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Assault Android Cactus Dev Chat with Tim Dawson (2015-10-11)

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Following a SteamLUG Assault Android Cactus event, developer Tim Dawson dropped by to chat with Cheese and a number of other AAC players about Cactus, Game development and a stack of other things see below for discussion timestamps)! Visual quality early on is super bad as we were experimenting with graphical "ex modes" to see which would look worse on stream.

Big thanks to Sylaris, Mim, Bean, Nemoder, Her0 and ds for joining the discussion!

Check out Sylaris' in-depth Assault Android Cactus score/mechanics guide http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=182391861

00:00:00 Tim arrives
00:01:04 Boss rush improvements
00:02:27 Dark Embryo
00:03:41 Cactus' "completeness"
00:05:32 Cactus compared to previous games that Tim has worked on
00:06:03 Working on Drift Street International and Cars Race-O-Rama at Tantalus Media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus_Media
00:08:30 Cancelled/unreleased/poorly published games
00:11:24 Tim's experiences at Sega Studios Australia
00:12:32 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (2013 remake)
00:14:29 Game pricing vs its value to players
00:17:58 DLC/purchaseable content as a way for players to reward developers
00:19:38 Tim worked at Kixeye's Brisbane office for a time on Vega Conflict https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kixeye
00:21:34 Crowdfunders rewarding backers vs selling stuff to them
00:23:55 Walla: Tim is saying that the pricing of rewards is tricky. Cheese is saying that if you exclude people who aren't "ideal backers", you reduce your ability to reach critical mass
00:24:03 Digital distribution allowing greater agility around releases
00:27:08 Purchasing power leading to retailer specific content
00:29:01 Steam's presence and impact
00:32:07 Distribution platforms vs discoverability platforms
00:33:44 Games as art and what should influence them
00:34:30 Experiencing traditional art as a cathartic experience for a game developer
00:36:12 The craft of games vs the art of games
00:39:13 Expand http://www.expandgame.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqBUSkUYwys
00:41:14 Assault Android Cactus' length
00:45:04 Distribution of story density in Assault Android Cactus
00:45:54 Gameplay diversity across Assault Android Cactus' playable characters
00:48:36 Liquorice (spoilers!)
00:50:38 Optimising boss runs
00:52:50 Voice casting
00:58:45 Cutscenes as direction for players
01:00:52 Bean joins
01:03:33 Criticisms, expectations and sensitivities
01:13:58 Nemoder joins
01:14:03 Expectation management vs explicitly communicating things
01:18:56 Her0 joins
01:20:26 We notice that Sylaris has left
01:24:48 Difficulty in Assault Android Cactus
01:27:47 Play philosophy more can be a bigger hurdle than skill
01:29:24 Cheese attempts to ask Sylaris about "early access bias"
01:30:30 Nemoder leaves
01:32:58 Airscape: The Fall of Gravity http://airscapegame.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uROY1dq4P0E
01:35:11 Games that are deeper than screenshots and videos can communicate
01:38:36 Indie developers can more easily dive deeper into concepts
01:41:10 Expressing/implementing things that are low impact for players, but important for creators
01:43:06 Constraints as a tool for forcing focus
01:45:33 Working in teams
01:58:20 The value of cons/expos
01:56:27 Sylaris returns
01:57:03 More discussion about early access projects tending towards inaccessibility by tailoring experiences to early adopters
02:05:08 Accessibility of co-op play in Assault Android Cactus
02:06:14 Possible hurdles for new players
02:12:14 What would happen if the battery was disabled?
02:13:18 "Reverse fire" as an implementation of an auto-fire mechanic
02:13:55 "There is no random in Cactus" and trusting developers' design decisions
02:21:41 Should the customer always feel right?
02:22:06 Rami Ismail's Develop 2015 Keynote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4HL4FYgRtA
02:30:10 Risks associated with online multiplayer
02:24:41 Tim attempts to leave, but accidentally gets drawn back into discussion
02:25:19 It's totally fair to not enjoy a game
02:30:10 Online multiplayer
02:31:30 Tim really leaves this time

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