Calvin and Jaycie discuss the games that they would unapologetically copy, with their own twists, if given the chance.

Length: 57 minutes

Calvin and Jaycie gives updates about their respective personal game projects.

Length: 45 minutes

Calvin and Jaycie talk about game developers who inspire us.

Length: 75 minutes

Calvin and Jaycie talk about "bonsai games", the small and concise experience that fit in your pocket.

Length: 50 minutes

Calvin and Jaycie talk about enjoying gamedev just for its own sake.

Length: 46 minutes

Calvin and Jaycie talk about choosing when to call things "done".

Length: 48 minutes

Calvin and Jaycie welcome Heather Flowers back to the podcast for another conversation.

Length: 38 minutes

Calvin and Jaycie talk about the balance between code and content in the design and impementation of making games.

Length: 38 minutes

Calvin and Jaycie talk about giving, receiving, and asking for feedback.

Length: 46 minutes

Calvin and Jaycie talk about self promotion of your games.

Length: 49 minutes

Calvin and Jaycie talk about success and failure of participation in Bitter Jam 2020.

Length: 59 minutes

Calvin and Jaycie try to answer the question for themselves "Why Do We Want To Make Games?"

Length: 59 minutes

Calvin and Jaycie interview Victoria Dominowski about her game Secret Little Haven.

Length: 53 minutes

Calvin and Jaycie discuss the use of travel in game design.

Length: 55 minutes

Calvin and Jaycie interview Piper Thunstrom, the creator and maintainer of the PursuedPyBear Python game engine.

Length: 55 minutes

Calvin and Jaycie talk about the emotional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and getting back on track in these difficult times.

Length: 35 minutes

Jaycie and Calvin interview fellow side quester Ray Perry. Ray works with Jaycie during the day and works on his own games in his side time. We talk about the games that inspire ray and …

Jaycie and Calvin talk about prioritizing tasks.

Length: 33 minutes

Jaycie and Calvin talk about the influence of Pokemon on game design.

Length: 40 minutes

Jaycie and Calvin interview indie developer Heather Flowers, maker fo EXTREME MEATPUNKS FOREVER

Length: 47 minutes

Jaycie and Calvin give updates on their main game projects, Anthrotari and Necromancer's Escape.

Length: 23 minutes

Jaycie and Calvin talk about the first episode of Side Quest Completed and what's changed since then.

Length: 32 minutes

Jaycie gives you a pep talk about Global Game Jam!

Length: 8 minutes

Jaycie and Calvin talk about welcoming the new year with big plans and small steps.

Length: 45 minutes

Jaycie and Calvin share resources and inspirations.

Length: 33 minutes

Jaycie and Calvin talk about the Python programming language, a language both have worked with for many years and enjoy quite a lot. Also, a language with a long and complicated relationship with making games …

Jaycie and Calvin talk about difficulty levels in games. What changes in gameplay make compelling knobs to adjust the challenge? How do we balance our games not just once, but across many difficulty levels?

Length …

Jaycie interviews Henry Keiser about his work in VR.

Length: 55 minutes

Jaycie and Calvin talk about the difficulty working on your game every day, and weigh the benefits of working a little every day vs a whole lot on just a couple days each week.

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Jaycie and Calvin talk about game jam events.

• Ludam Dare
• Itch.io Game Jame Listings

Length: 32 minutes

Calvin and Jaycie talk about the initial efforts to organize a new project and get your planning and tracking off to a good start.

• Initial project setup with timelines and outlines
• FogBugz
• Trello
• OneNote
• Remember …

Jaycie and Calvin talk about dev updates, screenshot Saturdays, and all the ways gamedevs share their work and progress.

• Talked about tools we make and if they are worth the time, mentioned XKCD chart
• Calvin …

Jaycie and Calvin interview Ayla Myers, part of the team behind Castle.games, the web-based community for building and sharing games online. They've built a platform where their users can build LÖVE 2D games and …

Jaycie and Calvin talk about choosing between building games in the same genre or style, or exploring many different ideas, especially with the limited time hobbyists have to spend on making their games.

We also …

Jaycie and Calvin talk about Marie Kondo’s and the Life Changing Magic of Reducing Scope, I mean, of Tidying Up. Same thing, right? We take a bunch of select quotes and lessons from the popular book and see how we …

In this episode Calvin and Jaycie recount a dozen games between the two of them which they've never finished, their feelings on not finishing games, and intents to revisist past projects or to set them aside forever to focus on better …