Victory Pointers 010 – Kickstarting Publishing with Allen Chang and Alistair Kearney
Victory Pointers
English - April 09, 2016 04:57 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBGames Leisure games boardgames gamedesign Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We are joined by Allen Chang and Alistair Kearney from Rule & Make to discuss collaborating on designs, focusing on the core of games, Kickstarting a publishing company, communicating with backers, taking backer suggestions, ideal player counts and building relationships.
Rule & Make – @ruleandmake / ruleandmake.com
Aaron Lim – @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com
Sye Robertson – @syelon / syelon.com
What we talked about
2:37 – Collaborating on making games in Rule & Make
4:55 – Craziest things Alistair has said yes or no to when designing with Allen
9:00 – Major changes late in design for Rise to Power and Burger Up
14:10 – Reassessing the core of a game
16:14 – What makes a “Rule & Make game”
19:10 – Focusing on core mechanics in a game
20:43 – Kickstarting a publishing company
25:05 – Designing games vs publishing games
28:53 – Lifestyle games and competition
36:00 – Communication with backers post-Kickstarter, maintaining a record through regular updates
42:48 – Taking on backer suggestions and getting backer involvement
49:07 – Balancing backer suggestions with the core of the game
56:34 – Ideal player counts
1:02:35 – Looking beyond Australia with publishing and finding designers
1:05:56 – Building relationships with publishers and designers
1:10:06 – Choosing to be a designer or a publisher
Links to what we talked about
GAMA – The Game Manufacturers Association
Australian Toy Hobby and Licensing Fair
Grail Games
Previous interview with Allen and Alistair on the Action Points Podcast
Games Laboratory Incubator
Czech Games Edition
Portal Games
Games we mentioned
Entropy
Rise to Power
Ninja Dojo Fight
Burger Up
Robots & Rockets
Elevenses
One Zero One
Munchkin
Android: Netrunner
Dominion
Android
Android: Infiltration
Steam Works
After the Flood
Too Many Cinderellas
Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co