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Category: Creativity

Enduring Play E1 S9 Released: Doing More with Less for Video Game Art and UI/UX with Tamara Knoss

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Cheryl

The penultimate episode of Season 1 of Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast is available worldwide featuring the versatile veteran video game artist and interface designer Tamara Knoss. Currently a Senior Technical UI Designer at Wizards of the Coast, Tamara’s experience spans

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Design, Games, Podcasts, Technology, Women in Technology

Enduring Play S1 E8 Released: The Methodical Magic of Systems Design with Joe “joemag” Magdalena

Posted on October 7, 2025 by Cheryl

The eighth episode of Enduring Play, A Game Development Podcast hosted by Cheryl Platz is now available with guest Joe Magdalena, better known around the internet simply as joemag, sharing his perspective as an experienced systems designer on games like Hearthstone and

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Games, Podcasts, Technology

Enduring Play S1 E7 Released: Engineering for Scalable, Sustainable Games with Caerie Houchins

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Cheryl

The seventh episode of Season 1 of Enduring Play: hosted by Game Development Strategy Guide author Cheryl Platz, is now live with guest Caerie Houchins, current Chief Technology Officer for indie gaming studio Wicked Fox Games. Caerie brings her perspective working on

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Games, Podcasts, Technology, Women in Technology

Enduring Play S1 E6 Released: Growing and Shepherding Thriving Design Culture in Games with Eric Kabisch

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Cheryl

The sixth episode of Season 1 of Enduring Play: hosted by Game Development Strategy Guide author Cheryl Platz, is now live with guest Eric Kabisch, a seasoned gaming design executive with experience at companies like Scopely, Roblox, Google, and VRChat. This episode

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Design, Games, Podcasts, Technology

The Game Development Strategy Guide releases worldwide as an Amazon Top New Release in the Game Design category!

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Cheryl

The Game Development Strategy Guide: Crafting Modern Video Games That Thrive released on Tuesday, September 16 worldwide, and quickly shot up to the Top New Release spot for several days in the competitive Game Design category. The Strategy Guide has also been

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Design, Games, Technology, Writing

Enduring Play S1 E5 Released: Ludonarrative Harmony for Narrative Designers with Whitney Beltrán

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Cheryl

The fifth episode of Season 1 of Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast, hosted by Game Development Strategy Guide author Cheryl Platz, is now live with guest Whitney Beltrán, a multiple award-winning Mexican-American Narrative Director with over 12 years of experience in

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Design, Games, Podcasts, Technology, Women in Technology

Author Cheryl Platz speaks about Opti-Pessimism at Design Matters Tokyo on the Game Development Strategy Guide book tour

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Cheryl

September 14, 2025 / Tokyo, Japan: Author of the Game Development Strategy Guide, Cheryl Platz, debuted her second new talk in two months as one of the closing keynotes at Design Matters Tokyo 2025. Entitled “Future Sight in Design: Using Process and

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Design, Speaking, Technology, Travel

Enduring Play S1 E4 Released: The Global Heartbeat of Music Games with David Ventura

Posted on September 9, 2025 by Cheryl

The fourth episode of Season 1 of Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast, hosted by Game Development Strategy Guide author Cheryl Platz, is now live with guest David Ventura, CEO and Creative Director of Swedish indie gaming studio Ichigoichie Games. This unique

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Design, Games, Podcasts

The Game Development Strategy Guide celebrated by early reviewers; selected by Kirkus Reviews for an indie spotlight

Posted on September 8, 2025 by Cheryl

New book by Cheryl Platz honored for its groundbreaking approach to demystifying and documenting modern video game development with new tools and insights in a fun and accessible way Bellevue, WA : The Game Development Strategy Guide: Crafting Modern Video Games That

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Design, Games, Technology, Writing

Enduring Play Season 1 Episode 3 Released: Creative Strategy for Thriving Teams with Amy Kalson

Posted on September 2, 2025 by Cheryl

The third episode of Season 1 of Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast, hosted by Game Development Strategy Guide author Cheryl Platz, is now live with guest Amy Kalson, Executive Design Producer at Meta. This week’s episode starts out a bit like

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