House of Games

Tune in as we discuss the "stupid solutions" 🤪 of video game development 🎮 and how to abandon complex spaghetti 🍝 for stupid simplicity! Rune and Otto also share the progress 📈 from their games, how best to use ChatGPT 🤖 for your game development, and much, much more! 🌟🎉 Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Welcome 01:09 Introducing the Theme: Stupid Solutions 02:43 Discussing Examples of Stupid Solutions in Game Development 08:44 Discussing Item Highlighting 15:32 Discussing the Development of Midnight Nano & Sunset Moon 37:49 Exploring Game Features and Future Updates 47:58 Discussing the Limitations and Potential of AI 58:38 Continuing the Final Fantasy Playthrough 01:01:23 Closing Remarks Your Hosts and TheirGames https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436180/Sunset_Moon/ - Wishlist Sunset Moon on Steam! https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh - Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ - Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Steam! https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ - Buy KnifeBoy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ - Buy KnifeBoy on Steam! https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/game-development-427e99aefd01 - Read Otto's blog about game development! https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP - The discord server for Game Hub Umeå. Games https://rocksteadyltd.com/our-games#batman-arkham-asylum - The homepage for Batman: Arkham Asylum. https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/assassins-creed/iv-black-flag - The homepage for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. https://unchartedthegame.com/ - The homepage for the Uncharted game. https://na.finalfantasy.com/ - The homepage for the Final Fantasy franchise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game) - The Wikipedia page for Doom. Resources for MakingGames https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPbroUDHG0s - "Game Development in Eight Bits" by Kevin Zurawel https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_tween.html - The Godot documentation for Tweeing in Godot. https://godotengine.org/ - The homepage for Godot Engine. https://chat.openai.com/ - The homepage for ChatGPT. https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPTJailbreak/ - The subreddit ChatGPTJailbreak. https://openai.com/dall-e-3 - The homepage for DALL·E 3. https://open.spotify.com/episode/52YcCrvDg2nB3ZIVcLcq4X?si=357b125d210b4298 - Our episode with Lisa from Smartson. https://open.spotify.com/episode/39TV1w12O2BeZjqoZ1DmWe?si=1646d58bb9f44c5e - Our episode with Nils from Semble. Get all the links and the transcript for this episode right here:⁠https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-48-stupid-solutions

Tune in as we discuss the "stupid solutions" 🤪 of video game development 🎮 and how to abandon complex spaghetti 🍝 for stupid simplicity! Rune and Otto also share the progress 📈 from their games, how best to use ChatGPT 🤖 for your game development, and much, much more! 🌟🎉

