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House of Games
Tune in every Wednesday for a new episode where your hosts, Rune and Otto, debate and discuss various topics related to game development, covering everything from how to get started with game development to the creative process and the current state and future of the industry. We’ll also be featuring interviews with industry experts, indie developers, and veterans to give you a fresh behind-the-scenes perspective on the world of game development. Join us today, we have something for anyone interested in video games or video game development!
#10 – AI
Some long for it, others dread it – this week we talk about AI and its effect on game development and the world.
*The making of this episode has not replaced any human jobs with robots*
Your Hosts and Their Games
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ – The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s Steam store page.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 – Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP – The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
- https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/cEiXLoQEsxb– The episode where we interviewed Daniel Olofsson from The Fine Arc and discussed learning game development from scratch vs. using the latest tools available.
Read the full description for this episode, including games and articles mentioned in the episode here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-episode-10-ai-82d95178afb9
— Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/house-of-games/message#9 – Culture
How does culture influence the visual style of games? Is it reasonable that some video games should be censored? What is the difference between developing a game for a Japanese audience vs. a Swedish one?
Join us as we discuss how culture relates to gameplay, censorship, UX, style, and work culture in the video games industry.
Your Hosts and Their Games
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ – The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s Steam store page.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 – Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP – The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
Read the full description for this episode, including games and articles mentioned in the episode here:
https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-episode-9-culture-65cfcff0ac78
#12 – Freedom
What are the pros and cons of open source for the games industry? What are copyright trolls, and should you fear them? Should support for mods be implemented in your video game? All this, and even more discussion about freedom in the games industry – only in the House of Games!
Your Hosts and Their Games
- https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh – The official store page for the physical release of the Red Colony trilogy.
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ – The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s Steam store page.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 – Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP – The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
Read the full description for this episode, including games and articles mentioned in the episode, here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-episode-12-freedom-f06a941ae8c3
— Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/house-of-games/message#22 – Gaming Culture
🚨 Get ready for an electrifying 🤯 episode where we dive deep into the exciting world of Rune's new game 🎮, a fiery 🔥 rant about the weirdness of gaming culture 🤪, and the mysteries of localizing games 🌎. Don't miss out on this thrilling 😱 episode – tune in now and join the excitement! 🎉
Your Hosts and Guest, and Their Games
- https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh – The official store page for the physical release of the Red Colony trilogy.
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ – The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s Steam store page.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 – Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP – The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
Games
- https://www.stardewvalley.net/ – The homepage for Stardew Valley.
- https://www.bandainamcoent.com/games/eldenring – The homepage for Elden Ring.
- https://www.leagueoflegends.com – The homepage for League of Legends.
- https://www.natsume.com/index.html – The homepage for Natsume, the publisher of the Harvest Moon games.
- https://www.king.com/game/candycrush – The official homepage for Candy Crush.
- http://www.readyatdawn.com/game-list/the-order.html – The homepage for The Order: 1886.
- https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/morrowind/ – The official homepage for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.
- https://www.playstation.com/en-us/the-last-of-us/ – The homepage for The Last of Us franchise.
- https://lifeisstrange.square-enix-games.com/en-us/ – The homepage for the Life is Strange franchise.
- http://www.farcrygame.com/ – The homepage for the Far Cry franchise.
- https://na.finalfantasy.com/ – The homepage for The Final Fantasy franchise.
Learning Resources
- https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/arrays-9o – A tutorial on arrays on Unity Learn.
- https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/classes-5 – A tutorial on classes on Unity Learn.
Articles, Videos, and Other Links
- https://www.youtube.com/KindaFunny – The Kinda Funny Podcast/YouTube channel.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoNXfoNcvd0 – The documentary “Deadly Games” (in Swedish).
- https://www.svtplay.se/det-svenska-spelundret – The documentary “The Swedish Game Wonder” (only available in Sweden).
- https://www.metacritic.com/ – The homepage for Metacritic.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E3 – The Wikipedia page for E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuhei_Yoshida – The Wikipedia page for Shuhei Yoshida.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Watanabe – The Wikipedia page for Ken Watanabe.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Chan – The Wikipedia page for Jackie Chan.
