Matt Chat 126: Jay Barnson on Criticism and Indie Game Development

I'm back this week with the 3rd part of my interview with Jay "Rampant Coyote" Barnson, creator of Frayed Knights. In this segment, Jay and I chat about text in games, dealing with criticism, and properly budgeting for an indie game project.

Purchase Frayed Knights here for $22.95:
http://rampantgames.com/frayedknights/

Purchase Darkstar here for $19.95 or £19.95:
http://darkstar.gs/

Watch and read all about Mark Vergeer's Minecraft experience here:
http://www.armchairarcade.com/neo/node/4331

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Category:

Gaming

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• matt chat
• skyrim
• jay barnson
• rampant coyote
• games
• krondor
• daggerfall
• frayed knights
• indie
• design
• development
• criticism
• darkstar

[BomimoDK]

I ! Solemly awear Matt, thAt of you bring back the " beer of the episode", to get you over 8k subs before Christmas. Er got a deal?

[blacklily8]

@BomimoDK You gotta deal!

[gotrek44]

9:30 ...Boo is that you?! Oh happy day! Swords not words!!

Id love to see a video given homage to all the great voice actors not only in RPGs but all games. Voice acting (to me atleast) is quite a important part. It carries alot more weight than people give credit. My personal favorite voice in a video game: Simon Templemans Kain!!

[blacklily8]

@gotrek44 You know you're a hardcore BG fan if you can recognize boo from that little squeak. Amazing!

[l2ic3]

Matt!! Not sure if you're the creative type, but I imagine with your vast amount of insight into retro RPGs from all these interviews, you could make one heck of a homage to the genre!

[blacklily8]

@l2ic3 I'm doing a crazy amount of indie game development now, though it's been of the hobby/experimental type so far. (Go to Armchair Arcade to play Jeepney Jeepers and Mayhem). I'm working on Thrust Lifter right now, but afterward plan to do my first CRPG.

[Sinekyre14]

I hope new people are discovering this channel, and please spread the word!

Matt, keep up the great work, love it!

[mah0aga]

matt's channel is so underrated.

[leonifan]

I was just acting out "Boo! ... and Minsc!" to the commentary on voice actors... and the dude making the video added the hamster sound XD

Fantastic!!

[Andhaira]

Great interview, loved the rpgcodex shoutouts! :D Hey Jay Barnson, Frayed Knights was GREAT! More games like that plz. However, my one request would be to make spells less boring, especially priest spells. Oh and plz remove the requirement for gems for casting the better spells, or at least make gems more plentiful.

[codykonior]

I'm still wondering why Darkstar isn't on Steam.

[marcusmalone]

omg, did Matt just say 'rage quit'?

[marcusmalone]

@blacklily8 Wow, considering some of the names you've had on the show, that is a shame.

[KyoshoBallard]

Interviews like this one really make me want to make my own games.

[Trusteft]

I would love to see more sci-fi (spaceship etc) based cRPGs. :( Take something (size wise) like Oblivion, Morrowind, and make it with spaceships and exloration and basically the few RPG elements of Mass Effect, done better and more RPG like.

Meh, I'm dreaming again.

I am interested in Frayed Knights and I hope within a month to actually buy it. Great interview.

And thanks for the Darkstar info. No idea it existed before you mentioning it.