This week, we’ve had the pleasure 🎉 to interview Sarah Ibañez 🎙️, a community manager 👥 and project manager 📋 at Bright Gambit about the unique 🌟 and exciting game 🎮 Super Adventure Hand 🖐️ by Jan Rigerl. Discover how they help indie game developers 🌐 around the globe 🌍 succeed with their games 🏆 and delve into the intricacies of game design 🎨, funding 💸, pitching strategy 📈, reaching your target audience 👀, and much, much more! So don’t miss out 🚀! 👋🤚🖐️✋🖖👌🤌🤏🤞🤟🤘🤙👈👉👆👇👍👎✊👊🤛🤜👏🙌👐🤲🙏💅🤳💪🦾 Your Hosts and Guest, and Their Games https://store.steampowered.com/app/1992700/Super_Adventure_Hand/ — Buy Super Adventure Hand on Steam! https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/super-adventure-hand-62ec9a — Buy Super Adventure Hand on Epic Store! https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/super-adventure-hand-switch/ — Buy Super Adventure Hand for Nintendo Switch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEkWWiK9Hwc — Watch Ctop and SimplyChris play Super Adventure Hand! https://devmgames.com/superadventurehand/ — Visit the official Super Adventure Hand homepage! https://brightgambit.com/ — Visit the official Bright Gambit homepage! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436180/Sunset_Moon/ — Wishlist Sunset Moon on Steam! https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Steam! https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Steam! https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/game-development-427e99aefd01 — Read Otto’s blog about game development! https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP — The discord server for Game Hub Umeå. Games and Companies https://ogrepixel.com/a-tiny-sticker-tale/ — The homepage for A Tiny Sticker Tale. http://ogrepixel.com/lonesome-village/ — The homepage for Lonesome Village. https://www.smgstudio.com/movingout/ — The homepage for Moving Out. https://www.movingout2.com/ — The homepage for Moving Out 2. https://animalcrossing.nintendo.com/ — The homepage for the Animal Crossing franchise. https://zelda.nintendo.com/ — The homepage for The Legend of Zelda franchise. https://www.thinkwithportals.com/ — The homepage for the Portal franchise. https://www.aurorapunks.com/ — The homepage for Aurora Punks. https://www.coldpx.com/ — The homepage for Cold Pixel. https://ogrepixel.com/ — The homepage for Ogre Pixel. https://brikk.se/en/ — The homepage for the Brikk animation studio. https://arctic15.com/arctic15-helsinki-2023/pitching-competition/ — The homepage for the Arctic15 Pitching Competition. Other Links https://open.spotify.com/episode/1bfWnoInZ8LhlmoNt9UbdL?si=34e877ee345e431f — Our interview with Cold Pixel. https://trello.com/ — The homepage for Trello. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Addams_Family — The homepage for The Addams Family. https://www.fox.com/the-simpsons/ — The homepage for The Simpsons. Get all the links and the transcript for this episode right here:⁠https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-47-super-adventure-hand-271023e875b2

This week, we've had the pleasure 🎉 to interview Sarah Ibañez 🎙️, a community manager 👥 and project manager 📋 at Bright Gambit about the unique 🌟 and exciting game 🎮 Super Adventure Hand 🖐️ by Jan Rigerl. Discover how they help indie game developers 🌐 around the globe 🌍 succeed with their games 🏆 and delve into the intricacies of game design 🎨, funding 💸, pitching strategy 📈, reaching your target audience 👀, and much, much more! So don't miss out 🚀!

Join us for another installment of discussing recent news in the games industry! 🎮🕹️ This time we delve into Unity's CEO replacement 🔄, layoffs across the industry 😢 and so much more! 🚀🔥 Stay tuned! 🎧🎤 Your Hosts and Their Games https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436180/Sunset_Moon/ — Wishlist Sunset Moon on Steam! https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Steam! https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Steam! https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/game-development-427e99aefd01 — Read Otto’s blog about game development! https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP — The discord server for Game Hub Umeå. News Articles https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/9/23910441/unity-ceo-president-john-riccitiello-out-retire — An article about John Riccitiello retiring as CEO of Unity. https://unity.com/pricing-updates — Unity’s homepage for its pricing changes. https://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2023/10/04/unreal-engine-no-longer-free-in-2024/ — An article about Unreal Engine’s pricing changes. https://www.polygon.com/23894267/epic-games-fortnite-unreal-engine-layoffs-2023 — An article about Epic Games’ recent layoff. https://venturebeat.com/games/layoffs-over-6100-gaming-jobs-have-been-cut-in-2023-so-far — An article about all layoffs thus far in 2023. https://en.as.com/meristation/news/disney-reportedly-wants-to-buy-ea-and-come-back-swinging-into-the-video-game-industry-n/ — An article about Disney looking to buy EA. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/13/microsoft-deal-to-buy-call-of-duty-maker-activision-blizzard-cleared-by-uk — An article about Microsoft completing its purchase of Activision Blizzard. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/elon-musk-twitter-1.6624859 — An article about Elon Musk looking to fire 75% of X’s (formerly Twitter) staff. Games https://www.cyberpunk.net/se/en/ — The homepage for the Cyberpunk 2077 franchise. https://www.starwars.com/ — The homepage for the Star Wars franchise. https://ortenwasthecase.com/ — The homepage for Orten Was The Case. Game Engines and Game Companies https://unity.com/ — The homepage for Unity. https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US — The homepage for Unreal Engine. https://godotengine.org/ — The homepage for Godot Engine. https://www.cdprojektred.com/en — The homepage for CD Projekt RED. https://embracer.com/ — The homepage for Embracer Group. https://www.ea.com/ — The homepage for Electronic Arts. https://www.take2games.com/ — The homepage for Take-Two Interactive. https://www.amazongames.com/en-us — The homepage for Amazon Games. https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-studios — The homepage for Xbox Game Studios. https://www.playstation.com/en-us/corporate/playstation-studios/ — The homepage for PlayStation Studios. https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/home — The homepage for Epic Games. https://www.konami.com/mg/gate — The homepage for the Metal Gear franchise. https://www.kojimaproductions.jp/en/death-stranding-ps4 — The homepage for Death Stranding. https://www.kojimaproductions.jp/en — The homepage for Kojima Productions. A Recommended Podcast Episode and Recommended Videos https://open.spotify.com/episode/2643Eufx9fPGoRe7klgvPv?si=yGBwBEhtQZe2nFpsRKRXIQ — Our episode about Orten Was The Case. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoRV48qqLPI — A video about the failed launch of Cyberpunk 2077. https://youtu.be/ub747pprmJ8?si=Ny13Yp6X_dcIpqha — The music video for Right Here, Right Now by Fatboy Slim. Other Links https://www.satisfice.com/ — The homepage for James Bach. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator — The Wikipedia page about Netscape Navigator. Get all the links and the transcript for this episode right here: ⁠https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-45-game-industry-news-layoff-edition-37cb95292a0e

