Episode
3
February 25, 2025
The cults of game design and neuroscience
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This episode’s guest is Noor Amin, a game designer at Riot Games working on League of Legends. She’s also a member of the Game Awards Future Class of 2023, and a BAFTA Connect member.
We talk about content efficiency in games, "strong opinions, weakly held," and the cults of game design and neuroscience.
Music by Abstraction.
Show notes
Games referenced this episode are Five Nights at Freddy’s and Balatro.
Topics
How Noor got into the industry
Landing the first internship
The process of learning to make games
The hardest interview question you’ve ever been asked
The transition from college life to working post-pandemic
How did you get into doing talks?
Noor’s experiences with neuroscience and game design
Content efficiency in game design
Has the industry changed?
How have you changed?
The hunter, gatherer, farmer framework for game designers
“Strong opinions, weakly held”
Choosing the IC or manager path
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Ava Liao