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					<description><![CDATA[The weekly indie showcases highlight all the game we play here submitted by developers or indie game demos. If you would like to submit a game for a future stream/video, please reach out. 0:00 Intro00:14&#160;Super Ember Kaboom1:55&#160;Kombinera3:36&#160;Mago5:34&#160;Blacken Slash7:01&#160;Tokoyo: The Tower of Perpetuity10:20&#160;The Dark Heart of Balor Josh BycerOwner of Game Wisdom with more than a &#8230; <a href="https://setsideb.com/indie-game-showcase-for-11-14/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Indie Game Showcase For 11/15"</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>The weekly indie showcases highlight all the game we play here submitted by developers or indie game demos. If you would like to submit a game for a future stream/video, please reach out.</p>



<p>0:00 Intro<br>00:14&nbsp;<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1614360/Super_Ember_Kaboom/">Super Ember Kaboom</a><br>1:55&nbsp;<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1827740/Kombinera/">Kombinera</a><br>3:36&nbsp;<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098280/Mago/">Mago</a><br>5:34&nbsp;<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1746560/Blacken_Slash/">Blacken Slash</a><br>7:01&nbsp;<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1393420/TOKOYO_The_Tower_of_Perpetuity/">Tokoyo: The Tower of Perpetuity</a><br>10:20&nbsp;<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1247580/The_Dark_Heart_of_Balor/">The Dark Heart of Balor</a></p>
<div class="saboxplugin-wrap" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope itemprop="author"><div class="saboxplugin-tab"><div class="saboxplugin-gravatar"><img decoding="async" src="https://setsideb.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/treasure_2_big_noshine-1.png" width="100"  height="100" alt="" itemprop="image"></div><div class="saboxplugin-authorname"><a href="https://setsideb.com/author/gwbycer/" class="vcard author" rel="author"><span class="fn">Josh Bycer</span></a></div><div class="saboxplugin-desc"><div itemprop="description"><p>Owner of Game Wisdom with more than a decade of experience writing and talking about game design and the industry. I&#8217;m also the author of the &#8220;Game Design Deep Dive&#8221; series and &#8220;20 Essential Games to Study&#8221;</p>
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		<title>The Dark Heart of Balor Developer Interview</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Bycer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2022 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For this perceptive podcast, I sat down with Dima who is working on the upcoming game&#160;The Dark Heart of Balor. We spoke about their background and designing an action game along with some of the fundamentals of good action game design. All footage shown was from our live stream of a pre-release build and may &#8230; <a href="https://setsideb.com/the-dark-heart-of-balor-developer-interview/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The Dark Heart of Balor Developer Interview"</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>For this perceptive podcast, I sat down with Dima who is working on the upcoming game&nbsp;<em>The Dark Heart of Balor</em>. We spoke about their background and designing an action game along with some of the fundamentals of good action game design.</p>



<p>All footage shown was from our live stream of a pre-release build and may not represent the current version of the game.</p>



<ul class="wp-block-list"><li><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1247580/The_Dark_Heart_of_Balor/">Steam Store Page</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/gameartists">Twitter&nbsp;</a></li></ul>
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