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A brief chat on the subject of badge culture in the tech industry and how it is similar to caste systems of old. Record Biz Waiting list https://hustling-artisan-4188.ck.page/recordbiz Highway to the Moon https://store.steampowered.com/app/488330/Highway_to_the_Moon/ Legends of Mathmatica https://store.steampowered.com/app/1638690/Legends_of_Mathmatica_Under_the_Shadow_of_Certainty/ Bandcamp https://vernaculargames.bandcamp.com/ Our Website: https://www.vernaculargames.com/ Our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vernacular_games/ Our Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/notifications/?filter=all Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VernacularGames/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/VernacularGames?lang=en Our Minds: https://www.minds.com/vernaculargames/ Our Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/redcoatvernac Our Audius: https://audius.co/vernaculargames Our Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/vernaculargames

An exploration of the relationship between employer and employee, and how to do it in a non negative way.

Exploring the Scrapper vs. Ranger match up and how to evolve the interaction such that it becomes more fun to play

Looking at how to apply Nintendo's business practices to construction and real estate

Some meandering talk about being a Christian creative in the current environs and trying to avoid ruining art with heavy handed messaging

Chatting a bit about pinball machines, arcade cabinets and the growth of barcades.

Just pointing ya'll in the direction of a cool X8 Demake project that's currently in the works. Loving how it's turned out so far. You can find it at the link below. https://sonicfangameshq.com/forums/showcase/mega-man-x8-16-bit.1504/

A brief anecdote about an encounter with society's "upper echelon", and some musings regarding its implications.

A brief chat about the poor state of the game industry and what indie devs can do in response.

Here we speak on the representation of AI that was presented in the Megaman X games and how that influenced my thoughts with regards to AI ideation and development.

Our book is now ready for sale on Book Baby and can be pre-ordered on Amazon. Check the vid for more details You can buy it at the link below: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/the-fairy-and-the-dragon

Here we consider the query: What is Engagement? You can find the rest of the playlist at: soundcloud.com/redcoatvernac/sets/vernacademia-podcast-season-3 Our Website: www.vernaculargames.com/ Our Subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/vernaculargames Our Minds: www.minds.com/vernaculargames/ Our Facebook: www.facebook.com/VernacularGames/ Our Twitter: twitter.com/VernacularGames?lang=en Our Soundcloud: @redcoatvernac Our Audius: audius.co/vernaculargames 00:10 Introduction 00:15 Art as Stylized Expression 01:05 Style and Expression's Riddle 01:43 What is Engagement 01:54 What Does It Mean to Engage 02:31 What Does it Mean to Interact 03:02 Lawn Mower Example 03:23 Non-Useful Interaction 04:53 Engagement's Positive Connotation 05:52 Significant Interaction is Engagement 06:12 Engagement's Relationship to Style and Expression 06:31 Non-Meaningful Interaction 07:32 Meaningful Interaction 08:06 Summary 08:35 Sign Off

Here we consider the difference between Embedded Meaning and Derived Meaning. You can find the rest of the playlist at: soundcloud.com/redcoatvernac/sets/vernacademia-podcast-season-3 Our Website: www.vernaculargames.com/ Our Subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/vernaculargames Our Minds: www.minds.com/vernaculargames/ Our Facebook: www.facebook.com/VernacularGames/ Our Twitter: twitter.com/VernacularGames?lang=en Our Soundcloud: @redcoatvernac Our Audius: audius.co/vernaculargames 00:07 Introduction 00:27 What is Derived Meaning 01:37 Meaning and Death of the Author 02:49 Abstract Art and Derivation 04:02 A Red and Blue Example 06:11 Recontextualizing Red and Blue 07:02 Distinguish Embedded from Derived 07:32 Abstract Art Facilitates Derived Meaning 08:01 What is Embedded Meaning 09:05 Jesus Calms the Storm 12:28 Techniques to Guide the User 13:22 Artistry Justified Embedded Expression 14:42 Recap 15:19 The Riddle of User Interaction 16:14 Wrap Up

