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Game Dev Podcast | Coffee with Butterscotch

Butterscotch Shenanigans

Coffee with Butterscotch is the hilarity-filled weekly podcast of award-winning indie video game studio Butterscotch Shenanigans, best known for its smash hit Crashlands. Grab a drink and tune in every week to learn the ins and outs of game development, productivity and workflows, the business of selling video games, our takes on entrepreneurship and building a small company from scratch, and how to be an unstoppable problem-solving machine. Got a question you want answered on the podcast? Ask us

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53:05

[Ep335] Metalevel Complexity

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2021/11/03

Hi, Shenanites! This week, we talk about keeping your sneezes in, gamifying games, and educational frameworks. Not frameworks that are educational, but the frameworks through which we’re educated. The specifics don’t matter in the general case, except where they really, really do. Like they say, “I’ve got 99 problems, and pedagogy is most of them.” That’s how it goes, right? Questions answered (abbreviated): Mimmabip Gourkee: What's your opinion on people who teach how to develop games

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56:49

[Ep334] Infinite List of Badness

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2021/10/27

Hello, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss the great resignation, break points, and hooks and kickers. If someone doesn’t want the thing that you’re selling, instead of blaming that person, maybe you should reexamine your product and how you’re selling it. This goes for both game marketing and service industry jobs in late stage capitalism! Questions answered (abbreviated): Flyhoppie Axerompa: I just noticed on steam you only have the basic Levelhead trailer, not the hilarious release

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54:29

[Ep333] The Front Half of Satan

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2021/10/20

Heya, Shenanites! This week, we talk about Big Birdbath, the cube rule of food, and the intersection of fancy and impractical. You know what’s at the middle of that intersection? Kid gloves and shoes with absolutely no traction. I guess when you get rich enough, it doesn’t matter if you can walk across the floor of your own volition. That plus spherical burgers are further evidence that the elite are actually lizard people. Questions answered (abbreviated): Woland77: What is your favorite

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45:00

[Ep332] Winner Take All

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2021/10/13

Hi, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss invisible maps, convenience vs. security, and corporate fiefdoms. Spooky season is off to a great start with a good portion of the invisible network that runs our lives going down for several hours. I mean, the internet isn’t even a thing so much as it’s a thing between things. Although, when you’re made up of several loosely interconnected unstable parts, it’s amazing anything works at all. Questions answered (abbreviated): Woland77: Is there a

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55:30

[Ep331] Level 15 Dungeons

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2021/10/06

Salutations, Shenanites! This week, we talk about 3n+1 sequences, perverse incentives, and competence tiers. You can’t build a healthy team when someone is making it all about them. Long-term success requires thinking collectively. But don’t let the failures of collective action prevent you from taking individual action. Your choices have impact. They still matter. Questions answered: None! We got caught up in our convo, so we’ll hit some questions next week! Things mentioned: Wayton

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58:57

[Ep330] Boston Pizza Party

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2021/09/29

Good day, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss hipsavers, pattern recognition, and what problems are actually interesting. Plus, we revisit our old standby “Design By Chaos” and examine whether or not it still holds up! People place a lot of value on the idea of hard work, but sometimes hard work is just hard. If it can be made easier, why not do it? There are infinite problems out there to solve. Leave the details to robots and books. Questions answered (abbreviated): Mopait Flatunk:

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53:54

[Ep329] Pumpkin Spice Season Passes

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2021/09/22

Heya, Shenanites! This week, we talk about Air Bud situations, M&M revenue, and negative feedback loops. Work-life balance isn’t about time; it’s about having the ability to control how things interact and integrate. It’s not your fault that society is set up to burn you out. Remember, you’re a person. At some point, maybe you stopped doing the thing. That’s okay. Just start it up again when you can. You’re okay. Questions answered (abbreviated): SuperSheaff: If you were to choose a

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54:47

[Ep328] Spherical Tide Bringer

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2021/09/15

Hello, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss goose mace, the black mirror effect, and a paint-by-numbers player experience. When the whole world is artificial, how do you make things not feel contrived? Just like in real life, the answer has to do with reasons. As in, you should have them. If you’re going to teach a bear ballet, you better know why you’re doing it. Questions answered (abbreviated): Mowrompa Kimmaquompa: In episode 324, y'all talked about the difficulty of worldbuilding

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49:25

[Ep327] The Systems Checklist Trap

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2021/09/08

Greetings, Shenanites! This week, we talk about spoons in the pot, car sheets, and emotional appeal. Rules aren’t there because they’re true; they’re there because they’re useful. Until they aren’t. Experience is learning when and where to break those rules. Still, all the VC money in the world won’t save you if you completely miss the point. Questions answered (abbreviated): challosis: How much time do you put into the "first pass" of gameplay elements? How do you avoid shipping

