Harbinger Of Fun

About Harbinger Of Fun

Award winning Game Designer Joe Mares and his guests give tips and advice on how to make your entertainment experience fun, and how to take care of the creative people on your team.

Publisher

Joe Mares

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

8 Mar 2022

Latest episode

1 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

37 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Aug 2025

   Ep. 37 - Emotional Game Design with special guest Marina Díez

   Game Designer Joe Mares, and Narrative Designer Ariel Giacobbe chat about creating an emotional hook in games, and what better guest to chat about this topic with than Emotional Game Designer Marina Díez. We talk about why emotions matter in game design and how to intentionally create them.

2. 

   16 Jul 2025

   Ep. 36 - Blueprint for Fun author interview!

   The tables have turned! The author of Blueprint for Fun and the host of this podcast Joe Mares, is interviewed about his recently released book! Narrative Designer Ariel Giacobbe asks about why it's important to engage an audience, where this Blueprint came from, and how it can make your product more fun.

3. 

   26 Jun 2024

   Ep. 35 - Author, E.K. Johnston

   Joe (game designer) and Ariel (narrative designer) interview author of Ahsoka, Star Wars: The Padmé Trilogoy, and Crimson Clmb, EK Johnston. We chat about her writing process, working with IP such as Star Wars and Dungeons & Dragons, and what to focus on when you're starting out as a writer. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/harbingeroffun/message

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

3,179

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

49

Social presence

0

YouTube

65

Engagement

32

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Books guests

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