- https://omgivenavidioter.se/ – The homepage for the book “Surrounded by Idiots” (in Swedish).
Read the full episode transcription here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-episode-22-gaming-culture-5310c744e143
— Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/house-of-games/message#14 – Publishers
What does a publisher do? How do you pitch a game to a publisher? What do they do for you, and what do you give up in return? Hear all about it on this week’s episode of House of Games!
Your Hosts and Their Games
- https://twitter.com/StrictlyDave – Dave’s Twitter profile.
- https://www.strictlylimitedgames.com/ – The homepage for Strictly Limited Games.
- https://twitter.com/thefinearc – The Fine Arc’s Twitter profile.
- http://thefinearc.com/ – The homepage for Fine Arc.
- https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh – The official store page for the physical release of the Red Colony trilogy.
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ – The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s Steam store page.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 – Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP – The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
Games, Publishers, and Other Links
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LTtr45y7P0 – The GDC talk “30 Things I Hate About Your Game Pitch” by Brian Upton.
- https://www.famitsu.com/games/t/41920/ – The Famitsu page for Rune’s game Red Colony (in Japanese).
- https://www.pcgamesinsider.biz/news/67149/pay-to-win-mechanics-popular-in-china-but-the-west-is-not-on-board/ – An article about the popularity of pay-to-win in the Chinese gaming market.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famitsu – The Wikipedia page for Famitsu, a video game magazine.
- http://pixeljunk.jp/index.php – The homepage for the PixelJunk franchise.
- https://www.shinyuden.com/ – The homepage for the publisher Shinyuden.
- https://www.eastasiasoft.com/ – The homepage for the publisher eastastiasoft.
- https://www.play-asia.com/ – The homepage for the game retailer playasia.
- https://tgs.tca.org.tw/index_2c_e.php – The homepage for the Taipei Game Show.
#13 – Switch Heads
We know him as Kevin, you know him as “Switch Heads”. On this week’s episode of House of Games, we Interview an influencer focused on video games and reviews and let him tell his story.
Your Hosts and Their Games
- https://www.youtube.com/c/switchheads – Switch Heads’ YouTube Channel.
- https://discord.gg/mBfHJFmZXw – Switch Heads’ Discord community.
- https://twitter.com/SwitchHeads – Switch Heads’ Twitter profile.
- switchheads@gmail.com – Switch Heads’ email address.
- https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh – The official store page for the physical release of the Red Colony trilogy.
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ – The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s Steam store page.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 – Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP – The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
Read the full description for this episode, including games and articles mentioned in the episode, here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-episode-13-switch-heads-3d712a06b33e
— Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/house-of-games/message#16 – Story and Open World
Welcome to the intellectual battle of the century! This week, we have the honour to debate the importance of story in games, and whether open world games are better than linear ones with a very special guest – Otto’s brother Anton. Who do you agree with?
Your Hosts and Their Games
- https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh – The official store page for the physical release of the Red Colony trilogy.
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ – The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s Steam store page.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 – Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP – The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
Read the full description for this episode, including games and articles mentioned in the episode, here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-episode-16-story-and-open-world-5a0efb51fc04
— Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/house-of-games/message#6 – The Fine Arc
What do game development, medtech, youth centers and a theory to explain the lack of aliens have in common? Listen to our interview with Daniel Olofsson from The Fine Arc to find out!
Your Hosts and Guest, and Their Games
- http://thefinearc.com/ — The homepage for The Fine Arc.
- https://twitter.com/thefinearc — The Twitter account for The Fine Arc.
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/543740/Medieval_Story/ — The Steam page for Medieval Story, one of Daniel’s first games.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvlEwJw7iiQ — Gameplay footage from Rymdraket, Daniel’s first game.
- http://www.oddgames.com/rymdraket/ — The homepage for Rymdraket.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 — Rune’s Steam page.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/ — Otto’s blog.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP — The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
Read the full description for this episode, including links and articles mentioned in the episode here:
https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-episode-6-b8cb84f1e72
#18 – RISE
This week we have an interesting discussion with Gabriella Kalteneckar and Björn Flintberg from RISE GameNode, hosts of the podcast “Spelfokus”. Join us for an interesting discussion about the games industry and its future!
