The Mega Moth Studios Super Secret Podcast

Episode #9 - Minimum Viable Product

On the ninth episode of the Official Mega Moth Studios Podcast, Danny and Joel discuss the true MVP. Before you ask its not the most valuable player, it is the minimum viable product. It’s about having the features and gameplay without the flashy art. It’s about getting the concept in the hands of testers. Finally on the Game of the Week segment, let’s see if Joel can put his foot in his mouth.

Episode #8 - Pop Culture Influence

On the eighth episode of the Official Mega Moth Studios Podcast, Danny and Joel discuss the biggest pop culture references they drew influences from. They also give an opinion and reasoning for using traditional art as opposed to AI art. Stick around till the end to see how in appropriate Joel’s answer is to the Something Random segment.
 
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Episode #7 - Building a Community

On the seventh episode of the Official Mega Moth Studios Podcast, Danny and Joel discuss building a community both online and face to face with interacting one person at a time. Don’t miss Danny’s attempt to help Joel curb his insatiable hunger for exotic meats.
This episode Danny butchers the following quote: ‘We don't rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training.’ - Archilochus

Episode #6 - Drama! The art of creating..............Tension

On the sixth episode of the Official Mega Moth Studios Podcast, Danny and Joel discuss creating tension and drama with the final quest mechanic in X: Seekers of Fortune. They also recount their trip to Norman Oklahoma for the event they had at (405) Brewing Co. Finally, Joel is put in the hot seat for the something random this week.

Episode #5 - Teaching and broken mechanics... oh my!

On the fifth episode of the Official Mega Moth Studios Podcast, Danny and Joel discuss the best practices around teaching people to play the game. Also, their friend Patrick channeled his inner Ivan Drago to show just how broken some initial mechanics were and how they were updated.

Episode #4 - A.I. art... pshh... we’ve got this!

On the fourth episode of the Official Mega Moth Studios Podcast, Danny and Joel recollect the early days of card designs and discuss the evolution of the aesthetics of the game. They also recount their journey learning Midjourney. How many fingers is that person supposed to have? Oh, A.I. art why can’t you get somethings right. 

Episode #3 - Origins: Part Deux!

On the third episode of the Official Mega Moth Studios Podcast, Danny and Joel return to the early days of X: Seekers of Fortune and discuss how each of the different card types came about. They also recount the inclusion of Heroic Feats and how these mechanics managed to balance the game and up the player agency.

Episode #2 - Let’s make a card game!

On the second episode of the Official Mega Moth Studios Podcast, Danny and Joel recount the earliest concepts and iterations of X: Seekers of Fortune. Along with development of the game, they also go over the challenge of play testing a game from over 150 miles away. How hard could it be to make a card game?!

Episode #1 - Comicpalooza 2023

On this inaugural episode of the Mega Moth Studios Podcast, Danny and Joel recap their experience at Houston’s Comicpalooza 2023. In addition, they discuss the lead up and leg work that went into assuring the experience was a success.