ALUOigrice 1.3 – Stuffed Wombat

This is my notes on the talk Stuffed Wombat gave at ALUOigrice.

3 types of game designers:
He already talked about that in his blog

1. Explorers
   1. Look at something really closely - Deconstruct
   2. Look at something from really far away - Abstract
   3. Find something new to look at (go outside!) - Do something new / Broaden horizons
2. Stealers
3. Workers
   Ultimately, you have to do all 3

I am very slow at committing to a game idea, but once I commit, I COMMIT

=> It's also important for collaborators, they know they can rely on you

Development process

1. Explore
2. Experiment
3. Expression
   What do I want to say / express through this game
   If I don't find what I want to say, I will never commit to full production
4. Execution
   Now I create the game project that is going to be shipped
   1. Beginning - Making a skeleton
   2. Middle - Add more and more stuff
   3. End - Cut radically
5. Exhaustion
   Post-launch depression - always happens, can be mitigated

Huge anxiety & fears before releasing the first games

For Stuffed Wombat, his creative process came from inside a protective layer:

• He is now confident in his creative process, and even if it didn't work he made good connections within the game industry
• He could always move back with his parents (what he did when starting to create games)
  => But it is still always scary. If it's not, it means it's not interesting enough

Fear of Failure is never to go away, even with a lot of experience

If he fails in his creative process, he goes back one step - it's ok to go back

Success means to be exhausted.
Success is releasing a game.