Here we consider the query: Are games art, in deep detail You can find the rest of the playlist at: soundcloud.com/redcoatvernac/sets/vernacademia-podcast-season-3 Our Website: www.vernaculargames.com/ Our Subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/vernaculargames Our Minds: www.minds.com/vernaculargames/ Our Facebook: www.facebook.com/VernacularGames/ Our Twitter: twitter.com/VernacularGames?lang=en Our Soundcloud: @redcoatvernac Our Audius: audius.co/vernaculargames Cliff Notes: 00:06 Introduction 00:26 Are Games Art? 00:38 What is Art? 01:36 What is a Game? 02:06 Games and Engagement 03:16 Gamification through Goals 04:13 Gamifying the Walk to Work 05:37 Good and Bad Engagement 06:12 Negative and Positive Play Experience 06:43 Negative Play Experience 07:41 Novelty through Variation 08:31 Restatement of Games Definitions 08:41 Comparing Art and Games Definitions 09:54 Art Can Simply Express Feeling 10:17 A Blue Example 11:28 Games Often Express Feelings and Themes 11:57 Playground Games 12:28 Expression Through Freedom of Play 13:20 Games as an Avenue of Expression 13:39 Baseball: An Artistic Medium 15:15 Are Artistic Tools Art Themselves 16:01 The Art of Manufacture 16:42 Sports Games As Art 17:56 Personalized Play As Art 18:29 Video Games and Board Games 19:20 Board Games and Theming 19:33 Games Without Theming 19:55 Stylized Expression of Rules 20:49 Board Games as Art 21:00 Thematic Context 22:08 Rules Accentuating Expression 22:29 Expression Needn't be Deep 23:15 Video Games as Art 24:43 Conjuring Fun 25:13 Hideo Messaging 25:30 Metal Slug and Simple Expression 26:29 Games Can Just be Fun 27:07 Games Allow Experience Based Expression 27:47 Meaningless Games Have Value 28:38 The Answer 28:52 Wrap Up 29:31 Sign Off

Another Track From Jacob's Highway, the Andromeda Express. This track accompanies the return of Angry Alexander, and his tech thieving gang of bikers and thugs Done by Jason Javier On Audius https://audius.co/VernacularGames/jacobs-highway-protoost-the-blunderdome On Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/redcoatvernac/the-blunderdome?si=b71a24e4c3344b1aa9b3574dc4d82285&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

A prototype track from one of our musical collaborators, Jason Javier. Been sitting on these for awhile, so I thought it'd be good to share 'em. You might even see some of them appear on our bandcamp page ;) On Audius https://audius.co/VernacularGames/moon-specter On Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/redcoatvernac/moon-specter?si=4085c9ebd8744e93852c40429c1e63f6&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Our Website: www.vernaculargames.com/ Our Minds: www.minds.com/vernaculargames/ Our Facebook: www.facebook.com/VernacularGames/ Our Twitter: twitter.com/VernacularGames?lang=en Our Soundcloud: @redcoatvernac Our Audius: audius.co/vernaculargames Our Games: https://vernacular-games.itch.io/ Cliff Notes: 00:12 Last time 00:23 Introduction 00:53 Style and Expression in balance 02:07 All Style No Expression: Abstract Art 03:20 A Question With No Embedded Answer 04:33 Derived Expression 05:19 Kingpin and Derived Expression 08:31 Three Blank Canvases 09:04 Toilet Seat On a Wall 09:47 All Expression No Style: Technical Document 10:21 Ikea Table Instructions 12:41 Abstract Art vs. Technical Document 12:37 The necessity of Both elements 13:44 Style Encourages Contemplation 14:20 Expression Provides the Thing to Contemplate 14:41 Death of The Author 15:15 Engagement Resolves Expression from Style 15:41 Final Statement 16:08 The Artist's Impossible Goal 16:43 Next Time 17:47 Sign Off

Our Website: www.vernaculargames.com/ Our Minds: www.minds.com/vernaculargames/ Our Facebook: www.facebook.com/VernacularGames/ Our Twitter: twitter.com/VernacularGames?lang=en Our Soundcloud: @redcoatvernac Our Audius: audius.co/vernaculargames Our Games: https://vernacular-games.itch.io/ Cliff Notes: 00:12 Last time 00:23 Introduction 00:53 Style and Expression in balance 02:07 All Style No Expression: Abstract Art 03:20 A Question With No Embedded Answer 04:33 Derived Expression 05:19 Kingpin and Derived Expression 08:31 Three Blank Canvases 09:04 Toilet Seat On a Wall 09:47 All Expression No Style: Technical Document 10:21 Ikea Table Instructions 12:41 Abstract Art vs. Technical Document 12:37 The necessity of Both elements 13:44 Style Encourages Contemplation 14:20 Expression Provides the Thing to Contemplate 14:41 Death of The Author 15:15 Engagement Resolves Expression from Style 15:41 Final Statement 16:08 The Artist's Impossible Goal 16:43 Next Time 17:47 Sign Off