Your Hosts and Guests, and Their Games
- https://www.ri.se/en – The homepage for RISE, the Research Institutes of Sweden.
- https://www.ri.se/en/what-we-do/test-demo/rise-gamenode – The homepage for RISE’s GameNode, a virtual test and demo environment for the gaming industry.
- https://rss.com/podcasts/spelfokus/ – The homepage for the Gabriella’s and Björn’s podcast, “Spelfokus” (in Swedish).
- https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh – The official store page for the physical release of the Red Colony trilogy.
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ – The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s Steam store page.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 – Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP – The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
Games
- https://www.valheimgame.com/ – The homepage for Valheim.
- https://playvrising.com/ – The homepage for V Rising.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_2 – The Wikipedia page for Battlefield 2.
Game Clusters
- https://arcticgame.se/ – The homepage for Arctic Game, a game cluster focused on northern Sweden.
- https://swedengamearena.com/en/ – The homepage for Sweden Game Arena, a game cluster focused on Västra Götaland and the city of Skövde.
- https://www.gamehabitat.se/ – The homepage for Game Habitat, a game cluster focused on southern Sweden.
Articles and Other Links
- https://open.spotify.com/episode/1eenGT78QIJs17m9OLzHVQ?si=9744e30ce0eb4bfd – Our episode about The Fine Arc.
- https://www.gamescom-cologne.com/ – The homepage for Gamescom, a trade show for the games industry.
- https://dataspelsbranschen.se/news/2023/2/1/new-report-sweden-needs-25000-game-developers-next-ten-years – The industry report “Talent, Education and the Art of Making Games”, by the Swedish Games Industry.
- https://dataspelsbranschen.se/english – The homepage for the Swedish Games Industry.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language) – The Wikipedia page for the C# programming language.
Read the full description and transcription of this episode here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-episode-18-rise-80f91a7b4ead
— Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/house-of-games/message#17 – Projects
Welcome to the ultimate guide for how to turn something from an idea into a success story. Together with our guest Paul Alvarado Mendoza, we talk about product management, customer journeys, why God of War Ragnarök completely ruins puzzles, and so much more!
Your Hosts and Guest, and Their Games
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulits/ – Paul’s LinkedIn page.
- https://gamefound.com/projects/von-braus-publishing-ab/league-of-dungeoneers-expansion-and-2nd-print – The homepage for the League of Dungeoneers Expansion and 2nd print.
- https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh – The official store page for the physical release of the Red Colony trilogy.
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ – The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s Steam store page.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 – Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP – The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
Games
- https://pokemongolive.com/?hl=en – The homepage for Pokémon GO.
- https://www.playstation.com/en-us/god-of-war/ – The homepage for the God of War franchise.
- https://mario.nintendo.com/ – The homepage for the Super Mario franchise.
- https://www.zelda.com/ – The homepage for The Legend of Zelda franchise.
- https://www.half-life.com/en/home – The homepage for the Half-Life franchise.
- https://www.playstation.com/en-us/uncharted/ – The homepage for the Uncharted franchise.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizon_(video_game_series) – The Wikipedia page for the Horizon franchise.
Space Agencies
- https://www.spacex.com/ – The homepage for SpaceX.
- https://www.nasa.gov/ – The homepage for NASA.
- https://global.jaxa.jp/ – The homepage for JAXA.
- https://www.esa.int/ – The homepage for The European Space Agency.
#19 – Level Design
How do you design a good level? What is affordance? How does movement affect level design? Join us for a thrilling discussion with Tobias Karlsson, a level design researcher and game developer at Pieces Interactive.
Your Hosts and Guest, and Their Games
- https://www.piecesinteractive.se/ – The homepage for Pieces Interactive.
- https://aloneinthedark.thqnordic.com/ – The homepage for the new Alone in the Dark game.
- https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh – The official store page for the physical release of the Red Colony trilogy.