Join us for another installment of discussing recent news in the games industry! 🎮🕹️ This time we delve into Unity's CEO replacement 🔄, layoffs across the industry 😢 and so much more! 🚀🔥 Stay tuned! 🎧🎤 Listen to the full episode here: https://youtu.be/C8tNjOCRaDY

Welcome to part 2 of the Unity pricing drama 🎮💸, where we discuss the aftermath 🌪️ of the pricing updates and our thoughts 💭 about it. What is your take? 🤔🎤 Your Hosts and Their Games https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436180/Sunset_Moon/ — Wishlist Sunset Moon on Steam! https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Steam! https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Steam! https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/game-development-427e99aefd01 — Read Otto’s blog about game development! https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP — The discord server for Game Hub Umeå. Games https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/morrowind/ — The homepage for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/skyrim — The homepage The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. https://www.eidosmontreal.com/games/deus-ex-mankind-divided/ — The homepage for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. https://www.rockstargames.com/games/grandtheftauto3 — The homepage for Grand Theft Auto III. https://www.rockstargames.com/games/IV — The homepage for Grand Theft Auto IV. https://bethesda.net/en/game/starfield — The homepage for Starfield. https://www.nomanssky.com/ — The homepage for No Man’s Sky. https://youtu.be/f7AqWngkfdI?si=vdag08s5X3M8N09Y&t=478 — A pre-release about the hype of No Man’s Sky. https://finalfantasy.com/ — The homepage for the Final Fantasy franchise. http://www.farcrygame.com/ — The homepage for the Far Cry franchise. https://www.residentevil.com/ — The homepage for the Resident Evil franchise. https://godotengine.org/ — The homepage for the Godot Engine. https://fund.godotengine.org/ — The homepage for the Godot Development Fund. https://unity.com/ — The homepage for Unity. https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates — Unity’s page for its pricing changes from 2023. https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US — The homepage for Unreal Engine. https://www.blender.org/ — The homepage for Blender. Other Links https://opensource.twitter.dev/ — The homepage for Twitter Open Source. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbyIYXEu-nQ — Conformity — Mind Field (Ep 2) by Vsauce https://www.esrb.org/ — The homepage for the ESRB. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/ — The IMDB page for Fight Club. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2467372/ — The IMDB page for Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Get all the links and the transcript for this episode right here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-43-unity-pricing-and-devlog-part-2-12425b437f20

