The Sweater + Sock Combo w/ Alanna Okun and Chase Allhart | X-Strike Summer #2

This week AJ chats with Alanna Okun and Chase Allhart about their experiences with game design (and game design adjacent) education! They also confront the age old question: what even is a video game, anyway? Into the Game Jam Linksitch page: https://itch.io/jam/itgj-summer-2024Find the forum thread on the TWG Discord: Navigate to the "Games Forums" category, select the games-events forum, find "Into The Game Jam (Summer 2024)" forum thread and say hello!Alanna's LinksWebsite: https://alannaokun.xyzButtonmash newsletter: https://buttonmash.substack.com/Games made with bitsy: https://itch.io/games/made-with-bitsyChase's LinksVideo Game Podtimism: https://podtimism.comDiscussed: TWG's Into the Game Jam (Summer 2024), Chase's Gamer Cred, Alanna's journey to game design, Alanna's Majora's Mask piece, what is a game, Journey, idea games, Bitsy, telling stories through mechanics, the search for tighter experiences (again), Outersloth, 1000xRESIST, Unicorn Overlord, Animal Well, sweet and salty games, Elden Ring, an embarrassment of riches, Persona 3 in its various forms, Skald: Against the Black Priory, Slice & Dice, Loop Hero.---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineBuy some merch if you'd like: https://shop.intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow on Threads: https://threads.net/@intothecastFollow on Tumblr: https://intothecast.tumblr.com---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://threads.net/@brendonbigleyProduced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social---Season 6 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://instagram.com/ghostdownphoto---Timecodes:(00:00) - Intro

(01:02) - TWG's Into the Game Jam! Links in the show notes!!

(02:18) - Gamer Credentials

(02:39) - Chase's journey

(05:14) - Alanna's journey

(13:04) - What is a video game?

(33:46) - The search for tighter experiences

(44:30) - 1000xRESIST | An infomercial for the game by sunset visitor

(51:55) - Unicorn Overlord | A masterful segue

(54:41) - Animal Well | The "five M&Ms" of gaming

(01:01:32) - Elden Ring | The quest to git gud again

(01:03:43) - Persona 3 | A safe space

(01:12:02) - Skald: Against the Black Priory | Chase what is this game!!!!

(01:16:02) - Slice & Dice | Granola-likes

(01:20:13) - Loop Hero | oreH pooL

(01:23:19) - Where to find Alanna and Chase online (check the show notes!)

(01:27:09) - Wrapping up
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