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ – The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s Steam store page.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 – Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP – The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
Read the full description and transcription here: https://ottowretling.medium.com/house-of-games-episode-19-level-design-93e22324a260
— Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/house-of-games/message#20 – Semble
In this episode, we interview Nils Westgårdh and discuss everything from what Semble is, to networking and marketing, the challenges of making games, and more!
Your Hosts and Guest, and Their Games
- https://www.semble.gg/– a community and talent marketplace for the game industry.
- https://www.semble.gg/profile/Nils – Nils Westgårdh’s profile page on Semble.
- https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh – The official store page for the physical release of the Red Colony trilogy.
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ – The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s Steam store page.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 – Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP – The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
Recommended Episodes
- https://open.spotify.com/episode/00xLP3MCouMsS5Y307lNeR?si=85ef8530ef434ec9 – Episode #15 with Jenny from Game Boost.
Games and Studios
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/730/CounterStrike_Global_Offensive/ – The Steam store page for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
- https://pubg.com/en-na – The homepage for PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS.
- https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us – The homepage for Hearthstone.
- https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Destiny/Buy– The homepage for Destiny 2.
- https://magic.wizards.com/en – The homepage for Magic: The Gathering.
- https://worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/ – The homepage for World of Warcraft.
- https://nexters.com/en/hero-wars – The homepage for Hero Wars, the game that frustrates Rune.
- https://www.callofduty.com/ – The homepage for the Call of Duty franchise.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft_II:_Tides_of_Darkness – The Wikipedia page for Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness.
- http://www.turborilla.com/ – The homepage for Turborilla.
- https://www.stunlock.com/ – The homepage for Stunlock Studios.
Videos and Articles
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwsl8P2JwA8 – A funny commercial for Dead Island 2, featuring a jogger.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUG9qYTJMsI – The classic Dollar Shave Club commercial, “Our Blades Are F***ing Great”.
- https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/leeroy-jenkins – The Know Your Meme page for Leeroy Jenkins.
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21106134/ – The IMDB page for the ICA commercials.
Read the full episode transcription here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-episode-20-semble-26c4ad473384
— Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/house-of-games/message#21 – 3D Art
Get ready to level up your art skills with this week's thrilling episode as we dive into the fascinating world of 3D art in games, with a special guest who knows all about it: Valeriya Jasim, a talented game art student at FutureGames.
Discover what it takes to get into the school and get a sneak peek into the daily life of a game art student, from mastering the software to honing your creative skills, you don’t want to miss a moment of this exciting conversation!
Your Hosts and Guest, and Their Art and Games
- https://www.artstation.com/valejas — Valeriya’s ArtStation profile.
- https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh — The official store page for the physical release of the Red Colony trilogy.
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ — The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 — Rune’s Steam store page.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 — Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP — The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
Games
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/247660/Deadly_Premonition_The_Directors_Cut/ — The Steam store page for Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut.
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/1271100/Deadly_Premonition_2_A_Blessing_in_Disguise/ — The Steam store page for Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise.
- https://ffvii-remake.square-enix-games.com/en-us — The homepage for Final Fantasy VII Remake.
- https://www.playstation.com/en-us/the-last-of-us/ — The homepage for The Last of Us.
- https://www.fortnite.com/ — The homepage for Fortnite.
- https://www.minecraft.net/en-us — The homepage for Minecraft.
- https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/ — The homepage for Overwatch.
- https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4 — The homepage for The Sims 4.
- https://www.mortalkombat.com/en-us — The homepage for the Mortal Kombat franchise.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_The_Wind_Waker — The Wikipedia page for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
Resources for Making Games
- https://futuregames.se/ — The homepage for FutureGames.
- https://cmeducations.se/ — The homepage for Gamechanger Educations (in Swedish).
- https://conceptartempire.com/uv-mapping-unwrapping/ — An article describing what UV Unwrapping is.
- https://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview — The homepage for Autodesk Maya.
- https://www.blender.org/ — The homepage for Blender.
- https://www.maxon.net/en/zbrush — The homepage for ZBrush.
