Podcast appearances and mentions of theresa duringer

Erica and Sen welcome Theresa Duringer to talk about her role as a tabletop game app developer at Temple Gates Games. They discuss what it takes to make an app translation of a tabletop hit, what some differences might be between the physical and digital versions, how the AI opponents are trained, and more!

This week's guest is the owner of the company that published the apps for Dominion and Race for the Galaxy. We talk about the development of digital games and why board games need apps...but which games did she choose? Support the show here  Gin Rummy  So Clover  Res Arcana  Dominion  Race for the GalaxyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/five-games-for-doomsday--5631121/support.

In this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Theresa Duringer, the brilliant mind behind Temple Gates Games. As the owner and CEO of this esteemed digital boardgame development studio nestled in San Francisco, Theresa and her team have gained recognition for their remarkable work in bringing beloved board games like Dominion, Race for the Galaxy, Roll for the Galaxy, and Ascension into the digital realm. Tune in as we delve into Theresa's journey and explore the fascinating world of digital boardgame development.Learn more about TheresaLearn more about Temple Gates GamesLearn more about usJoin the next episode of the Indie Game Lunch Hour LIVE every Wednesday at 12pm EST on our Discord channel to answer your own burning questions and be immortalized in the recordings.

Emma and Gil sit down with Carla Kopp of Weird Giraffe Games and Galactic Raptor Games to discuss designing solo modes for games, the merits of "bots" in solo games, and how these bots tend to be named "Steve." SHOW NOTES 2m00s: Carla's first published game Super Hack Override. 4m53s: We spoke with Morten Monrad Pedersen on Ludology 154 - Leave Me Alone! about using Automa to make solo versions of games. 7m02s: Sarah Reed is a game designer, disability advocate, and all-around excellent person.  11m00s: The Cat Lady implementation for iOS and Android. 18m20s: Just a quick reminder that we’re talking about the digital implementation of the game Cat Lady, as opposed to Carla’s tabletop AIs. AI difficulty levels are more common in apps than they are in tabletop games.  19m45s: The Splendor digital implementation is sadly no longer available. 20m34s: Gil mentions the solo mode that comes in the tabletop version of It’s a Wonderful World. Emma mentions the solo mode from the Galaxy Trucker app. 21m13s: Calico 21m47s: Gil forgets to mention that Friedemann Friese included an “achievement sheet” in Copycat. 23m49s: Race for the Galaxy. We chatted with Theresa Duringer, CEO of Temple Gates, who developed the app, in Ludology 177 - AI AI, Captain!  24m26s: We're talking about the COIN (Counterinsurgencies) series of games, which have asymmetry built into them. Usually, each faction has a bot that allows many or all factions to be present in the game, even at a low player count. We talked to Volko Ruhnke, who began the series, in Ludology 178 - COIN Operated. 24m56s: The virtual gaming platform Tabletop Simulator. 26m54s: The three-body problem. 27m19s: Power Grid: The Robots 28m33s: Dune: Imperium, Smartphone Inc. 29m21s: Gil's second published game Battle Merchants. 31m24s: The Networks 33m10s: The underrated but absolutely amazing Fantasy Realms.  34m49s: Seven Wonders and Alhambra. We discussed desicion scales in games with Matt Wolfe in Ludology 157 - Come Scale Away. 35m36s: Abandon All Artichokes 36m51s: Skull, Space Dealer 37m33s: Weird Giraffe's upcoming games: Sara Perry's Gift of Tulips, and Fertessa Alysse's Wicked & Wise. 40m12s: Tokaido 48m02s: Carla's company with Dan Letzring, Galactic Raptor. Dan also runs Letiman Games. 51m45s: Bunny Kingdom, Root. We interviewed Root's designer, Cole Wehrle, most recently on Ludology 222 - Johnny Fairplay. 53m07s: Charterstone, Feudum 55m48s: The free cardmaking program nanDECK. 56m59s: The often-linked conditions of Narcolepsy and Cataplexy. 1h05m58s: "Tony" here is designer, podcast host, and excellent person Tony Miller. 1h09m09s: Carla’s website, Discord, and Twitter.  

Theresa Duringer (Temple Gates Games) joins us to discuss the process of bringing board games to digital platforms. We discuss tutorial and UI challenges, machine learning for AI, and how to find your niche as a small studio. Show notes: Theresa Duringer Temple Gates Games Roll of the Galaxy beta Gen Con Machine Learning for Boardgame AI in Race for the Galaxy TD-Gammon AlphaStar: Mastering the Real-Time Strategy Game StarCraft II Keldon Jones' Race for the Galaxy AI How to Run a Studio Without a Surprise Hit Scythe: Digital Edition Terraforming Mars

Show host Chris O'Regan chats to Theresa Duringer of Temple Gates Games about the design and development of Shards of Infinity. Over recent years there has been a growing number of tabletop games which have found their way into the digital realm. Temple Gates Games specialises in creating these digital versions of analogue source material,  and their latest effort, Shards of Infinity, is the subject of this episode of The Sausage Factory. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/sausage/TSF_Episode233.mp3   Sausage Factory 233 was produced and edited by Chris O'Regan

