Teddy Diefenbach's guest appearances

Teddy Diefenbach

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Humans of Gaming Podcast

Ben Esposito

Cara Ellison

Carrie Patel

Meg Jayanth

Karla Zimonja

Brad Muir

Elizabeth Hargrave

Matthew Burns

Anna Kipnis

Tim Schafer

Jason Rohrer

Edmund McMillen

Richard Rouse

Jill Murray

Sean Vanaman

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Jolie Menzel

Talking all about design this week with Jolie (cinematic artist &amp; game designer at Telltale Games on The Walking Dead: 400 Days, The Wolf Among Us, Tales from the Borderlands and more, and currently a level designer at Ubisoft San Francisco on South Park: The Fracture But Whole) and Teddy (writer and game designer, worked on Shove Pro, The Moonlighters, and Hyper Light Drifter, and currently a creative director at Square Enix Montreal). We also chat about the story and lack of text in Hyper Light Drifter, games being different based on what department heads the studio, breaking design down into systems/levels/narratives, narrative puzzle design, iteration, having intimate conversations with developers by playing their game, giving players choice when they don’t expect it, the balance of showing how much a game is listening to players, subtlety in design, storytelling through level design, games withholding their payoffs for too long, and the need to not be precious with your work. Our Guests on the Internet Jolie's Twitter. Teddy's Twitter, Podcast, and Hyper Light Drifter. Stuff We Talked About The Moonlighters Catherine Jolie’s GDC 2016 talk - Solving Puzzle Design Teddy’s Lost Levels talk Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud The Five C's of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming Techniques by Joseph V. Mascelli Alias Prison Break Sleep No More (again) Our theme music was composed by 2Mello, and our logo was created by Lily Nishita.

Talking all about design this week with Jolie (cinematic artist &amp; game designer at Telltale Games on The Walking Dead: 400 Days, The Wolf Among Us, Tales from the Borderlands and more, and currently a level designer at Ubisoft San Francisco on South Park: The Fracture But Whole) and Teddy (writer and game designer, worked on Shove Pro, The Moonlighters, and Hyper Light Drifter, and currently a creative director at Square Enix Montreal). We also chat about the story and lack of text in Hyper Light Drifter, games being different based on what department heads the studio, breaking design down into systems/levels/narratives, narrative puzzle design, iteration, having intimate conversations with developers by playing their game, giving players choice when they don’t expect it, the balance of showing how much a game is listening to players, subtlety in design, storytelling through level design, games withholding their payoffs for too long, and the need to not be precious with your work. Our Guests on the Internet Jolie's <a href="https://twitter.com/joliemenzel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Teddy's <a href="https://twitter.com/teddydief" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/playscape-los-angeles/id1096220261?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast</a>, and <a href="http://www.heart-machine.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hyper Light Drifter</a>. Stuff We Talked About <a href="http://www.teddydief.com/the-moonlighters/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Moonlighters</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_%28video_game%29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Catherine</a> <a href="http://gdcvault.com/play/1023139/Level-Design-Workshop-Solving-Puzzle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jolie’s GDC 2016 talk - Solving Puzzle Design</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTHbL9q72w0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teddy’s Lost Levels talk</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/006097625X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Five-Cs-Cinematography-Picture-Techniques/dp/187950541X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Five C's of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming Techniques by Joseph V. Mascelli</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alias_%28TV_series%29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alias</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_Break" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prison Break</a> <a href="http://sleepnomorenyc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sleep No More (again)</a> Our theme music was composed by <a href="http://2mello.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2Mello</a>, and our logo was created by <a href="https://lilynishita.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lily Nishita</a>.

Jolie Menzel & Teddy Diefenbach

Every week we invite a special guest to talk with us about life, games, and belief. This week Teddy Diefenbach, a game designer currently working on Hyper Light Drifter and Kyoto Wild, talks about his journey from Catholicism to Presbyterianism to humanism, as well as his struggle with comments and the general self-doubt that comes with the act of creating something.

Every week we invite a special guest to talk with us about life, games, and belief. This week Teddy Diefenbach, a game designer currently working on <a href="http://www.heart-machine.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hyper Light Drifter</a> and <a href="http://www.kyotowild.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kyoto Wild</a>, talks about his journey from Catholicism to Presbyterianism to humanism, as well as his struggle with comments and the general self-doubt that comes with the act of creating something.

Episode 6 | Hyper Light Drifter's Teddy Diefenbach on being trapped in the comments and journying from Catholicism to humanism