#SuperOldGameSaturday - Game Dev Tycoon (Nintendo Switch) - Part 1
0Originally Recorded/Aired On March 25th, 2023
Last month, Proterova called into #SuperOldGameSaturday for our preview program look at a game he loves and requested for this show, Greenheart Games' Game Dev Tycoon, but that was just a warmup for our full play of the Nintendo Switch version of this satirical 2012 simulation where you become a game developer circa 1984 and build up from your humble beginnings in the garage to a top-tier company (at least, that's the idea). For this, Proterova was in the room with me as we began our quest at completing this game at an earlier 3 PM EST starting time for this and most every play that he'll be a part of going forward, but that ended up working to our benefit for ourselves and "the best chat on Twitch" we got a longer playtime for this one, to the point where we realized that we'll need to come back to this game for future parts of this infectious title (it must be said that we will need to figure out scheduling details before you'll see other parts of this one, but I will work on it and let you know as soon as they are set). We all had a great time with this game that, when you think about it, is perfect for this show where we go deep into the guts of gaming, as it forced us all to truly think about what makes a good and successful game/developer, which led to discussions about big name companies that have let us down, our thoughts on their reputation when they do well or not, what's truly in a name of a game, what aspects of a genre and focus are important and even the asides that you'll only find here, such as nods to Captain & Tennille, The French Connection, developer Tamsoft (who this play is dedicated to) and much more. I once again thank Proterova for requesting and joining us for this game, as well as all of you in the chat (and guests from past shows) for your contributions (including game names/ideas for our play) and we look forward to our return to Game Dev Tycoon, but until then, enjoy part 1 of our full play (and if you like what you see here, stop by https://www.twitch.tv/captainditrag, where you can join our shows and conversations on what we play each week live, as well as see the planned time of our next stream)!
Finally, here's the Link List, with links for everything we and chat discussed on this show:
A link to the preview program part (and eventually, every part) of Game Dev Tycoon:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrOxkvwdJ2y_iEcKEUnEY7I3Lqy8cRhZv
The official website of Tavern Keeper, developer Greenheart Games' still in development second game:
https://tavernkeeper.com/
The official website of We Are Screwed, the early access Steam game from Rarebyte, the development team that ported Game Dev Tycoon to Switch and mobile platforms:
https://www.wearescrewedgame.com/
A link to an article by Michelle Starr explaining the unique method in which Greenheart Games' founders, Patrick and Daniel Klug, caught people who pirated the PC version of Game Dev Tycoon flat-footed, courtesy of cnet.com:
https://www.cnet.com/culture/game-dev-tycoon-out-pirates-the-pirates/
Links to the explanation of what makes a successful game in Game Dev Tycoon and the accepted names for the famous company name achievement, provided by Proterova and courtesy of the Game Dev Tycoon Wiki:
https://gamedevtycoon.fandom.com/wiki/Game_Development_Based_on_Experience/1.6.11
https://gamedevtycoon.fandom.com/wiki/Achievements
A link explaining the history and gameography of developer Tamsoft, who we honored pretty significantly for the play of this game, courtesy of Wikipedia.org:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamsoft
A link to Seven Nation Army, the 2003 song from The White Stripes, led by Jack White who is not the same as the Jack White who did this game's music, courtesy of The White Stripes on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J2QdDbelmY
A link explaining the history/meaning of the term "reticulating splines" in Sim City, The Sims and other Maxis games, provided by Proterova and courtesy of The Sims Wiki:
https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Reticulating_splines
A deeper explanation of the aforementioned "reticulating splines", provided by Proterova and courtesy of insimenator.org (and it IS SFW):
http://www.insimenator.org/index.php?topic=81629.0;wap2
A link to a Steam thread with a possible solution to the No Audio from HDMI when Docked issue with the Steam Deck that ElecVerse in the chat mentioned he was seeking a solution to, courtesy of Pistol on Steam.org:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1675200/discussions/1/3395175706753857926/
A link to a Steam thread on a full walkthrough of this game, courtesy of Steam.org:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=216784744
A link to the commercial for the Chia Pet, courtesy of jayson9938 on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzY7qQFij_M
A link to a play of the Atari 2600 homebrew of Halo, courtesy of maijc on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwmuF-j3DiQ&t=41s
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At present, #SuperOldGameSaturday has 108 views spread across 2 videos for Game Dev Tycoon, with the game making up 9 hours of published video on his channel. This makes up 1.13% of Game Dev Tycoon content that #SuperOldGameSaturday has uploaded to YouTube.