- https://www.adobe.com/products/substance3d-painter.html — The homepage for Substance 3D Painter.
- https://www.udemy.com/ — The homepage for Udemy.
- https://www.skillshare.com/en/ — The homepage for Skillshare.
A Meme, a Video, and an Article
- https://i.imgur.com/Iyvk6kU.jpg — A meme about how to become an artist.
- https://youtu.be/AaqcTsfu3U8 — A video comparing all the movie tie-in Harry Potter games.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Piece — The Wikipedia page for One Piece.
Read the full episode transcription here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-episode-21-3d-art-f2729c0ffbd7
— Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/house-of-games/message#8 – Crunch & Stats
Is crunch in the video games industry a real problem or not? What do you use a test kit for? What is a debug menu, and why does your game need one? – All this and more, on this week’s episode of House of Games!
Your Hosts and Their Games
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ – The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/1799590/Red_Colony_3_Uncensored/– The Steam store page for Red Colony 3 Uncensored.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s Steam page.
- https://theeliteinstitute.net/2022/12/26/the-elite-goty-awards-2022/– The Elite Institute’s GOTY Awards 2022, where KnifeBoy Rebooted won the “Biggest Improvement Over a Previous Title” award.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1– Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP – The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
Other Games
- https://www.minecraft.net/en-us – The homepage for the game Minecraft.
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/xenoblade-chronicles-definitive-edition-switch/– The Nintendo store page for Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition.
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/214510/LEGO_The_Lord_of_the_Rings/– The Steam store page for LEGO Lord of the Rings.
- https://store.steampowered.com/sub/53403/– The Steam store page for the LEGO Batman Trilogy.
Articles, and Other Links
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania– The Wikipedia page for the phenomenon “Tulip Mania”.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedural_generation– The Wikipedia page for procedural generation.
- https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2017-life-of-black-tiger-is-the-worst-ps4-game-weve-ever-played– An article detailing the issues with the game “Life of Black Tiger”.
- https://spoti.fi/JoeRoganExperience– The Spotify page for “The Joe Rogan Experience”.
#15 – Game Boost
This week you can listen to a fascinating conversation with Jenny Österlund, the founder of Game Boost. In the episode, we talk about how to elevate your career, current trends in the market, and Jenny’s own story of getting into the industry.
Your Hosts and Guest
- https://www.gameboost.se/ – The homepage for Game Boost.
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-%C3%B6sterlund/ – Jenny’s LinkedIn profile.
- https://discord.gg/vmm9zXwMgG – The Discord server for Game Boost.
- https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh – The official store page for the physical release of the Red Colony trilogy.
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ – The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s Steam store page.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 – Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP – The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
Read the full description for this episode, including games and articles mentioned in the episode, here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-episode-15-game-boost-3cfb204c6cb2
— Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/house-of-games/message#7 – How We Got Started
This week, we talk about the “when”, “how” and “why” we got started with game development, and how you can do the same!
Your Hosts and Their Games
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s Steam page.
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/– The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
- https://theeliteinstitute.net/2022/12/26/the-elite-goty-awards-2022/ – The Elite Institute’s GOTY Awards 2022, where KnifeBoy Rebooted won the “Biggest Improvement Over a Previous Title” award.
- https://hereder.newgrounds.com/ – Rune’s profile page on Newgrounds.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/ – Otto’s blog.
- https://youtu.be/KFziBfvAFnM?t=2621 – The defining moment when John Romero convinced Otto to start making games.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP – The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
Read the full description for this episode, including links and articles mentioned in the episode here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/how-we-got-started-6368a4eb7e32
#11 – Mulle Meck
The story about Mulle Meck turns 30 years old this year, and a new game is in development for the first time in a long time. Tune in to this week’s episode to hear Simon Bergqvist and Anna Frew from Shaping Games discuss the new game and what to expect!
Your Hosts and Their Games
- http://eepurl.com/h31Y0L – The signup link for the Mulle Meck Reboot newsletter.
- https://shapinggames.com/ – The homepage for Shaping Games.
- contact@shapinggames.com – The email address for sending in Mulle Meck fan art.
