7 episodes

Caffeinated Reviews is hosted by Jay Johns and Lindal Walker. Focused on motivating the independent game developer, we review games based on game design, functionality, story, and societal appeal. Studying games will help build the design muscle and ultimately generate better games.

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Caffeinated Reviews is hosted by Jay Johns and Lindal Walker. Focused on motivating the independent game developer, we review games based on game design, functionality, story, and societal appeal. Studying games will help build the design muscle and ultimately generate better games.

    Ep 07: Game Design Review: Angry Birds

    Ep 07: Game Design Review: Angry Birds

    Jay Johns and Lindal Walker discuss Ravio's Angry Birds. Ravio's story is a great example of a never giving up. Angry Birds is Ravio's 52nd game. The success of the Angry Birds is attributed to great gameplay, fun audio, and building destruction using physics.

    • 22 min
    Ep 06: Game Design Review: Bloons Tower Defense 5

    Ep 06: Game Design Review: Bloons Tower Defense 5

    This episode Jay Johns and Lindal Walker discuss a game design review of the game Bloons Tower Defense 5. This is a great example of a well done tower defense game. Novel artwork including monkey's throwing shurikens at balloons is a good game for all ages.

    • 14 min
    Ep 05: Game Design Review: Candy Crush

    Ep 05: Game Design Review: Candy Crush

    Jay Johns and Lindal Walker discuss Candy Crush. Topics include a game design review and the acquisition by Activision. Candy Crush is a great example of a "Match Three" style game.

    • 21 min
    Ep 04: Sharing Ideas

    Ep 04: Sharing Ideas

    Sharing your game idea makes you a better designer. Too many people worry about sharing game ideas, if you do not share your ideas you can not iterate and make your idea better. NDA's are not needed, no one will steal your game idea. Developers have too many of their own game ideas to worry about stealing yours. An idea has no value without execution!

    • 15 min
    Ep 03: Game Design Review Hearthstone

    Ep 03: Game Design Review Hearthstone

    Today we are talking about Hearthstone. This Blizzard Entertainment title is a casual card playing game similar style to games such as Pokemon. Are you interested in creating casual games? or card games? This is a great example of creating a battle card game with interesting mechanics.

    • 27 min
    Ep 02: Game Design Review: Heroes Charge

    Ep 02: Game Design Review: Heroes Charge

    Today we are talking about the mobile application Heroes Charge. Our review is focused on the design of this game. Heroes Charge is a great example of how to create a freemium app that implements in-app purchases on a game with a lot of depth.

    • 18 min