Episode 129: Games for Fun and Profit

In which the Eddy and Dixie cover for Matthew and talk about the challenges of playing games as game design professionals!

• We are very distracted
• Why game designers play games
• Rise of solo play (fact check: We did have a solo play stretch goal on the Demigod Kickstarter)
• Why Eddy keeps getting his dog's name wrong
• When's the last time I played a game for fun?
• Playtesting and white room balance is bullshit
• Playing in games you worked on
• Social anxiety and Gamehole Con
• Dixie's Switch tangent
• Research and enjoyment aren't binary
• Characters we don't usually play
• Doing things that could be for work but for play
• Optimum group sizes for video chat
• Games that surprised us

Links:

• Phasmaphobia: https://store.steampowered.com/app/739630/Phasmophobia/
• Danielle's chaos game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOp2TswC4ac
• Onyx Path YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOnyxPath
• Onyx Path Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theonyxpath
• Onyx Path Discord (#onyx-pathcast): https://discord.gg/5uckcBk