Our Website: www.vernaculargames.com/ Our Minds: www.minds.com/vernaculargames/ Our Facebook: www.facebook.com/VernacularGames/ Our Twitter: twitter.com/VernacularGames?lang=en Our Soundcloud: @redcoatvernac Our Audius: audius.co/vernaculargames Our Games: https://vernacular-games.itch.io/ Cliff Notes: 00:22 Introduction 00:51 Generalized Meaning of Style 01:69 What does it mean to be Stylized 02:20 The Purpose of Stylization 03:08 Style adds novel value 03:35 Style creates compulsion 04:41 Style's "Why Question" 06:32 Style's Purpose in Short 07:19 Next Cast

Our Website: www.vernaculargames.com/ Our Minds: www.minds.com/vernaculargames/ Our Facebook: www.facebook.com/VernacularGames/ Our Twitter: twitter.com/VernacularGames?lang=en Our Soundcloud: @redcoatvernac Our Audius: audius.co/vernaculargames Our Games: https://vernacular-games.itch.io/ Cliff Notes: 00:22 Introduction 00:51 Generalized Meaning of Style 01:69 What does it mean to be Stylized 02:20 The Purpose of Stylization 03:08 Style adds novel value 03:35 Style creates compulsion 04:41 Style's "Why Question" 06:32 Style's Purpose in Short 07:19 Next Cast

A brief exploration of the concept of art. Cliff Notes 00:04 Introduction 00:50 Why ask "What is Art?" 01:54 What is art used for 03:04 Art as Stylized Expression 04:27 What is Stylized Expression? 04:33 Breaking down "Stylized" 06:01 Breaking down "Expression" 06:34 Expression as "Delivery of Meaning" 08:10 Delivery of Meaning across time 09:37 What is "Meaning" 10:35 Purpose, Intent, and Distinction as Significance 11:23 Bottle example of significance 12:19 Review: What is Art? 12:42 Wrap Up 12:55 Next Cast

The Final Podcast of the Vernacademia Casts. Here we look back at some of the subjects we talked about and how this exploration of concepts has influenced our design sensibilities You can find the rest of the playlist at: soundcloud.com/redcoatvernac/sets/vernacademia-podcast-season-2 Our Website: www.vernaculargames.com/ Our Subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/vernaculargames Our Minds: www.minds.com/vernaculargames/ Our Facebook: www.facebook.com/VernacularGames/ Our Twitter: twitter.com/VernacularGames?lang=en Our Soundcloud: @redcoatvernac Our Audius: audius.co/vernaculargames Cliff Notes: 00:11 Introduction 00:37 How has this affected our Design? 00:48 The Affect on Red Coat 01:34 The Affect on Sientir 02:46 Red Coat's Favorite Casts 03:03 The Complexity Series 03:39 The Randomness Cast 04:18 The Competitive Environment Series 04:45 Sientir's Favorite Casts 04:48 The Music Cast 05:21 Consistency of Musical Juxtaposition 05:33 Ocarina of Time and Musical Juxtaposition 07:06 Crafting Systems 08:29 Power of Loss in Storytelling 09:23 Technical Exploration 10:05 Why Explore Technique 10:25 Painting Appraisal 11:08 Consumer View, Creator View 12:01 Art for Art's Sake in the Past 12:51 Games from a Creative's lense 13:44 Developing Methods of Analysis 14:00 Games are a Unique Composite Experience 14:34 The Usefulness of Academic Analysis 15:47 Consumer Angle Usefulness 17:38 Game Connoiseur? 18:04 Translating Enjoyment into Creation 19:14 Why Do These Casts? 20:08 Final Sign Off

In this cast we discuss the concept of Fast Travel and Its effect on game design Our Website: https://www.vernaculargames.com/ Our Minds: https://www.minds.com/vernaculargames/ Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VernacularGames/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/VernacularGames?lang=en Our Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/redcoatvernac Our Audius: https://audius.co/vernaculargames Cliff Notes: 00:05 Introduction 01:10 Fast Travel as a Functional Tool 01:49 The Lord Vessel in Dark Souls 02:12 Fast Travel Map and Shadow of War/Morder 03:19 Fast Travel Frequency 04:25 Airships in RPGs 05:01 Fly in Pokemon 05:45 Advantages of Not Having Fast Travel 06:06 A Strong Environment Design is Needed 06:34 Dark Souls and Discoverable World Design 07:15 Super Metroid and "Getting There" 07:51 Fast Travel is an Escape 08:46 Resident Evil 2 and Lack of Fast Travel 09:46 Ocarina of Time and Hubs (Lost Woods) 10:50 Designing Hub Areas with Interest 11:27 Dark Souls and Interconnected Hubs 13:18 Dark Souls and Dark Root Garden's Design 14:19 Ocarina of Time and Limited Fast Travel 15:07 Dark Souls and Limited Fast Travel 15:30 Travel as a Form of Engagement 16:14 Super Hero Open World Games and Engaging Travel 16:29 Hulk Ultimate Destruction 17:30 Navigation Skills 17:41 Ocarina of Time and Navigation Skills 18:19 Dark Souls and Navigation Skills 19:08 The Advantage of Re-Encountering Areas 20:17 The Opportunity to Notice 21:01 Super Hero Games and Events of Engagement 22:01 Yakuza and Dense World Design 23:09 Maijima Everywhere 24:06 Guidance Systems and Maps 24:49 Doom and Maps 25:38 Land Mark Design 26:20 Mechanical Differences Between Areas 26:44 Dark Souls and Mechanical Difference 28:13 Dark Souls 3 and Going Backwards 28:42 The Difference in Engagement 29:13 Questions to Ask About Your World Design 30:40 Consider Why You Want Fast Travel 30:59 Breath of The Wild and Traversal 32:42 The Original Legend of Zelda and Exploration 33:34 Fast Travel as a Crutch 33:52 Wrap Up 34:29 Sign Off

