Zach Gage joins the show to talk about game design and creativity, including his new game Knotwords).
Transcript).
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Links
Knotwords).
Zach Gage’s portfolio website), with a full list of games).
Really Bad Chess), which is actually, of course, really good.
SynthPod, Zach’s first iPhone app).
HyperStudio) — a classic developer tool like HyperCard, but with color support.
Apple’s original “Cocoa” — Stagecast Creator/KidSim).
Zach Lieberman’s OpenFrameworks project from 2010).
Lights Off) — the first native iPhone game, nearly a year before the App Store. (I mistakenly called it “Lights Out” during the show.)
CandyBar) — Mac utility for customizing icons, including, back in the day, the icons for the system itself.
Threes), a great puzzle game of iOS from 2014. (App Store link).)
2048), a free Threes knockoff.
Texas Instruments TI-83 Graphing Calculator), and games written for it).
PICO-8 fantasy console).
Playdate Pulp), and Bitsy), Pulp’s inspiration.
Sol LeWitt, conceptual artist).
This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.
