Batman_&_robin_posterAfter 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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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/

 

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