Welcome to part 2 of the Unity pricing drama 🎮💸, where we discuss the aftermath 🌪️ of the pricing updates and our thoughts 💭 about it. What is your take? 🤔🎤 Listen to the full interview here: https://youtu.be/pN3rNnwIAP8

This week, we meet Tistou Blomberg 🧑, a man with many hats 🎩🧢👑! In this episode, we talk about his project G4m3Ch4n93r5 (Game Changers) 🎮🚀, and how to do "Democracy Driven Development" 🗳️✅! Your Hosts and Guest, and Their Games https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tistou/g4m3-ch4n93r5-change-the-game — Kickstart G4m3 Ch4n93r5 and change the game! https://www.facebook.com/staluardna — Read more about Stálu Árdna, a game about learning Sámi language! https://www.youtube.com/@tistoublomberg - Watch Tistou on YouTube! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436180/Sunset_Moon/ - Wishlist Sunset Moon on Steam! https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh - Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ - Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Steam! https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ - Buy KnifeBoy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ - Buy KnifeBoy on Steam! https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 - Read Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”! https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP - The discord server for Game Hub Umeå. Games and Game Companies https://fantiserastudio.itch.io/tlr - The itch.io store page for The Last Realm. https://fallout.bethesda.net/en/games/fallout-76 - The homepage for Fallout 76. https://gamemaker.io/en - The homepage for GameMaker. https://unity.com/ - The homepage for Unity. minddetonator.com - The homepage for Mind Detonator. http://www.fantiserastudio.com/ - The homepage for Fantisera Studio. https://nordsken.se/ - The homepage for Nordsken. https://arcticgame.se/ - The homepage for Arctic Games. Other Links https://open.spotify.com/episode/41IpEaymUwicuENDaOvYqf?si=a85c32e7d46c42ec - Our episode with Yahya. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCt4loCt2RU - The trailer for The Last Realm. https://www.masterclass.com/classes/will-wright-teaches-game-design-and-theory - The homepage for the course "Will Wright Teaches Game Design and Theory". https://eosprojects.com/ - The homepage for Earth Organization for Sustainability. http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia - The homepage for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Get all the links and transcription for this episode right here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-43-tistou-f859fc24564e

This week, we meet Tistou Blomberg 🧑, a man with many hats 🎩🧢👑! In this episode, we talk about his project G4m3Ch4n93r5 (Game Changers) 🎮🚀, and how to do "Democracy Driven Development" 🗳️✅!

Join us 🎙️ as we discuss the latest updates 📢 to the Unity pricing changes as they were revealed 🎉 at the time of recording. Plus, an update on our personal game development projects 🎮, Sunset Moon 🌅🌙 and Midnight Nano 🌌⚡! Don’t miss out! ✨🎧 Your Hosts and Their Games https://www.youtube.com/@runiccodes9524 — View the progress of Sunset Moon on YouTube! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436180/Sunset_Moon/ — Wishlist Sunset Moon on Steam! https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Steam! https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Steam! https://hereder.newgrounds.com/ — View Rune’s Newgrounds.com page! https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/game-development-427e99aefd01 — Read Otto’s blog about game development! https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP — The discord server for Game Hub Umeå. Games and Resources for Making Games https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/morrowind — The homepage for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/oblivion — The homepage for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. https://www.applovin.com/blog/migrating-from-unity-to-other-game-engines/ — Applovin’s tool for migrating game projects from Unity to other game engines. https://godotengine.org — The homepage for the Godot Engine. https://fund.godotengine.org/ — The homepage for the Godot Development Fund. https://twitter.com/terraria_logic/status/1704227519027651016?s=46&t=Cp8-U4xX44vL6rOWEU3-ew — Terraria’s Tweet about donating $100,000 to the Godot Development Fund. https://unity.com/ — The homepage for Unity. https://unity.com/pricing-updates — Unity’s page for the pricing updates. https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US — The homepage for Unreal Engine. https://open.spotify.com/episode/39TV1w12O2BeZjqoZ1DmWe?si=c54eeca02fa446a3 — Our episode about Semble. Get all the links and the transcript for this episode right here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-42-unity-pricing-and-devlog-part-1-435ea6adb554

