Indie Game Clinic
Variety channel about indie games and how they're made.
Contact: [email protected] for business matters; e.g. design consultancy, creative coaching, YouTube collaboration etc. *Games submitted via email will be ignored.*
About Dr. Joe:
📚 academic expert on games history, employability, and game dev education (BA, PhD Media & Cultural Studies)
💼 pro xp. of various design subdisciplines: narrative, level design, and systems/economies/balancing.
👨🏻🏫 advanced certificate in adult education (UK Senior HEA Fellowship)
🎮 extensive knowledge of game history, genres, and trends, including tabletops and ARGs.
📱 design and production on multiple mobile games including two AppStore top 100 titles.
🦙 creative leadership, level and economy design for a number of successful gamified experiences in Roblox and Fortnite.

Time Cowboy is Everything I ❤️ About Boomer Shooters
![A Type of Game I Hate To See [Design Crit Stream Highlights]](https://ricktube.ru/thumbnail/B3qbpC01wfE/mqdefault.jpg)
A Type of Game I Hate To See [Design Crit Stream Highlights]

Prototypes, Hunches, and Short-Cuts

You’ve Got a Cool Mechanic… Now What?

How to Self-Teach The Gamedev Skills You Lack

One Vital Element of a Platformer Game
![2 of Your Spooky Nautical Games [Playtest Highlights]](https://ricktube.ru/thumbnail/kOH4hnjLJeI/mqdefault.jpg)
2 of Your Spooky Nautical Games [Playtest Highlights]

Most Viewers Don't Take My Advice - That’s Fine

Get Your Game Played on Stream (How To)
![Be Realistic About What You're Developing [and Why]](https://ricktube.ru/thumbnail/fQSoMHIlsw4/mqdefault.jpg)
Be Realistic About What You're Developing [and Why]

Peaceful Tile-Building or Magical War Crimes?
![✨Delightful✨ Scifi Deckbuilding [Negative Space Stream Highlights]](https://ricktube.ru/thumbnail/zpXQT9y3NEs/mqdefault.jpg)
✨Delightful✨ Scifi Deckbuilding [Negative Space Stream Highlights]

How to Make £1MIL "Streaming" Computer Games

Would You Buy Your Own Game on Steam?

When is it BETTER for a Game to Have Ugly Art?

You Don’t Need Motivation—You Need A Better Process

Darkest Dungeon's Interface Design Principles
![is This The Best Single Player Autobattler Yet? [Become the Moon]](https://ricktube.ru/thumbnail/ZfBgVM8JYks/mqdefault.jpg)
is This The Best Single Player Autobattler Yet? [Become the Moon]

Derek Yu - Spelunky (Game Developers’ Library ep01)

You Asked For YouTube Advice, So I Talked About Myself
![Going NUTS For New Horror Game [Kyoto Anomaly]](https://ricktube.ru/thumbnail/kqqqcb7nGmc/mqdefault.jpg)
Going NUTS For New Horror Game [Kyoto Anomaly]
![They Were FORCED to Collaborate 😱 [EVERY Game from CollabJam]](https://ricktube.ru/thumbnail/ER-usmQH3BY/mqdefault.jpg)
They Were FORCED to Collaborate 😱 [EVERY Game from CollabJam]
![Don’t Judge a Game ‘Til You See it Moving [Control Yourself!]](https://ricktube.ru/thumbnail/ZyXSNs-1EFE/mqdefault.jpg)
Don’t Judge a Game ‘Til You See it Moving [Control Yourself!]
![This Puzzle Platformer Has a Unique Approach to Difficulty [Octojump]](https://ricktube.ru/thumbnail/IcSD7w-fdJ8/mqdefault.jpg)
This Puzzle Platformer Has a Unique Approach to Difficulty [Octojump]
![Environmental Storytelling Explained [Stray, Gone Home, Amnesia, Unpacking, Minit]](https://ricktube.ru/thumbnail/sSFs61IF2Rs/mqdefault.jpg)
Environmental Storytelling Explained [Stray, Gone Home, Amnesia, Unpacking, Minit]

Worldbuilding, Lore, & History: 5 Things to Consider

Bethesda Discourse & Ignorance About GameDev

Game Genres - a Design Perspective
![Retro Boss Rush vs Game Design Doctor [Stream Highlights]](https://ricktube.ru/thumbnail/TbClC5MjM_o/mqdefault.jpg)
Retro Boss Rush vs Game Design Doctor [Stream Highlights]
![Alien Ecosystems, Emergent Gameplay, and Touching Balls [CleanFall Demo Highlights]](https://ricktube.ru/thumbnail/rnI2dBzMLMk/mqdefault.jpg)
Alien Ecosystems, Emergent Gameplay, and Touching Balls [CleanFall Demo Highlights]