Jolie Menzel's guest appearances

Jolie Menzel

Checkpoints

Script Lock

HomeTeam GameDev Podcast

Richard Lemarchand

Sarah Elmaleh

Jon Paquette

Chris Totten

Cara Ellison

Tim Schafer

Chris Crawford

Meg Jayanth

Brendon Chung

Sean Vanaman

Jennifer Scheurle

Walt Williams

Matthew Burns

Anna Kipnis

Justin Ma

OwlTail

This is a show about videogames, the people who play them and the people who make them. Each episode, a guest talks about the games that have shaped their life in one way or another. Games that have inspired them, games that have forged connections &amp; games that have soothed wounds. Checkpoints!My guest on today's episode is the Jolie Menzel. Jolie is a game designer and developer who started her career at Telltale games and currently works at Ubisoft as the Narrative Desiger for the upcoming South Park - The Fractured But Whole. We talk arcade games on the Jersey Shore, the pride and shame in Dance Dance Revolution, how her science teacher taught evolution via Pokemon, her love of the Sonic Fandom, and how she maybe got a little too into Minecraft.We also hit on her time in Japan, a side quest into Fashion, why Dave Mirra BMX holds such fond memories, her teenage foray into sprite comics, working on South Park, and how she rage quit out of her very first date."You can just hang around outside in the sun all day, tossing a ball around, or you can sit at your computer and do something that matters!"PATREON - patreon.com/checkpointsiTunes HERE -  SUBSCRIBE / RATE / REVIEWGames discussed: Ms. Pac Man, Pokemon Stadium, Smash Bros, Galaga, Sonic Adventure, Marvel vs Capcom, Final Fantasy V, Dance Dance Revolution, Kirby, Secret of Mana, Animal Crossing, Katamari Damacy, Minecraft, Niddhogg, Fables,Theme song by Samuel BakerArt work by Craig Stevenson

This is a show about videogames, the people who play them and the people who make them. Each episode, a guest talks about the games that have shaped their life in one way or another. Games that have inspired them, games that have forged connections &amp; games that have soothed wounds. Checkpoints!My guest on today's episode is the <a href="http://joliemenzel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jolie Menzel.</a> Jolie is a game designer and developer who started her career at Telltale games and currently works at Ubisoft as the Narrative Desiger for the upcoming South Park - The Fractured But Whole. We talk arcade games on the Jersey Shore, the pride and shame in Dance Dance Revolution, how her science teacher taught evolution via Pokemon, her love of the Sonic Fandom, and how she maybe got a little too into Minecraft.We also hit on her time in Japan, a side quest into Fashion, why Dave Mirra BMX holds such fond memories, her teenage foray into sprite comics, working on South Park, and how she rage quit out of her very first date."You can just hang around outside in the sun all day, tossing a ball around, or you can sit at your computer and do something that matters!"PATREON - <a href="https://www.patreon.com/checkpoints" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/checkpoints</a>iTunes <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/checkpoints-declan-dineen/id961200224" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> -  SUBSCRIBE / RATE / REVIEWGames discussed: Ms. Pac Man, Pokemon Stadium, Smash Bros, Galaga, Sonic Adventure, Marvel vs Capcom, Final Fantasy V, Dance Dance Revolution, Kirby, Secret of Mana, Animal Crossing, Katamari Damacy, Minecraft, Niddhogg, Fables,Theme song by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/furoshiki/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Samuel Baker</a>Art work by <a href="http://onedinosaurandhisballoon.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Craig Stevenson</a>

Rebroadcast - Episode 103 - Jolie Menzel 

Gamkedo Club

Jolie Menzel is Lead Narrative Designer on South Park for Ubisoft, before that did level design and storytelling at Telltale Games for the Walking Dead series. Find her on Twitter at @joliemenzel or for more information visit joliemenzel.com Music by Danny Baranowsky

Jolie Menzel is Lead Narrative Designer on South Park for Ubisoft, before that did level design and storytelling at Telltale Games for the Walking Dead series. Find her on Twitter at @joliemenzel or for more information visit <a href="http://joliemenzel.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">joliemenzel.com</a> Music by Danny Baranowsky

Jolie Menzel Professional Narrative Designer Talk with Gamkedo Club

Teddy Diefenbach

Talking all about design this week with Jolie (cinematic artist &amp; game designer at Telltale Games on The Walking Dead: 400 Days, The Wolf Among Us, Tales from the Borderlands and more, and currently a level designer at Ubisoft San Francisco on South Park: The Fracture But Whole) and Teddy (writer and game designer, worked on Shove Pro, The Moonlighters, and Hyper Light Drifter, and currently a creative director at Square Enix Montreal). We also chat about the story and lack of text in Hyper Light Drifter, games being different based on what department heads the studio, breaking design down into systems/levels/narratives, narrative puzzle design, iteration, having intimate conversations with developers by playing their game, giving players choice when they don’t expect it, the balance of showing how much a game is listening to players, subtlety in design, storytelling through level design, games withholding their payoffs for too long, and the need to not be precious with your work. Our Guests on the Internet Jolie's Twitter. Teddy's Twitter, Podcast, and Hyper Light Drifter. Stuff We Talked About The Moonlighters Catherine Jolie’s GDC 2016 talk - Solving Puzzle Design Teddy’s Lost Levels talk Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud The Five C's of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming Techniques by Joseph V. Mascelli Alias Prison Break Sleep No More (again) Our theme music was composed by 2Mello, and our logo was created by Lily Nishita.

Talking all about design this week with Jolie (cinematic artist &amp; game designer at Telltale Games on The Walking Dead: 400 Days, The Wolf Among Us, Tales from the Borderlands and more, and currently a level designer at Ubisoft San Francisco on South Park: The Fracture But Whole) and Teddy (writer and game designer, worked on Shove Pro, The Moonlighters, and Hyper Light Drifter, and currently a creative director at Square Enix Montreal). We also chat about the story and lack of text in Hyper Light Drifter, games being different based on what department heads the studio, breaking design down into systems/levels/narratives, narrative puzzle design, iteration, having intimate conversations with developers by playing their game, giving players choice when they don’t expect it, the balance of showing how much a game is listening to players, subtlety in design, storytelling through level design, games withholding their payoffs for too long, and the need to not be precious with your work. Our Guests on the Internet Jolie's <a href="https://twitter.com/joliemenzel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Teddy's <a href="https://twitter.com/teddydief" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/playscape-los-angeles/id1096220261?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast</a>, and <a href="http://www.heart-machine.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hyper Light Drifter</a>. Stuff We Talked About <a href="http://www.teddydief.com/the-moonlighters/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Moonlighters</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_%28video_game%29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Catherine</a> <a href="http://gdcvault.com/play/1023139/Level-Design-Workshop-Solving-Puzzle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jolie’s GDC 2016 talk - Solving Puzzle Design</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTHbL9q72w0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teddy’s Lost Levels talk</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/006097625X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Five-Cs-Cinematography-Picture-Techniques/dp/187950541X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Five C's of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming Techniques by Joseph V. Mascelli</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alias_%28TV_series%29" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alias</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_Break" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prison Break</a> <a href="http://sleepnomorenyc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sleep No More (again)</a> Our theme music was composed by <a href="http://2mello.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2Mello</a>, and our logo was created by <a href="https://lilynishita.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lily Nishita</a>.

Jolie Menzel & Teddy Diefenbach