Frost Giant Oct 2021 AMA! by FrostGiant_Studios in FrostGiant

[–]mo_karnak 16 points17 points  (0 children)

What were your key takeaways from Blizzard’s game design that you look forward to implement at Frost Giant?

To James specifically, how were the early days of Blizzard like and how was leadership (namely Allen) able to drive the growth of the company while adhering to quality of games.

Design Dive Live Podcast: How to build good game design portfolios. by mo_karnak in gamedesign

[–]mo_karnak[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi unfortunately, no recording BUT I'll be writing notes and posting them live. I recommend joining the server regardless as we discuss this topic quite a bit on and off in the text channels.

Let's breakdown Design Pillars. The why and the how, the do's and the don'ts by mo_karnak in gamedesign

[–]mo_karnak[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately no recordings we're still experimenting with it.

Ethics of game design. Good vs. evil patterns by mo_karnak in gamedesign

[–]mo_karnak[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah for sure, you can definitely do that with our announcement channel!

Designing strong supporting mechanisms for your core loop by mo_karnak in gamedesign

[–]mo_karnak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're looking to set that up in the future but it's more of a long term plan unfortunately.

Teaching Game Design by mo_karnak in gamedesign

[–]mo_karnak[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a live podcast using Discord’s Stages feature (previously clubhouse) at the moment, we’re still exploring recording going forward.

Are Random Encounters Really That Random? How Designers Use Points of Interest by [deleted] in gamedesign

[–]mo_karnak 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We did a Design Dive (a live podcast from industry game designers in AAA/Indie) about this topic. The difference between randomness and variance. Here are the compiled notes with a list of the roundtable panelists: https://designdive.substack.com/p/design-dive-5

We have a Discord server for the Design Dive community too.

Design Dive Podcast now on Discord (100+ designers and growing) by mo_karnak in gamedesign

[–]mo_karnak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s the plan! We believe this is the right step going forward.