Ep. 220 - Advergame Designathon, with Liz Ryerson

Insert Credit Sells Out! Liz Ryerson returns with a vengeance to help design sixteen games for brands that owe us money now.

Advergame Designathon:

1. Design a side-scrolling shooter for the WWE. (04:04)
2. Design a top-down puzzle game for Six Flags. (06:28)
3. Design a tower defense game for the Portugal Board of Tourism. (08:29)
4. Design a platforming game for Ariana Grande. (11:00)
5. Design an 8-bit roleplaying game for Monday Night Football. (14:21)
6. Design a dating sim for Now That’s What I Call Music! (17:18)
7. Design an FMV game for the U.K. National Lottery. (20:14)
8. Design a VR racing game for the Rocky franchise. (22:41)
9. Design a bullet hell for the Tasmanian Devil. (24:41)
10. Design a party game for Wal-Mart. (26:33)
11. Design a gacha game for Good Morning America (28:34)
12. Design a fighting game for BBC Arts & Culture. (33:51)
13. Design an isometric adventure game for Rolex. (38:37)
14. Design an open world game for Doctors Without Borders (42:46)
15. Design a first person shooter for Deer Park Spring Water (45:55)
16. Design a Myst clone for the Catholic Church (48:03)

Recommendations and Outro (49:50)

Tell everyone your substantially better idea in the forums!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Tetris
• Logopedia
• MobyGames
• WWE
• Chō Aniki
• Roman Reigns
• The Undertaker
• Hulk Hogan
• Becky Lynch
• Asuka
• Sasha Banks
• Asuka 120% Final: BURNING Fest
• Six Flags
• Soko-Ban
• Wetrix
• 3-D Tetris
• RollerCoaster Tycoon
• Lemmings
• Portugal Board of Tourism
• Ariana Grande
• Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius
• Ariana Grande | Final Fantasy Wiki
• Ariana Grande | Fortnite Wiki
• Jennifer Lopez browser game
• Monday Night Football
• Football: The Tim Rogers Review
• Madden series
• Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden - Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa
• Golf Story
• Dear Boys
• Slam City with Scottie Pippen
• Post Malone
• Boris
• Number Girl
• Olivia Rodrigo
• Miley Cyrus
• Dua Lipa
• The Weeknd
• Billie Eilish
• Balan Wonderworld
• National Lottery (United Kingdom)
• Wales Interactive Ltd.
• Soul Axiom
• Gamer Girl FMV game
• The Rocky franchise
• Punch-Out!!
• Doc Louis
• Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
• Tasmanian Devil
• Bonk’s Adventure
• Supermarket Sweep
• Walmart is getting serious about the metaverse
• Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
• Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
• Good Morning America
• Robin Roberts
• George Stephanopoulos
• Michael Strahan
• RogerEbert.com
• Roger Ebert
• BBC Arts and Culture
• John Cleese
• David Bowie
• Kate Bush
• Morrissey
• Dan Hibiki
• Landscapers
• David Thewlis
• Olivia Colman
• Guilty Gear series
• EastEnders
• The Favourite (2018)
• The Great
• Yorgos Lanthimos
• Rolex
• Clockwork Knight
• Landstalker
• Super Mario 64
• Kokuga
• Ikaruga
• Sin and Punishment
• Dynamite Headdy
• Just Cause series
• Far Cry series
• Death Stranding
• Deer Park Spring Water
• Burning Rangers
• Deus Ex
• Myst
• Angels & Demons
• The Da Vinci Code

Recommendations:

Jaffe: Identify the closest public bathroom to you in case of emergency.

Brandon: The House (2022), The Silent Sea

Tim: Hard to Be a God (2013)*

Liz: The Favourite (2018), Beetlejuice (1988)

*Not an official recommendation

Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Tim Rogers, Brandon Sheffield and Liz Ryerson. Edited by Esper Quinn. Original Music by Kurt Feldman.