- https://tossvr.com/ – The homepage for the game “TOSS!🍌”.
- https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh – The official store page for the physical release of the Red Colony trilogy.
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ – The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s Steam store page.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 – Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP – The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
Read the full description for this episode, including a full transcription as well as games and articles mentioned in the episode, here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-episode-11-mulle-meck-a36da78e390b
— Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/house-of-games/message#1 – What Is Game Hub Umeå?
Welcome to our very first episode with your hosts Otto and Rune as well as our first guest Stefan Eriksson, the community manager for Game Hub Umeå.
In this episode, we talk about what Game Hub Umeå is, and where it’s headed, crunch in the video games industry, incubators and what they can do for game developers, and more!
Related Links:
- https://gamehubumea.se/ – The website for Game Hub Umeå.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP – The discord server for Game Hub Umeå, where all the magic happens!
- https://medium.com/@ottowretling – Otto’s blog.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1– Rune’s steam page.
- https://store.speedtree.com/ – A tool for creating procedurally generated trees for game development.
- https://futuregames.se/ – A vocational school for game development.
- https://expressionumea.se/en/ – An incubator for the creative industries located in Umeå.
- https://expressionumea.se/en/program/express/– eXpression’s pre-incubation program.
#23 – Lumo
🔥 Get ready for a brand new episode where we dive deep into the world of a Brazilian indie game studio called Lumo Entertainment with Breno Negreiros, the brilliant mind behind it all! 🎮💥 In this episode, we explore everything from their games 🎮🌟, making great puzzle levels 🧩✨, and putting the player at the center of attention 🕹️🎯. Press play ▶️ and stay tuned! 🎧🤩
Your Hosts and Guest, and Their Games
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/1746700/The_Alchemist_Shop_An_Apprentices_Life/ — Buy The Alchemist Shop: An Apprentice’s Life on Steam.
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/1793580/Feelings/ — Wishlist Feelings on Steam.
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/2052150/A_Broken_Halo/ — Wishlist A Broken Halo on Steam.
- https://www.lumoentertainment.com/ — The homepage for Lumo Entertainment.
- https://www.patreon.com/lumoentertainment — Support Lumo Entertainment on Patreon.
- https://www.instagram.com/lumo_entertainment — Follow Lumo Entertainment on Instagram.
- https://discord.gg/tfZ35dgfvH — The Discord server for Lumo Entertainment.
- https://linktr.ee/lumoentertainment — The Linktree page for Lumo Entertainment.
- https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh — The official store page for the physical release of the Red Colony trilogy.
- https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ — The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 — Rune’s Steam store page.
- https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 — Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”.
- https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP — The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
Games, Game Engines, and Game Companies
- https://www.madmimic.com/dac — The homepage for Dandy Ace.
- http://www.rimegame.com/ — The homepage for Rime.
- http://the-witness.net/ — The homepage for The Witness.
- https://www.supergiantgames.com/games/hades/ — The homepage for Hades.
- https://nierautomata.square-enix-games.com/switch/en-us/ — The homepage for NieR:Automata The End of YoRHa Edition.
- https://bioshockinfinite.ghoststorygames.com/the-game — The homepage for Bioshock Infinite.
- https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/skyrim — The homepage for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
- https://forspoken.square-enix-games.com/en-us/ — The homepage for Forspoken.
- https://www.kongregate.com/games/icylime/omino — The flash game Omino (might not be playable).
- https://www.guerrilla-games.com/games — The homepage for the Horizon homepage.
- https://www.playstation.com/en-us/uncharted/ — The homepage for the Uncharted franchise.
- https://www.thinkwithportals.com/ — The homepage for the Portal franchise.
- https://www.half-life.com/en/home — The homepage for the Half-Life franchise.
- https://unity.com/ — The homepage for the Unity engine.
- https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US — The homepage for Unreal Engine.
- https://www.aquiris.com.br/ — The homepage for Aquiris.
- https://www.madmimic.com/ — The homepage for Mad Mimic Interactive.
