Interview with Blue Revolver Developer (Danbo)! "I'm Interested in Games, Not Ideas" || Part 1

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The Electric Underground

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Published on November 11, 2020 5:07:23 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQObeDT44q4

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BLUE REVOLVER (2016)

Duration: 59:07

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The secret ending of Shmup Slam 3 was an interview with Danbo, the developer of one of my favorite shmups, Blue Revolver! In Part 1 of this interview, we talk about his history with the genre, his inspiration for game design, and how he seeks polished fundamental design, over novel gimmicks.
Buy Blue Revolver on Itch.io (more money goes to dev): https://stellarcircle.itch.io/blue-revolver
Buy Blue Revolver on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/439490/BLUE_REVOLVER/
Buy Double Action OST: https://bluerevolver.bandcamp.com/album/blue-revolver-double-action-original-soundtrack

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00:00 Every Great Game Needs a Little Jank
3:26 Goldenbat Flamethrower Fix
6:15 A Boy's Got to GAME!
9:33 Roguelike's need better pacing
11:30 Blue Revolver's Beginnings
14:14 Indie Games Milk Themselves
19:26 Indie Success is a Black Box
24:28 Refinement GREATER THAN Gimmicks
26:22 Avoiding the Euroshmup
30:27 Why Shmups are the BEST GENRE
32:26 Shmups are the Last Bastion of Score Play
37:42 Mark gets the High Score ... in Typing Class?
41:41 Muchi Muchi Pork!
44:46 Danbo Agrees with Mark about Imperishable Night :-D
47:17 The GREAT HITBOX REVELATION!
51:44 Are 120 FPS Shmups the Future?
56:34 CRT Talk ... To Be Continued in PART 2!

#bluerevolver, #gamedesign, #shmup

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