70: Edible Games, Baking Cakes, and Good Game Design with Jenn Sandercock

Jenn Sandercock – “It’s much better just to make, just to do. What you going to do is probably going to be wrong and need revisions. Don’t spend ages on a game design doc. Just make something, show it, iterate. ” Jenn Sandercock found the independent mobile games studio called Inquisiment with the goal of creating experiences that foster friendship, curiosity, and challenge. She is also in the process of creating a series of edible games which we definitely got to get into later in the show lol because I love food. Her works include Thimbleweek Park, aglimpse: friends, and L.A. Noire.

We Discuss:

Giving yourself constraints in game design

Join meetups to network and get constructive feedback

If the players enjoy the game, it’s a good game design, simple

Got an award for Edible Games at Indiecade where you eat!

Working on a cookbook in Kickstarter

Was told that she was jeopardizing her career by bringing cakes to peers

Knowing your scale and limitation

Didn’t know there was an opportunity in the game industry

And much more…

Connect:

Resources:

Play a lot of other games

Take influence from other median to use in your games

Book: The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses by Jesse Schell

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