Read the full episode transcription here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-23-lumo-1132a67d632a
— Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/house-of-games/message#2 – Haste-Miner 2
The Show
Join us for our second episode where we interview Hannes(Seyloj), the creator Haste-Miner 2. In the episode, we discuss topics such as the development process of Haste-Miner 2, bug testing, releasing a game on Steam, the effect of influencers on game sales, monetization and interacting with fans, among other things.
Your Hosts and Guest, and Their Games
- https://linktr.ee/seyloj – A collection of links to Hannes’ social media profiles.
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/2113580/HasteMiner_2/ – Haste-Miner 2 on Steam.
- https://www.crazygames.com/game/haste-miner-3-eternamine – “Haste-Miner 3: Eternamine”, Hannes’ newest game that he has released since recording this episode.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jisSBJpekb8 – Angory Tom’s video about Haste-Miner 2.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s steam page.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T-LIPXfFyk – “This Game Just Mogged Elden Ring for GOTY | Red Colony 3 Ending” by Yippee Ki Yay Mr Falcon.
- https://youtu.be/KZpAfrtglTc?t=2873 – Kinda Funny Games Showcase 2018, featuring Rune’s game Knifeboy.
- https://medium.com/@ottowretling – Otto’s blog.
Games and Other Links
- https://ecrettmusic.com/ – ecrett, an AI tool for creating music.
- https://thunderfulgames.com/games/steamworld-dig/ – The homepage for SteamWorld Dig.
- http://supermotherload.com/ – The homepage for Super Motherload.
- https://terraria.org/ – The homepage for Terraria.
- https://www.minecraft.net/en-us – The homepage for Minecraft.
- https://www.teamfortress.com/ – The homepage for Team Fortress 2.
- https://twitter.com/TeamFortress/status/1529970640224018433 – The official Team Fortress 2’s twitter response to #savetf2.
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/225840/Sven_Coop/ – The Steam page for Sven Coop.
- https://www.crowbarcollective.com/games/black-mesa – The homepage for Black Mesa.
- https://undertale.com/ – The homepage for Undertale.
- https://oldschool.runescape.com/ – The homepage for Old School RuneScape.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Dot_Game_Heroes – The Wikipedia page for “3D Dot Game Heroes”, published by FromSoftware.
- https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/elden-ring/elden-ring – The homepage for Elden Ring.
- https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/demons-souls/ – The homepage for Demon’s Souls.
- https://grandiahd.com/en/- The homepage for Grandia HD Collection.
- https://stray.game/ – The homepage for “Stray”, the cat game.
#3 – Optimism or Pessimism
Welcome back to the house of games!
In this episode, we debate the future of the video games industry and whether there is cause for optimism or pessimism, if you need a publisher to be successful, and more…
Your Hosts
- https://i.imgur.com/nXXGNoJ.jpg – “Matrix Pension” by Rune.
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ – KnifeBoy
- https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ – The Red Colony trilogy.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s steam page.
- https://medium.com/@ottowretling – Otto’s blog.
Games and Other Links
- https://youtu.be/kjyeCdd-dl8 – A breakdown of Bethesda Game Studios’ fiasco with Fallout 76.
- https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/horse-armor – The horse armor DLC for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
- https://youtu.be/y2cKUzMjxcY – A breakdown of CD PROJEKT RED’s fiasco with Cyberpunk 2077.
- https://youtu.be/DTvBgmNL-p0 – Making Games That Stand Out and Survive, GDC talk by Nick Popovich.
- https://www.slimerancher.com/ – The homepage for Slime Rancher.
- https://www.ea.com/games/alice – The homepage for American McGee’s games inspired by Alice in Wonderland.
- https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/elden-ring/elden-ring – The homepage for Elden Ring.
- https://www.rockstargames.com/games?franchise=grand-theft-auto – The homepage for the Grand Theft Auto franchise.
- https://www.saintsrow.com/ – The homepage for the Saints Row franchise.
#4 – Conforming Ideas
This time, Otto and Rune discuss the testing process for their games in development, whether you should make creative decisions to satisfy your audience or stick to your own creative vision, and the future of video game art and innovation.
Your Hosts
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ – The game KnifeBoy, by Rune.
