Muse Chat: The Development of Heimarmene: Closing Night

The official Heimarmene: Closing Night podcast. Learn insider scoops on the game’s development directly from the design team, hear about upcoming events and recent playtests and get to know the devs.

Episode 11: Closing Night

Our final episode! heimarmene.co.uk/ steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3241511899 maidmakesgames.itch.io/heimarmene-pnp www.gofundme.com/f/gda-degree-show-2024-ctrl-alt-del  

05-21
20:13

Episode 10: The Ailments of Printing

The gang navigates the last final weeks of the semester in this slightly-longer-than-usual episode. The sudden death of a phone causes issues with printing setups, and the making of a documentary has us pondering on some pretty heavy topics.

05-07
16:45

Episode 9: Manufacturing Elements

This week has been all about finishing off the assets' design and preparing to move onto manufacturing. We've reached a very exciting stage in development and are structuring our plan for the next three weeks!

04-30
15:36

Episode 8: Gallery Retrospective

This episode we talk about our experience at the John Hansard Gallery, and what our next steps will be.

04-23
16:32

Episode 7: Uncut and Unedited

The preparations for the John Hansard show continue! Join us as we spiral and try to avid crunch close to a deadline. The brushes mentioned in the episode were sourced from MyPhotoshopBrushes.com, the author of this particular set is nemaakos on Deviantart.

04-16
15:53

Episode 6: John Hansard Gallery April 20th

Come join us at the John Hansard gallery in Southampton for our show the 20th of April! Join us in this podcast episode to hear Ari's despicably bad mathematics.

04-09
14:04

Episode 5: A Special Guest

Today we take a chance to speak to a fellow game developer and potential player. We refine our pitching skills and get a fresh perspective on the game.

03-25
20:15

Episode 4: Essays and Game Jams

Mostly a banter episode for an unproductive week. Today we talk about essay writing, this week's UKIE game jam and we tell stories of ancient Greek plays. Listen until the end for events information!

03-18
15:23

Episode 3: Playtesting The New System

This week, we conducted the first full playtest using the new game system Liz designed. Tune in to see how it went and what changes we made. Design is also part of the discussion as we talk about art and literature that inspired us.

03-12
21:10

Episode 2: Studio Visit and Redesigning Games

This week we discuss our studio visit and some great advice we were given by the game designers there. Liz tackles redesigning and rebalancing our game from scratch and we strive together to answer the age old question: which one of Ari's parents is most likely to cheat? Tune in to find the answer.

03-04
16:29

Episode 1: Pilot (Marketing and Playtesting)

The pilot episode of our podcast! Today we're discussing the outcome of our most recent playtest, as well as merchandise, art style choices and the perils of social media. 

02-25
14:06

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