Polytechnicast Rob Stenzinger

Wort and Portia from Word Turtle Island About 2.5 years. That's how long I've been working on Word Turtle Island to get it ready to publish as an early access game. It's about the right time to be getting the word out and to get myself into practice with showing up social. Practicing being more present even if it's chaotic and inconsistent. Such as this 20 some minute audio podcast. Hi. Related Links and Resources Tell The Damn Story, 305: How To Dive into Game Writing, And Make Words A Positive Weapon - YouTube Word Turtle Island on Steam Word Turtle Island — Blog of an Interactive Storyteller Sign up for my newsletter Games and Classes Rob offers and Ways to Support What I Make Wishlist Word Turtle Island on Steam. Take one of my classes about collaboration, creativity, and UX design: Skillshare Get the game Guitar Fretter, an action puzzle that makes a game of memorizing the note positions on a guitar. Now with Lefty Flip in the full version and a free demo version with 9 levels. Join Skillshare via my referral link which gets you 1 month of Skillshare Premium for free. You can buy me a coffee with an option to send a note along. Subscribe to the Polytechnicast RSS feed in your podcast app

This is Spell, the magical cat who hosts a save place to practice spelling words. In the middle of working on my next big game Word Turtle Island, where you use words as weapons to battle creatures taking away the books of power, the idea for Spell's Spelling came to me. In this episode of the Polytechnicast I reflect on how this came about and how sometimes a project that takes time away from another project can be worthwhile. Related Links and Resources Spell's Spelling Practice Interactive Storyteller blog Sign up for my newsletter Games and Classes Rob offers and Ways to Support the Polytechnicast Take one of my classes about collaboration, creativity, and UX design: Skillshare Get the game Guitar Fretter, an action puzzle that makes a game of memorizing the note positions on a guitar. Now with Lefty Flip in the full version and a free demo version with 9 levels. Join Skillshare via my referral link which gets you 1 month of Skillshare Premium for free. You can buy me a coffee with an option to send a note along. Subscribe to the Polytechnicast RSS feed in your podcast app

In the overlapping circles of feasible, viable, desirable, what is the emphasis and culture practiced? I received a question via my Mastodon account about minimum lovable product vs minimum viable product. @Nycteris@mastodon.art: "So @robstenzinger I was just reading about “minimum Lovable product” vs “minimum Viable product” because you want to have enough features to maximize love of a core group of users - do you think this is a real strategy?" Related Links and Resources Audiences and Principles to Help Create Meaningful Products Instead of Bolt-On-UX — Blog of an Interactive Storyteller More posts and extras like coaching sessions at my Buy Me a Coffee page (coaching sessions are all sold out again, stay tuned) Interactive Storyteller blog Sign up for my newsletter Games and Classes Rob offers and Ways to Support the Polytechnicast Take one of my classes about collaboration, creativity, and UX design: Skillshare Get the game Guitar Fretter, an action puzzle that makes a game of memorizing the note positions on a guitar. Now with Lefty Flip in the full version and a free demo version with 9 levels. Join Skillshare via my referral link which gets you 1 month of Skillshare Premium for free. You can buy me a coffee with an option to send a note along. Subscribe to the Polytechnicast RSS feed in your podcast app

W-O-R-D up. Reflecting on game development and how it feels affirming in a way that other video game projects meet delays. I thought I'd have Word Turtle Island ready for first or even early access by now yet I also feel good about how it's coming along. Related Links and Resources Why are so many video games delayed and cancelled? - Verdict Why Video Games Are Delayed So Often More posts and extras like coaching sessions at my Buy Me a Coffee page (coaching sessions are all sold out again, stay tuned) Interactive Storyteller blog Sign up for my newsletter Games and Classes Rob offers and Ways to Support the Polytechnicast Take one of my classes about collaboration, creativity, and UX design: Skillshare Get the game Guitar Fretter, an action puzzle that makes a game of memorizing the note positions on a guitar. Now with Lefty Flip in the full version and a free demo version with 9 levels. Join Skillshare via my referral link which gets you 1 month of Skillshare Premium for free. You can buy me a coffee with an option to send a note along. Subscribe to the Polytechnicast RSS feed in your podcast app

Prototype cards for my creative warm up cards game Doodle Creatures Have Needs. An update about Word Turtle Island and a few other projects I tried to finish this month. Related Links and Resources More posts and extras like coaching sessions at my Buy Me a Coffee page (coaching sessions are all sold out at the moment) Interactive Storyteller blog Sign up for my newsletter Games and Classes Rob offers and Ways to Support the Polytechnicast Take one of my classes about collaboration, creativity, and UX design: Skillshare Get the game Guitar Fretter, an action puzzle that makes a game of memorizing the note positions on a guitar. Now with Lefty Flip in the full version and a free demo version with 9 levels. Join Skillshare via my referral link which gets you 1 month of Skillshare Premium for free. You can buy me a coffee with an option to send a note along. Subscribe to the Polytechnicast RSS feed in your podcast app

In this episode I ask why I've posted so few things in 2022. It's a bit about what I'm currently working on and it's also something I've been trying to figure out for years. Related Links and Resources More posts and extras like coaching sessions at my Buy Me a Coffee page Interactive Storyteller blog Sign up for my newsletter Games and Classes Rob offers and Ways to Support the Polytechnicast Take one of my classes about collaboration, creativity, and UX design: Skillshare Get the game Guitar Fretter, an action puzzle that makes a game of memorizing the note positions on a guitar. Now with Lefty Flip in the full version and a free demo version with 9 levels. Join Skillshare via my referral link which gets you 1 month of Skillshare Premium for free. You can buy me a coffee with an option to send a note along. [Subscribe to the Polytechnicast RSS feed in your podcast app](