Join us 🎙️ as we discuss the latest updates 📢 to the Unity pricing changes as they were revealed 🎉 at the time of recording. Plus, an update on our personal game development projects 🎮, Sunset Moon 🌅🌙 and Midnight Nano 🌌⚡! Don’t miss out! ✨🎧 Listen to the full episode here: https://youtu.be/rQWnea9xnqM

🎮 Sharpen your strategic wit as we talk with Daniel and Simen from Bromantic Games 🕹️ about their soon-to-be-released game, Folklands! 🎉 Reminiscent of games like Age of Empires ⚔️, The Settlers 🏡, and the Caesar franchise 🏛️, Otto and Rune review this brand-new nostalgia trip 🚀 and learn more about the ideas and creative spark 💡 behind it all! 🎙️🤓 Your Hosts and Guests, and Their Games https://store.steampowered.com/app/2282890/Folklands/ — Play the Folklands demo and wishlist it on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1808620/Dragon_Evo/ — Buy Dragon Evo on Steam! https://discord.gg/JJWjWcf3tR — Join the Bromantic Games Discord server! https://twitter.com/FolklandsGame — Follow Folklands on X! https://twitter.com/BromanticGames — Follow Bromantic Games on X! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436180/Sunset_Moon/ — Wishlist Sunset Moon on Steam! https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Steam! https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Steam! https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 — Read 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/1814250/Kickback_Slug_Cosmic_Courier/ — The Steam page for Kickback Slug: Cosmic Courier. https://shiningrocksoftware.com/game/ — The homepage for Banished. https://northgard.net/ — The homepage for Northgard. https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/anno/1800 — The homepage for ANNO 1800. https://www.factorio.com/ — The homepage for Factorio. http://www.transporttycoon.com/ — The homepage for Transport Tycoon. https://starcraft.blizzard.com/en-us/ — The homepage for StarCraft: Remastered. https://www.devolverdigital.com/games/return-to-monkey-island — The homepage for Return to Monkey Island. https://www.gog.com/en/game/caesar_3 — The GOG store page for the Caesar and Pharao franchises. https://civilization.com/ — The homepage for the Civilization franchise. https://www.ea.com/games/command-and-conquer?setLocale=en-us — The homepage for the Command & Conquer franchise. https://www.crusaderkings.com/ — The homepage for the Crusader Kings franchise. https://www.ageofempires.com/ — The homepage for the Age of Empires franchise. https://thesettlers.com/ — The homepage for The Settlers’ franchise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Earth — The Wikipedia page for the Empire Earth franchise. https://phaser.io/ — The homepage for the Phaser game engine. https://tribal-storm.com/ — The homepage for Tribal Storm. https://discord.com/invite/kJy9jwNzzm — Join the Indieverse Discord server. Other Links https://unity.com/pricing-updates — The Unity page for their recent (at the time of writing) price changes. https://www.dreamworks.com/movies/shrek — The homepage for the Shrek franchise. https://www.upwork.com/ — The homepage for Upwork. https://aws.amazon.com/ — The homepage for Amazon Web Services. Get all the links and transcription for this episode right here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-41-folklands-e639127dbe5d

🎮 Sharpen your strategic wit as we talk with Daniel and Simen from Bromantic Games 🕹️ about their soon-to-be-released game, Folklands! 🎉 Reminiscent of games like Age of Empires ⚔️, The Settlers 🏡, and the Caesar franchise 🏛️, Otto and Rune review this brand-new nostalgia trip 🚀 and learn more about the ideas and creative spark 💡 behind it all! 🎙️🤓 Listen to the full episode here: https://youtu.be/2jNEpdng3kY

