3 Big Questions: A Chat With Game Designer Pam Walls
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- Опубликовано: 18 май 2024
- In today’s video I’m joined by game designer Pam Walls to discuss a few different topics related to game design:
1. What published games have you designed, and what’s your approach to designing a diverse array of games?
2. What were your goals after reading Atomic Habits and how have they worked out in practice, both for game design and content creation?
3. What went into your decision to focus on game design and not self publishing (and how what you learned might apply to others)?
Pam’s video about Atomic Habits: • Atomic Habits of Board...
Jamey’s post about Pam’s video about the game industry: stonemaiergames.com/my-though...
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It was so great chatting with you, Jamey! Thanks so much for having me on your channel. I have learned so much from you and that is a big reason I started my own RUclips channel. I want to have that same transparency and share what I’ve learned with others so they can benefit, like I did, and continue to, from you. Thanks again! 🙌
I've read Atomic Habits and the "identity" part really stuck with me. I've noticed it more with myself and other people, how powerful it is when something is part of who you are and it's great to understand that as a way to build good habits.
I'm curious, Pam, as a full-time designer, how do you manage your experimentation and discovery phase of design? I am a hobbyist designer so I don't feel as much pressure to get a prototype "working" as I think I would if I was full-time. Do you allow yourself to shelf designs and experiment freely until it feels right to move forward or do you take a more structured approach?
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Thanks so much, Pam! I really appreciate your transparency.
@@jnewman12777 yes I agree, identity is such a key part of reinforcing habits, especially for board game designers! For my process, it is very much about experimentation, seeing what works and what doesn’t and not being scared of shelving something that didn’t work out after testing it. I definitely like to make a physical prototype as quickly as possible and not linger in the theoretical stage too long. How you think a game will play in your head is usually very different from how it plays in real life. But this is all with the intention of creating a game that is marketable and can be published. If you’re just creating games for fun, then you can really make whatever you enjoy!
This was an excellent video! So much good content in a short amount of time. I am proud to say that I have been able to spend time with both of you and I look up to you both as mentors. I have learned so much in the 2 years that I have been seriously working as a designer and a huge part of that education has come from your videos, answering my questions and play testing my games. I want to thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with newer designers such as myself!
Great interview! I've been following Pam's channel for awhile and really appreciate her transparency and thoughtfulness 👍
Great interview. I've been subscribed to Pam's channel since near the beginning. Highly recommend.
Two favorite game design channels come together for a great video! It’s like Blob Party, game designer edition. Thanks for the video Jamey and Pam
Thanks Joe!
Great chat with 2 of my faves in the community
So many great bits of advice from two highly accomplished designers. Really loved this conversation! I'm taking notes!!!
Great interview! Pam is a real inspiration to new game designers- creative and hardworking- looking forward to seeing more great games from her!
Great conversation, I love these types of videos! I met Pam Walls at Terminal City Tabletop convention, she was kind and generous. Can’t wait to see new game!
Lovely to learn about Pam the game designer. I want to see her archived pretty pattern game!
Thank you both for the video!
I'm a big fan of both of you so this conversation was a delight. I wanted to thank you Jamie for pointing out that you can learn from other games through content. I feel like I've bounced off other creative endeavors by feeling like I had to earn my place through an infinite self-improvement or self-education campaign. While it is definitely valuable to play many and diverse games, it's also incredibly expensive in time and money.
Again, thank you both for letting us listen in on this wonderful chat!
Thank you! I can definitely relate to that, and I appreciate content creators will distill and analyze games in ways I can quickly learn from (like Pam).
Great interview! Pam's videos got me started on prototyping my games for more than just my students.
Great video! Thanks for sharing Jamey and Pam 😊
This is a brilliant interview and chat. Yes small goal regret ai will look into this book.
My two favorite tabletop content creators. Not JUST because of your evident talent, but because of your dedication to the practices of mindfulness around the very human factor in creative projects like designing/developing games.
That's very kind of you to say--thank you!
This was a great video :)
thank you both for this wonderful video - it is very inspiring and helpful to hear your journey as board game designers. I really appreciate you sharing about being compassionate to yourself and taking small steps and celebrating those little successes.
Thank you!
Classic Pam
This was amazing!
Thank you! :)