This week, guest Theresa Duringer joins the board game discussion. She's the co-founder of Temple Gates Games, the developer responsible for digital ports of several popular tabletop games like Roll for the Galaxy or Shards of Infinity. And she's a pretty damn good baker, too. Games we talked about: Intro: Ascension Race for the Galaxy Roll for the Galaxy Shards of Infinity   Shoe: Carcassonne Settlers of Catan Risk Monopoly The Castles of Burgundy Ticket to Ride   Mike: Mansions of Madness, 2nd edition Chronicles of Crime Werewords Exit: The Game Unlock! Escape Adventures SolForge   Christina: Edible Games Cookbook by Jenn Sandercock Mice and Mystics Resident Evil 2 Pretense   Theresa: All games can lead to democratization!   Final Thoughts: Starfarers of Catan Porta Nigra Through the Ages

We welcome Theresa Duringer of Temple Gates Games, developer of the Race for the Galaxy app to talk about the process of developing and incorporating AI, how to make it smarter or dumber or more human, and more. Duration: 59:27

On this week's podcast we are pleased to welcome our old friend Theresa Duringer back to the show. Her latest project (a PC port of the popular board game Race for the Galaxy) just landed on Steam this week and we spend most of our time picking her brain about what it was like to […]

The jury is still out on the long-term success of virtual reality, but we wanted to know what it was like for developers creating games in the fledgling space. We invited indie turned VR developer Theresa Duringer to tell us about designing games in VR, the interesting obstacles she's run into, and how virtual reality may help those who are scared of flying. Noclip is 100% funded by our viewers. To help us grow and to gain access to bonus content, please consider giving us a tip: https://www.patreon.com/dannyodwyer/ Produced by Danny O'Dwyer & Jeremy Jayne Follow Theresa and her work: https://twitter.com/tduringer http://store.steampowered.com/app/230860/Cannon_Brawl/ http://www.templegatesgames.com/

We've got a bona fide indie developer in our midst this week, as Theresa Duringer of Temple Gates Games joins us to talk about her new mobile adaptation of strategy board game Race for the Galaxy. She also helps us talk about five games that began as fan projects or unofficial mods, only to earn the eventual blessing and/or backing of the companies whose work they were celebrating. Then it's onward toward NBA Playgrounds, Strafe, Deadly Premonition becoming a board game, and your favorite experiences playing games in 3D.

We’ve got a bona fide indie developer in our midst this week, as Theresa Duringer of Temple Gates Games joins us to talk about her new mobile adaptation of strategy board game Race for the Galaxy. She also helps us... Read more

Theresa talks about the demands of working in VR gaming, and working with a custom game engine.

In this episode we talk to Theresa Duringer, who was first exposed to games at a young age by her mother, who was also a game developer. Theresa studied psychology at Berkeley before getting a foot in the door in the QA department at EA and working her way up from there. She has now helped found two indie studios, and Temple Gates Games has just released Ascension VR, a virtual reality version of the popular card game, Ascension, which is a studio favourite. We talk to Theresa about why text in VR is hard, being a game jam junkie, and Zoombinis.

We have a special treat for our listeners this week as we're joined by Theresa Duringer and Pete Angstadt who you may know as the team behind the recently released Cannon Brawl. We pick their brains about everything from their experiences making Cannon Brawl to their favorite games and inspirations. Jared reveals his ideal Cannon […]

Chris O'Regan encountered Cannon Brawl at PAX Prime 2014 where he asked the developers, Theresa Duringer and Peter Angstadt to come onto the podcast, and here they are. Turtle Sandbox is made up of two people, Theresa Duringer and Peter Angstadt both veterans of the video game industry as they worked for Maxis on titles like Spore and Sim City. They set up Turtle Sandbox to strike out on their own and their first title is Cannon Brawl the 2 player 2D RTS game featuring the firing of cannons. Show host Chris O'Regan encountered Cannon Brawl at PAX Prime 2014 where he asked the developers to come onto the podcast, and here they are. Much is spoken about including Race for the Galaxy, XCOM, Ascension and of course Cannon Brawl. http://media.blubrry.com/caneandrinse/caneandrinse.com/sausage/TSF_Episode33.mp3   The Sausage Factory 33 was edited by Chris O'Regan

Nels & Jesse traveled to the Game Developer's Conference and talked to a ton of our favourite Netrunner players. First, Anthony Burch of Hey Ash Watcha Playin' and lead writer of Borderlands 2 and Paul Dean of Shut Up & Sit Down discuss their recent arrival to the game. Next Charlene Putney and Theresa Duringer discuss their strategies and perspectives. NYU's professor arrives next to Frank Lantz talk about The Local Meta and his thoughts on the game. Penultimately, Jorge Albor, Mathew Kumar and Emily Flynn-Jones get together after a GDC Netrunner meetup. And finally, we are joined again by Leigh Alexander, who runs us through the myth of Enby-chan.