State of the Channel 2023
306Jamey discusses the current state of this channel and requests constructive feedback for the future.
Introduction
Why I Do This
o To serve you, to add value to other designers, and to learn from you
o Film on Tuesday, trying to keep in mind that this is a very small part of my focus at Stonemaier
o Henry’s help
o Not for revenue or likes or views
Feedback from 2021
o Keep: enthusiasm, celebrating, conversational, top 10s, design tips, style/time/length, time stamps and image overlays, comments, sound, inclusivity
o Improved/Increased: design diaries, top 5 depth, the process, experimentation, hot topics
o No Progress: structure, better images, repetition, tweaks, background
Types of Content
o My Favorite Mechanism (sometimes on Saturdays)
o Top 10s
o Facebook Live
o Expansions
o Digital Games
o Deep Dives
o Design Diaries
o Tales from Production
o If You Love…
o Top 5 Chats (often revisiting past top 10s; is Zoom best?)
o Hot topics
o Design retrospectives
o Rolling Realms
Technical Aspects
o Blue Yeti mic
o Logitech Brio 4K Webcam
o Windows camera app
o Turn off lights
The Future
o 3 things about a game I’ve played at least 3 times
o Adding a bumper at the beginning
Feedback
Gratitude
o Ambassadors
o Viewers
o Joe, Joshua, Jeff, Cody, Henry, friends
Previous video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NKwizJ6s9A
Feedback summary from 2021: https://stonemaiergames.com/top-10-viewer-suggestions-to-keep-and-improve-on-my-youtube-channel/
Become a champion of this channel: https://stonemaier-games.myshopify.com/pages/stonemaier-champion
podcast link: https://stonemaiergames.com/about/podcast
Intro animation by Jeff Payne https://vimeo.com/jaaronpayne