After a slight delay, Episode 6 is here!
This week’s interview is with Kabam! games art director, Ken Capelli. We talk old school and new school art, design and interface, and how classic development can help make better software. We also discuss how spectacular failures can still succeed.
And I rant about the sad state of discovery on mobile. How do your games get found when none of the traditional channels work?
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SHOW NOTES
Active Design Podcast
Episode 006 – Ken Capelli
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INTRO
00:30
The Discovery Channel
2001
00:45
Obviously advertising didn’t end the moment the internet started.
03:15
TapJoy
http://www.tapjoy.com/
04:30
Big Fish
http://www.bigfishgames.com/
05:00
App Store Featured
08:30
Back in the day this reached its height with the Payola scandal:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2176/whats-the-story-on-the-radio-payola-scandal-of-the-1950s
The digital marketplace doesn’t have the same kind of regulated limits. In fact it’s considered a feature, not a bug.
INTERVIEW
Ken Capelli
http://kencapelli.com/
11:00
Candy Crush Saga
http://www.king.com/games/puzzle-games/candy-crush/?language=en_US
15:00
Accolade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accolade_(game_company)
20:30
Hardball
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HardBall!
Unnecessary Roughness
http://www.ign.com/games/unnecessary-roughness-95/gen-552276
Zero Tolerance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Tolerance_(video_game)
23:15
Doom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(video_game)
24:00
Nimble Bit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NimbleBit
Pixel People
http://www.chillingo.com/games/pixel-people/
24:30
ZBrush
http://pixologic.com/
26:00
Skeuomorphism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph
37:00
Normal Mapping
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_mapping
40:00
Maya
http://www.autodesk.com/products/autodesk-maya/overview
Infinity Blade
http://infinitybladegame.com/
41:00
The term I was looking for is “Rail Shooter”
45:42
Planet Moon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Moon_Studios
46:22
The User is Drunk
This is great.
48:45
Mirror’s Edge
http://www.ea.com/mirrors-edge
48:45
Cannabalt
http://www.newgrounds.com/games/browse/tag/cannabalt
50:00
Prince of Persia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Persia
50:15
Nimble Quest
http://toucharcade.com/2013/04/23/nimble-quest-review/
51:00
Sword & Sworcery
http://www.swordandsworcery.com/
64:20
Daikatana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikatana
64:45
Batman & Robin
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118688/
