I did a talk!

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Hey - sadly not, they're just for the students. I'm sure i'll do other talks at other venues in the new year :)

Matt Hauke

Hey Mark, are these talks public? I'm not too far from UAL campuses and I'd love to attend one in the future if they're public or happening again

Dan Root

Really interesting! I like the doodles, I bet this was a really fun talk to do!

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This is the first talk i've given, but i helped at a game jam at the same university. I'm certainly interested in more opportunities - just gotta balance it with actually getting videos done :P so i wouldn't object if you wanted to suggest me as a possible speaker in the new year!

Do you often travel to Universities and give talks? At Gotland Game Conference the teachers book people from all over the game industry to give talks and be judges for the students' final projects. 2 years ago we have Superbunnyhop over, so I think there would be no problem getting you in too.

Yeah, the build your dungeon part was really cool.

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well because this one was for students, the conclusion was about the treasure trove of secrets that can be found in old games, the ability to use video games as text books, and how turning these dungeons into graphs really helped my understanding of them. as for the conclusion to zelda dungeon design itself - well, i don't know yet :P

Fermenter Games

Thanks for this! I'm curious about what you might've been saying in those last conclusion-y slides. (You always seem to say the right things at the end of a video to make the "lessons" stick.) Would you mind sharing?

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Hey! I haven't really done anything like that... yet. I tried to read Jesse's book but I was on a plane and i think i fell asleep - not the book's fault, i stress! for the most part, i get my stuff from the games themselves and interviews / GDC talks from the devs. my answer whenever someone asks about books, though, is derek yu's spelunky book. such a fantastic series of insights that really take you through his thought process. a great read

Hey Mark! I have been studying game design for a while now, reading Jesse Schell's "The Art of Game Design: a book of lenses" and watching your videos. What other studying material would you recommend? Maybe make a list if you have time?

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It's something i've thought about but i'm not sure how. Maybe something like Game Maker, or perhaps a level editor like Portal or whatever

Matthew Wilmsmeyer

I would LOVE to watch you make a dungeon from scratch. My friend and I have been discussing doing that for a fun project at some point and your Boss Keys layout structure really helped, so I think a fun "extra episode" might be something like using all you've learned from Boss Keys to create a dungeon from scratch.

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Yeah that's a bummer - i just compared it and it's not even half the length of an actual NES controller cable. maybe it's to encourage sitting cross legged on the floor like a kid? :P

Bjorn 'John Caboose' Johansson

What's your thoughts on the ridiculous controller cable length on the NES mini?

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Haha - I heard that Alien Isolation has a sorta mini Metroidvania structure but i'm too scared to play more than 30 mins so I dunno :P

I'm sure it'll be the first of many talks you'll end up giving :) Also would love to know what you said about Alien: Isolation! Or what you were thinking about with the question mark

Oskar van Velden

Dude, that PDF is so interesting. You write that it's just pics -but you can (almost) see what you wanted to tell/show them. Especially the part where you build a dungeon together and the though process behind that intrigued me. Would love to see some more into depth video/post about that. Where you construct a dungeon using that awesome diagram-tool-schema you invented and tell why certain levels work and some don't