Creating the card-based RPG Battle Suit Aces - Game Developer Podcast Ep. 59
Trinket Studios' Tom Eastman and Ben Perez describe the process of making a card game RPG and racing to save the rights to their previous game.
Battle Chef Brigade developer Trinket Studios is back, this time with a card-based role-playing game called Battle Suit Aces. Card games and giant mechs are catnip for senior editor Bryant Francis, so we were pleased that Trinket Studios cofounders Tom Eastman and Ben Perez were game to swing by and chat about the making of this Outersloth-published game.
It turned out to not just be a tale of prototyping, iterating, and bugfixing, but also a race against the clock to recover the rights to Battle Chef Brigade from collapsing publisher Adult Swim Games. But with that race behind them, Eastman, Perez, and fellow cofounder Eric Huang could focus on creating a compelling game with an anime-inspired story you might have once watched on Adult Swim.
Listen to the full episode if you’re curious about how developers can use card game mechanics to represent big bot battles—and what makes for a good publisher/developer relationship.
About the Game Developer Podcast
The Game Developer podcast is a bi-weekly podcast chronicling the triumphs, catastrophes, and everything in-between of game development, sharing lessons and strategies fellow developers can use to hone their craft. The Game Developer Podcast is hosted by Bryant Francis, edited by Pierre Landriau, and features music by Mike Meehan .
About the Author
Senior Editor, GameDeveloper.com
Bryant Francis is a writer, journalist, and narrative designer based in Boston, MA. He currently writes for Game Developer, a leading B2B publication for the video game industry. His credits include Proxy Studios' upcoming 4X strategy game Zephon and Amplitude Studio's 2017 game Endless Space 2.
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