For this week's show, Shark and I talked about bare essentials of what should be in every videogame ever made, and then how do you decide how long to make a game. Shark's discord https://twitter.com/NexusGames12 ____________________________________________________________ BOOKS I'VE WRITTEN ON GAME DESIGN: Game Design Deep Dive: Platformers -- https://www.crcpress.com/Game-Design-Deep-Dive-Jumping-Platformers/Bycer/p/book/9780367211387 20 Essential Games to Study: -- https://www.crcpress.com/20-Essential-Games-to-Study/Bycer/p/book/9781138341456 JOIN OUR DISCORD CHANNEL The basic tier is now open to everyone with additional features and options for those who support our Patreon. Anyone on the discord also gets the archives of our game streams for free. https://discord.gg/MFdkhMz SUPPORT GAME-WISDOM Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GWBycer Hitting goals will allow me to add more content and let patreon supporters vote on what they would like to see each month. For any pledges, you will get access to our private discord channel where we talk about game design and industry topics. If you would like to make a one time donation -- You can send money directly through Paypal through this link: http://paypal.me/GWBycer SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW: Become a Member of the Channel: null Main Site: http://Game-Wisdom.com/ YouTube: null Twitter: https://twitter.com/gwbycer Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gamewisdom/ Audiocasts can be found at: http://subscribeonandroid.com/game-wisdom.com/feed/podcast for Android and https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/game-wisdom/id1126129621?mt=2&ls=1 for Itunes VIDEO and STREAMING SCHEDULE: Nightly at 10 est I have my regular streaming of a video game. Saturday nights we do our grab bag stream where I'll play games voted on by the fans. At Noon est on most days, there will be a vlog video. Either a Critical Thought, Industry Insight or update to the channel. Around 6:00 PM est, a video looking at a video game. Either part of a let's play, or a spotlight on a game. Sunday: Around 2:30 est we do a live show here on the channel with the recording available to watch in a few days. Mondays: A Dissecting Game Design will be posted. My video series examining a game's design. ABOUT ME: I'm Josh Bycer and I run the site Game-Wisdom, where I examine the art and science of games. Here on Youtube, I put out a variety of videos that consists of let's plays, examinations and more.