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We are joined by Allen Chang and Alistair Kearney from Rule & Make to discuss collaborating on designs, focusing on the core of games, Kickstarting a publishing company, communicating with backers, taking backer suggestions, ideal player counts and building relationships. Rule & Make – @ruleandmake / ruleandmake.com Aaron Lim – @ehronlime / theactionpointspodcast.com Sye Robertson – @syelon / syelon.com What we talked about 2:37 – Collaborating on making games in Rule & Make 4:55 – Craziest things Alistair has said yes or no to when designing with Allen 9:00 – Major changes late in design for Rise to Power and Burger Up 14:10 – Reassessing the core of a game 16:14 – What makes a “Rule & Make game” 19:10 – Focusing on core mechanics in a game 20:43 – Kickstarting a publishing company 25:05 – Designing games vs publishing games 28:53 – Lifestyle games and competition 36:00 – Communication with backers post-Kickstarter, maintaining a record through regular updates 42:48 – Taking on backer suggestions and getting backer involvement 49:07 – Balancing backer suggestions with the core of the game 56:34 – Ideal player counts 1:02:35 – Looking beyond Australia with publishing and finding designers 1:05:56 – Building relationships with publishers and designers 1:10:06 – Choosing to be a designer or a publisher Links to what we talked about GAMA – The Game Manufacturers Association Australian Toy Hobby and Licensing Fair Grail Games Previous interview with Allen and Alistair on the Action Points Podcast Games Laboratory Incubator Czech Games Edition Portal Games Games we mentioned Entropy Rise to Power Ninja Dojo Fight Burger Up Robots & Rockets Elevenses One Zero One Munchkin Android: Netrunner Dominion Android Android: Infiltration Steam Works After the Flood Too Many Cinderellas Music: Something Small (Instrumental) by Minden is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co