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Ludology 283 - Tools of the Trade
Ludology
English - September 18, 2022 15:55 - 1 hour - 96.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 337 ratingsGames Leisure Video Games boardgames games Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Erica, Gil, and Sen discuss some of the tools and processes they use at the various phases of designing a game from their varying perspectives of an in-house designer, a publisher, and freelance designer/developer.
SHOW NOTES:
00:08:31 DDS is an acronym for Detailed Design Specification
00:11:38 LucidChart browser-based flowcharting and more www.lucidchart.com
00:18:43 Canva free online graphic design tool www.canva.com
00:19:13 Tabletop Simulator is a virtual tabletop (VTT) run on Steam www.tabletopsimulator.com
00:19:14 Tabletopia is a browser-based VTT www.tabletopia.com
00:21:26 Also known as an MVP - a “Minimum Viable Prototype”
00:21:45 Filemaker Pro is a relational database www.claris.com
00:21:57 Nandeck is cardmaking software www.nandeck.com
00:22:05 Component Studio is a full game design suite that is hooked up to the Game Crafter https://component.studio/
00:26:06 Adobe Creative Suite is the industry standard for the industry in terms of graphic design www.adobe.com
00:27:54 Photopea is an online Photoshop equivalent for raster images www.photopea.com
00:28:29 GIMP is an open source Photoshop equivalent www.gimp.org
00:29:15 Inkscape is a free equivalent of Illustrator for vector images www.inkscape.org
00:29:57 The Affinity Suite is a one-time payment suite of graphic design and illustrative tools https://affinity.serif.com
00:36:46 Fiskars Rotary Cutter is Sen’s weapon of choice www.fiskars.com/en-us/crafting-and-sewing/products/rotary-cutters-mats-and-rulers
00:37:13 Arc punches, square punches and corner punches, oh my! This is an example of a 1” arch punch: www.amazon.ca/General-Tools-Instruments-1271M-1-Inch/dp/B00004T7WH
00:41:36 Midjourney and Dall-e are prompt-based AI Art generators www.midjourney.com / https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/
00:44:58 Some great sources for icons etc. www.flaticon.com https://thenounproject.com https://game-icons.net
00:45:32 Face generating software ThisPersonDoesNotExist https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/
00:48:46 Functional Fixedness is the psychological phenomena when a person cannot see any other use for an item because their initial understanding of how it’s used is the only way they think it can be used
00:49:10 Sunk Cost Fallacy occurs when a person will not make a change, even one that is likely to be highly beneficial, due to the perceived amount of time, money, effort, etc.they have already invested in the current strategy
00:55:58 You can record your screen right from Windows https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/record-the-screen-d70508e8-25a3-4b97-b78a-a467b5372e21 and MacOS https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT208721