- https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ – The Red Colony trilogy, by Rune.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s steam page.
- https://medium.com/@ottowretling – Otto’s blog.
Games and Other Links
- https://asciicker.com/ – The homepage for ASCIICKER, a 3D browser game rendered completely with text.
- https://www.factorio.com/ – The homepage for the game Factorio.
- https://www.ea.com/games/harry-potter – The homepage for the Harry Potter games on PC.
- https://www.playstation.com/en-us/the-last-of-us/ – The homepage for The Last of Us games.
- https://www.playstation.com/en-us/god-of-war/ – The homepage for the God of War franchise.
- https://www.crytek.com/games/crysis – The homepage for the game Crysis.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breath_of_Fire_III – Breath of Fire III Wikipedia page.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/q2xefs/batteries_not_processors/ – Discussion on the “battery or processor” theory in The Matrix.
- https://www.cbr.com/jurassic-world-nearly-featured-human-dinosaur-hybrids/ – “Before Jurassic World, the Franchise Nearly Featured Human-Dinosaur Hybrids”.
- https://sea.ign.com/elden-ring/184231/news/fromsoftware-shouldnt-feel-pressured-to-add-an-easy-mode-in-their-games – An article attacking the idea of an “easy mode” in the Souls franchise.
- https://open.spotify.com/episode/2jFu0fN09rL5KnUGMCu6xH?si=bf5dabe3beed4b02 – [In Swedish] Josef Fares tells the story of transitioning from being a movie director to starting his own game studio.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persistence_of_Memory – The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí (the painting with melting clocks).
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dXOVze5hRk&list=PLiB-by5UlBGahp40kLH5e9xlCdAZtgpmz – “Minecraft – Race to The Moon” video series.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging – The Wikipedia page for Rubber duck debugging.
- https://youtu.be/tffX3VljTtI – Classic Game Postmortem: Deus Ex, GDC talk by Warren Spector — Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/house-of-games/message
#5 – Game Jam
A game jam is an event where the participants try and make a game from scratch, finish it, and then release it in a single weekend.
In this episode, you will hear both the ups and downs of making a small game in a very short amount of time and things to think about if you are curious to join a game jam or host your own event, and most importantly: why you should join a game jam!
Your Hosts and Guests, and Their Games
- https://itch.io/jam/all-hallows-game-jam/entries – The itch.io page for the “All Hallows’ Game Jam”, where you can find all submissions to the game jam.
- https://itch.io/jam/all-hallows-game-jam/rate/1779975 – “Bedmonster”, the game that Alex’s team created.
- https://itch.io/jam/all-hallows-game-jam/rate/1780037 – “Drive or Die – Midnight Zombie Taxi”, the game that Per’s team created.
- http://thefinearc.com/ – The company that Per started together with Daniel Olofsson.
- https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 – Rune’s steam page.
- https://medium.com/@ottowretling – Otto’s blog.
Other Games and Other Links
- https://unity.com/ – The Unity game engine.
- https://unity.com/features/probuilder – The homepage for Unity Probuilder, a feature for level design in the Unity game engine.
- https://www.blender.org/ – Blender, a tool for 3D modeling.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockula – The folklore of “Blåkulla”, where witches would steal children to, and party with the devil.
- https://github.com/ – GitHub, a platform for building software and collaborating.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Taxi – The Wikipedia page for the “Crazy Taxi” franchise.
- https://www.newgrounds.com/ – Newgrounds, a website that hosts browser games and animations, among other things.
- https://www.fmod.com/ – FMOD, a sound effects engine.
Trailer – Interview With Shaping Games About the New Mulle Meck Game
We interviewed Anna Frew and Simon Bergqvist from Shaping Games about the new Mulle Meck game they are working on, stay tuned for when the episode comes out in March!
Until then, you can meet them in person, along with the author of Mulle Meck, George Johansson, and the illustrator Jens Ahlbom at the eCarExpo at Friends Arena in Stockholm February 3rd – 5th 2023 as they release their latest book in the series; “Mulle Meck Builds an Electric Car”.
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