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Game Dev Podcast | Coffee with ButterscotchCoffee with Butterscotch is the hilarity-filled weekly podcast of award-winning indie video game studio Butterscotch Shenanigans, best known for its smash hit Crashlands. Author: Butterscotch Shenanigans
Coffee with Butterscotch is the hilarity-filled weekly podcast of award-winning indie video game studio Butterscotch Shenanigans, best known for its smash hit Crashlands. Grab a drink and tune in every week to learn the ins and outs of game development, productivity and workflows, the business of selling video games, our takes on entrepreneurship and building a small company from scratch, and how to be an unstoppable problem-solving machine. Got a question you want answered on the podcast? Ask us at https://podcast.bscotch.net Language: en Genres: Business, Entrepreneurship, Leisure, Video Games Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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[Ep596] Should Our Next Game be 2D or 3D? Singleplayer or Multiplayer? Indie Devs Look at the Data
Wednesday, 28 October, 2026
In episode 596 of 'Coffee with Butterscotch,' the brothers dig into the Steam data behind some of the biggest decisions facing their next game. They walk through what the numbers suggest about 2D versus 3D, multiplayer versus single player, and pricing, while being careful to treat it all as directional evidence rather than a rulebook."How Many Dudes?": https://howmanydudes.com00:00 Navigating Success: The Journey of 'How Many Dudes' and Future Prospects03:36 Exploring New Ideas: The Next Game Development07:21 High-Level Considerations: Game Design and Market Trends14:27 Data-Driven Decisions: Analyzing Game Performance23:15 The 2D vs 3D Debate: Insights from Market Analysis25:12 Single Player vs. Multiplayer: Revenue Insights27:01 The Impact of Game Design on Success29:39 Challenges of Hybrid Game Development31:20 Marketing Multiplayer Games: The Role of Social Media38:25 Price Sensitivity and Genre Performance46:46 Understanding Game Genres and Market Trends49:25 The Importance of Game Concepts Over Genres51:51 Exploring the 'Friend Slop' Genre55:27 Designing Games with Social Interaction in Mind59:22 Evaluating Game Ideas and Prototyping01:05:23 Insights on Game Development and Market DynamicsSubscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coffeewithbutterscotchSubscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/1LxNEnkChat with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/bscotchSupport the podcast: https://moneygrab.bscotch.netLooking for help making and publishing your own games? Check out LudoKit, the web service we're building to help us with our own games: https://ludokit.com ★ Support this podcast ★
