"Explosions!" Power Fantasies; Game Trailers
This week your Nice Hosts break open Power Fantasies and Indie Game Trailers and analyze what makes them work! Can boredom be a game mechanic? Is the age old storytelling rule "show don't tell" actually bad advice for indie game trailers? Can a power fantasy game really ever have too many explosions??
Picture credit Gearbox Software
If you have a trailer for your game and want to get some feedback on it send us a link on Twitter to see if it gets the "Stephen Would Actually Watch This" Seal of Approval!
- Game Devs of Color Expo Talks
Friends of the show gave talks! Aubrey Scott talks at 49:57 and Evva Kraikul is on a panel at 4:07:54.
- Swimsanity (If your team includes two brothers it has to be sea themed)
- Worker Bee is publishing Widget Satchel in Japan!
- The Ooblets team is amazing and you should plan on buying the game on the Epic …
- (Ooblets was going to be published by Double Fine until Double Fine was bought …
Monster Den was a game store/event space in Minneapolis where Martha first played Halo- there is a different game store there now called Dreamers Vault Games
Game Trailers 0:43:27 Mark LaCroixMarketingWidget Satchel Trailer