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Interview with Melanie Stegman

About the game Immune Defense.
View Melanie Stegman's web site
Recorded on Jul 30, 2015
Uploaded on Aug 2, 2015
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Tags: Gamescape Gamescape 2015
Immune Defense puts players in control of your immune system, turning molecular biology into a real time strategy game. Here, developer Melanie Stegman discusses the transition from specific, complicated biochemical functions to an entertaining, playable game.

Immune Defense has its own web site and a demo online.

You can find Stegman's approach to game design here. In particular, during the interview, she references this talk by George Fan, director of Plants vs. Zombies.
 

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