Episode 42
Chris McElligott-Park on Game Design, Narrative, and Arcen’s Origins (Ep.42)
Critical Moves - Strategy Gaming · Critical Moves Podcast
August 15, 20251h 2m
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Show Notes
What does it take to make a critically acclaimed strategy game?
Chris McElligott-Park, designer of Heart of the Machine, joins the Critical Moves team to talk through:
– How Arcen Games started
– The design thinking behind AI War
– Making strategy games without traditional narrative
– Engineering AI opponents that can out-think players
This is Part 1 of a two-part interview.