Episode 737: Heartbreak and Hyper Hill
Jul 13, 2026 · 55 min · 9 segments
Jason Chats with Maia Valdez.
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Jul 13, 2026 · 55 min · 9 segments
Jason Chats with Maia Valdez.
Maya ValdezGuestJasonHostYou had brought up the topic specifically around graveyard games, right? Where like games that like, Uh, when I think of that, I think of games that you worked on that never went anywhere.
And, and, you know, you're of course advocating for the idea that that's okay.
Like if they don't go anywhere, right.
Like that's cool.
Um, in fact, maybe design with that in mind.
Um, but it got me before we got together tonight or as we were getting together, that's what I was looking at.
I counted the number of games that I have designed that I've never done anything with or never, like they never, I either never pitched them or never, you know, went past
stage or they were rejected.
93 that I found.
Wow.
Wow.
So I was like, holy crap, that's a lot.
The
I'm actually organized about is when I have a game idea, I make a folder and I put the files in that folder as I work on it.
So, I mean, I'm probably missing a few things.
It may be slightly over 100, but that's probably most of it.
So, yeah.
But I have, like, a personal Discord, and I create a new channel for every game.
You had brought up the topic specifically around graveyard games, right? Where like games that like, Uh, when I think of that, I think of games that you worked on that never went anywhere.
And, and, you know, you're of course advocating for the idea that that's okay.
Like if they don't go anywhere, right.
Like that's cool.
Um, in fact, maybe design with that in mind.
Um, but it got me before we got together tonight or as we were getting together, that's what I was looking at.
I counted the number of games that I have designed that I've never done anything with or never, like they never, I either never pitched them or never, you know, went past
stage or they were rejected.
93 that I found.
Wow.
Wow.
So I was like, holy crap, that's a lot.
The
I'm actually organized about is when I have a game idea, I make a folder and I put the files in that folder as I work on it.
So, I mean, I'm probably missing a few things.
It may be slightly over 100, but that's probably most of it.
So, yeah.
But I have, like, a personal Discord, and I create a new channel for every game.
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