Jun 30, 2017
This week Tom Francis, creator of the game Gunpoint, joins Harrison
and Dirk to discuss the state of games journalism, how Gunpoint
came about and what to expect next.---------------------Tom Francis
- @pentadact, www.spaceships.cool Harrison Pink -
harrisonpink@gmail.com, harrisonpink.com Dirk Knemeyer -
@DKnemeyer, dirk@artana.com,
www.artana.com---------------------Episode Outline 0:16 - Tom's
Background 1:29 - What Motivated Tom to make his own games? 3:13 -
Tom's programming background 4:15 - What brought Tom into the
gaming industry 6:42 - Is games journalism shrinking? 11:51 - What
drives games journalism traffic? 12:50 - What inspired the format
of Gunpoint? 14:49 - Gunpoint did well especially for a first
release. 17:35 - Why the name Gunpoint? 21:41 - Blogging during the
development of Gunpoint. 28:42 - How do you stay motivated during
the dark times?