Building Confidence Through Experience with Game Designer Chera Meredith

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Have you ever wanted to try something but felt you didn’t have the expertise to do it? Building a new skill is challenging, but with things like perseverance, community, and time, it can be done. On this episode, video game designer Chera Meredith shares her journey from googling how to make a video game to actually creating one.

Her upcoming title is called Closer Than You Know — an adventure game for kids who play as Sam, a girl who goes on a quest to save her planet, where Hope has been outlawed.

Our discussion covers a variety of topics from how to build on your experiences to finding similarities between stories and puzzles.

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Topics Covered:

Staring With a Search
Implementing Improvements as You Grow
Fixing Things Versus Continuing Forward
Getting Feedback from Your Target Demo
How to Create a Good Puzzle
From Dream to Professional Production
Creative Connections Across Disciplines
Showing Not Telling
How Good Puzzles Mirror Good Stories
Building Experience with Smaller Projects
Links:
So Peculiar Games Website: www.sopeculiar.com
Twitter: @SoPeculiarGames
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