design discussions.
Lostcast 114: Free To Make
March 10, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.78 KBWhoa look at all these amazing new FREE game engines! Let's discuss.
Lostcast 113: Game Conferences
March 03, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.24 KBAll about game conferences like GDC, E3, and more!
Lostcast 112: Flogcast
February 24, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 3.94 KB3d finally, Unity progress, and more.
Lostcast 111: Unidiego
February 17, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.57 KBHey, it's a local-cast in San Diego! And finally, we are trying Unity! GASP
Lostcast 110: Photon Storm 2
February 10, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.05 KBTHREE YEARS LATER, our second interview with Rich Davey, creator of the Phaser game engine.
Lostcast 109: Monetizogo
February 03, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 3.97 KBHow do you make money with games? Also, what of the LDG logo?!
Lostcast 108: Tubecast
January 27, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 3.88 KBYouTube is increasingly important for marketing indie games. Discuss!
Lostcast 107: LDG, Inc.
January 20, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.17 KBLet's talk about Creativity, Inc. a book by a Pixar mainstay, and of course game dev
Lostcast 106: Entity Cross-platform Something
January 13, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.67 KBEntity/component systems, Metalsmith, Enemy Mind, and more gamedevery!
Lostcast 105: Game Dev in the Morning with Geoff and Matt
January 06, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 3.99 KBNoise algorithms, failure and success, the next game, and more!
Lostcast 104: Koopa Color 5
December 30, 2014 00:00 - 1 hour - 4.05 KB2014 retrospective, dogs, tactics, and more!
Lostcast 103: The Meaning of Zeal
December 23, 2014 00:00 - 1 hour - 4 KBGeoff talks about his trip to New Zealand and how it could affect game development.
Lostcast 102: Agent Ketchup
December 16, 2014 00:00 - 57 minutes - 3.4 KBMOAR LOSTCAST DATA also AWL sales numbers, learning, and Challenge Mode?
Lostcast 101: Game Dev 101
December 09, 2014 00:00 - 1 hour - 3.63 KBThis is a sort of conversational guide on how to get started making games.