[Ep574] Game Devs Discuss Far Far West

About this episode

The episode discusses the new How Many Dudes box art and explores the co-op shooter Far Far West, analyzing its mechanics and design.

In episode 574 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers check in on the new How Many Dudes box art with some real click-through numbers, then dive into Far Far West, a co-op shooter where you're a robot cowboy fighting skeletons and it somehow all works. They dig into what makes it click, why the Joker system is smart, and whether it can stay fun as the min-maxers inevitably show up. Support How Many Dudes! Official Website: https://www.bscotch.net/games/how-many-dudes Trailer Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgQM1SceEpI Steam Wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3934270/How_Many_Dudes 00:00 Cold Open 00:28 Introduction and Welcome 01:16 How Many Dudes Box Art 11:26 Far Far West Nail or Whiff 25:05 Exploring the Game Mechanics 29:36 Rogue-like Elements and Progression 35:17 Design Aspects and Player Experience 40:10 Balancing Fun and Challenge 47:53 Overall Impressions and Recommendations To stay up to date with all of our buttery goodness subscribe to the podcast on Apple podcasts (apple.co/1LxNEnk) or wherever you get your audio goodness. If you want to get more involved in the Butterscotch community, hop into our DISCORD server at discord.gg/bscotch and say…

People in this episode

Host: Butterscotch Shenanigans

Topics covered

• game development
• co-op shooter
• game mechanics
• design aspects
• player experience
• balancing fun and challenge

Keywords

• Far Far West
• How Many Dudes
• co-op shooter
• game mechanics
• design aspects
• player experience
• rogue-like elements

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Steam, YouTube, DISCORD

Products: How Many Dudes, Far Far West

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