This week, Aaron chats with Sahil Bajaj, a narrative designer and game writer. Sahil has worked on the Blackwood Charter Escape Room with Sweet Baby Inc and with Veritable Joy on ValiDate: Struggling Singles in Your Area, as well as making his own Twine games for kids, and a bunch of other stuff still under NDA because that's just how the game industry rolls sometimes. In this conversation, we chat about growing up as an Indian immigrant in the USA vs. the UAE, humor in game writing and design, making interactive fiction for kids, and more!
00:00 Introduction
03:12 Cultural Influences and Identity
06:54 Experimentation and Humor in Game Design
15:37 State of the Discipline ("John doesn't know s$@%!")
21:34 Making Games For Kids
25:23 Wrapping Up
Links:
Sahil's web site: https://sahilbajaj.dev/
You can find the podcast at:
http://www.makegamesdrinkcoffee.com
Questions? Comments?