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56:44

[Ep326] Intergenerational Ghost Warfare

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2021/09/01

What’s up, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss immortal cultures, kitchen dreams, and capturing visibility. Creating a moment is easier when everyone is anticipating your every move. It’s harder to capture eyeballs when no one’s around. When you’re analyzing the strategies of the rich and famous and wondering if they could work for you, it’s important to take a moment and ask yourself: are you Beyoncé? Questions answered (abbreviated): Beekie Boppaboop: Do you all have art hanging up

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72:30

[Ep325] Wrecking Plants

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2021/08/25

Howdy, Shenanites! This week, we talk about structural supports, allocation of resources, and making meaning. Since we didn’t get to questions last week, this is purely a question episode! Well, except for a slight skeleton detour. Isn’t it weird how without bones or exoskeletons we’d be bags of goo? Just slurbing from one place to the next. Talk about road rash. Questions answered (abbreviated): Eppajump Boilvarka: What life hacks have you guys used to power through the have-tos of game

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68:24

[Ep324] The Immersion Barrier

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2021/08/18

Top of the morning (or afternoon, or evening) to ya, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss runner’s gut, carnival games, and suspension of disbelief. It’s easy to fall into the trap of more information is always better, but that’s not necessarily true. Even if you could have all the details to start with, does that really make your experience better? After all, when you’re going from plan to execution, you can never know, in the absence of the executed plan, what you missed. We didn’t get

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51:59

[Ep323] Jevens Nuance

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2021/08/11

Hi, Shenanites! This week, we talk about sure things, hot pipes, and what design by chaos really is. Our old friend the Jevens paradox pays us a visit, and it turns out that heuristic has some layers! Plus, listen in as we dive deep into our most contentious internal debate. Three brothers enter… and, well, three brother leave. Because conservation of mass. Questions answered (abbreviated): Flyhoppie Axerompa: Could you talk about why certain games might feel like a sure thing? Fraser_:

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58:37

[Ep322] Schrödinger's Urgency

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2021/08/04

Hello, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss a zombie way of life, a package full of people, and getting out of the work and working on the work. You can’t make people care about something important if they don’t understand what the experience is going to be. And you can’t explain to someone what the experience is because it’s experiential. ...Is lying required to get at a truth? Questions answered (abbreviated): TigerSharkBassist: If you guys were to guess Flux's favorite type of music,

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60:57

[Ep321] Breaking the Seal

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2021/07/28

What’s up, Shenanites! This week, we talk about wet noodle whips, stress stew, and the walled garden. We’ve also got two -- that’s right, TWO! -- brand new podcast segments for you this ep: Seth’s English Language Corner and DUNKWATCH 2021. Will this be the first and only time that these segments appear? Who’s to say? Once there’s a turn, then there’s the possibility of a return. Questions answered (abbreviated): ribdot: How are you bros doing so far with your New Year's dunks? satellite:

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55:02

[Ep320] Non-ergonomically Close

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2021/07/21

Hail, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss good gestures, brain quirks, and arbitrary rules. The first step of any undertaking is visibility. You can’t think about the problems you’re trying to solve until you know what those problems are. If you don’t know what you’re trying to do, then you’re just doing things randomly. And like we’ve said before, it’s fine to flip randomly, but you better know what gradient you’re looking for. Questions answered (abbreviated): TimConceivable: Where

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65:43

[Ep319] The Human Experience

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2021/07/14

How’s it going, Shenanites? This week, we talk about the fractal universe, flippin’ bacteria, and urgent chaos. When you navigate by chemical receptors, the best you can do is to flip flop around until you find a nutrient gradient to pay attention to. Even a fancy flip is better than no flip when you’re trying to find new local maxima. Or maybe it isn’t. Everything is chaos. Questions answered (abbreviated): BscotchKarl: What kinds of interesting people have you guys networked with over

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56:58

[Ep318] Swirly Diagonals

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2021/07/07

Good day, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss the torch problem, confetti cards , and table scraps. We’ve talked about project creep and scope creep - now let’s talk about complexity creep! People expand the fill the spaces that they’re in, whether those spaces are physical or virtual. You know you’re outgrowing your current systems if you spend most of your time handing off work instead of actually doing the work. If you don’t filter the noise, then everything is chaos. If you’re

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55:41

[Ep317] The Exploding Bloviation

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2021/06/30

Hiya, Shenanites! This week, we talk about automagic, motion waste, and toothpaste mining. Sometimes when you use a robot that’s designed for someone else, you have to build another robot to undo some of the design. Better than doing it yourself probably. There are a lot of questions you should ask yourself when you’re investigating a new tool. Chief of these should be “but does it work though?” Questions answered (abbreviated): Xeflat Doorveer: What other kinds things have you delegated

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57:48

[Ep316] Cloth Airplanes

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2021/06/23

Good day, Shenanites! In this episode, we discuss extraneous chats, what happens in the margins, and your house bones. It’s weird to think that we all live in a skeleton that we fill with personalized guts. And that, even though you and your life are changing constantly, that skeleton always stays the same. Well, at least until you decide to turn all your outlets right side up again, but who wants to go to all the effort to do that? Questions answered (abbreviated): Woland77: Now that

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