In This cast We discuss and define the concept of Gimmicks in games Our Website: https://www.vernaculargames.com/ Our Minds: https://www.minds.com/vernaculargames/ Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VernacularGames/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/VernacularGames?lang=en Our Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/redcoatvernac Our Audius: https://audius.co/vernaculargames Cliff Notes: 00:09 Introduction 00:23 Gimmick and Gimmicky in Colloquial Speak 01:40 Defining the Gimmick 02:17 Mechanical Gimmicks 03:32 Star Fox Adventure and Refining space Gimmicks 04:26 Guild Wars and Framing space Gimmicks 05:21 Narvisaud Gimmicks 05:43 Narrative Gimmicks 06:34 Skyward Sword and Narrative Gimmicks 07:18 Visual Gimmicks 08:42 Dark Souls and Visual Gimmicks 09:26 Audio Gimmicks 11:32 Accidental Narvisaud Gimmicks 12:31 Accidental Mechanical Gimmicks 13:04 Dev Time Tables and Emergent Gimmicks 13:39 Mechanical Overestimation 14:10 Intentional Mechanical Gimmicks 14:42 Intentional Narvisaud Gimmicks 15:11 Gimmicks in rarity and abundance 16:11 Tactful use of Gimmicks 16:45 Sign Off

In This cast Red Coat speaks at length about Soul Calibur and its design Our Website: https://www.vernaculargames.com/ Our Minds: https://www.minds.com/vernaculargames/ Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VernacularGames/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/VernacularGames?lang=en Our Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/redcoatvernac Our Audius: https://audius.co/vernaculargames Cliff Notes: 00:04 Introduction 00:12 Soul Calibur as a Tekken Evolution 00:38 What is Soul Calibur 01:01 A 3D fighter with depth of field 01:32 Match flow in Soul Calibur 03:27 What is a Hit Confirm 04:11 Comboed out (or the One Touch) 05:11 How Does Soul Calibur Manage Combos 05:27 The Juggle State 06:11 Aerial Directional Influence 07:23 Damage Ratio and Proration 08:38 Counter hits and Combos 10:00 Arenas and their Influence 11:33 Comeback Mechanics 12:18 Street Fighter 4 and 5 Comebacks 12:57 Supers in Soul Calibur and Soul Edge 13:30 How does it control 13:55 Soul Calibur Frame Data 14:55 Soul Calibur Input Method 16:07 Movement within the 2D view 17:03 Symphonia Movement compared to Soul Calibur 17:29 Radial Movement 18:02 Visible Defensive Options 18:28 Soul Calibur Defensive Options 18:46 Guard Impact 20:11 Guilty Gear and Visible Defensive Options 22:26 Offensive Pacing In Soul Calibur 23:19 2D pacing vs 3D pacing 24:33 Zones in 2D games 25:47 Zones in 3D games 26:27 Soul Calibur 2 26:52 Soul Calibur 3 29:24 Soul Calibur 4 34:27 Soul Calibur 5 36:14 Damage Conversion 36:49 Ex Moves 40:10 Soul Calibur 2 And Character Balance 40:47 Soul Calibur 6 Impressions 41:46 Soul Charge 43:19 Lessons to learn from Soul Calibur 44:29 Pressure Construction in Anime Fighters 45:11 Stuffed Actions 45:40 Pressure Construction in Soul Calibur 46:35 Healthy Rhythm 47:44 Inspiration and Respect for the Martial Arts 49:23 Influence of Soul Calibur on Red Coat's Design Philosophy 50:09 Combat as a Conversation 51:26 Final Statements 51:42 Next Cast and Sign Off