Join us this week 🗓️ as we review a truly one-of-a-kind game 🎮, Orten Was The Case 🕹️, and interview its creator, Oskar Thuresson 🙋‍♂️! Listen in 🎧 as he tells us about the 7️⃣ year long journey from hobby project 🛠️ to release 🚀. Don't miss out! 🌟🎤 Your Hosts and Guest, and TheirGames https://store.steampowered.com/app/1785420/Orten_Was_The_Case/ - Play the Orten Was The Case demo and wishlist it on Steam! https://discord.gg/6yywTSBV37 - Join the Orten Was The Case Discord community! https://www.youtube.com/@woodhillinteractive1148 - Follow Orten Was The Case on YouTube! https://twitter.com/Otres123 - Follow Orten Was The Case on X! https://www.instagram.com/ortenwasthecase/ - Follow Orten Was The Case on Instagram! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436180/Sunset_Moon/ - Wishlist Sunset Moon on Steam! https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh - Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ - Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Steam! https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ - Buy KnifeBoy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ - Buy KnifeBoy on Steam! https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 - Read Otto's blog about the development of "Tulip Craze"! https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP - The discord server for Game Hub Umeå. Games, Game Companies, and Tools for MakingGames https://twelveminutesgame.com/ - The homepage for Twelve Minutes. https://halfminutehero.com/ - The homepage for Half-Minute Hero. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Majora's_Mask - The Wikipedia page for The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. http://www.axiomverge.com/ - The homepage for Axiom Verge. https://www.stardewvalley.net/ - The homepage for Stardew Valley. https://www.storyofseasons.com/ - The homepage for the Story of Seasons franchise (Harvest Moon). http://ninokunigame.com/ - The homepage for the Ni no Kuni franchise. https://www.mullemeck.se/ - The homepage for the Mulle Meck franchise. https://www.hazelight.se/ - The homepage for Hazelight Studios. https://unity.com - The homepage for Unity. https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html - The homepage for Adobe Photoshop. https://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview?term=1-YEAR&tab=subscription - The homepage for Autodesk Maya. https://www.autodesk.com/products/motionbuilder/overview?term=1-YEAR&tab=subscription - The homepage for Autodesk MotionBuilder. https://trello.com/ - The homepage for Trello. https://www.notion.so/ - The homepage for Notion. https://www.google.com/docs/about/ - The homepage for Google Docs. Other Links https://open.spotify.com/track/46Lxn9dXh5u043tjYcGNfV?si=9afcfedd607f4151 - Murder Was the Case by Snoop Dogg. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/ - The IMDB page for Groundhog Day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mighty_Ducks - The Wikipedia page for The Mighty Duck. groundhog day https://www.esrb.org/ - The homepage for ESRB. Get all the links and transcription for this episode right here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-40-orten-was-the-case-b32870b9e72d

Join us this week 🗓️ as we review a truly one-of-a-kind game 🎮, Orten Was The Case 🕹️, and interview its creator, Oskar Thuresson 🙋‍♂️! Listen in 🎧 as he tells us about the 7️⃣ year long journey from hobby project 🛠️ to release 🚀. Don't miss out! 🌟🎤

Welcome to a special episode 🎉 where we leap head-first 🤸‍♂️ off the rails to talk about AI 🤖, automation 🏭, programming languages 💻, backward compatibility ⏮️, culture 🌎, and more! 🚀🎙️🎊 Your Hosts and Guest, and Their Games https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436180/Sunset_Moon/ — Wishlist Sunset Moon on Steam! https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Steam! https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Steam! https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 — Read Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”! https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP — The discord server for Game Hub Umeå. Things We Talked About in the Episode https://arma3.com/ — The homepage for Arma 3. https://unity.com/ — The homepage for Unity. https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US — The homepage for Unreal Engine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language) — The Wikipedia page for C#. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B — The Wikipedia page for C++. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(programming_language) — The Wikipedia page for Rust. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language) — The Wikipedia page for Python. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroPython — The Wikipedia page for MicroPython. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language) — The Wikipedia page for Java. https://www.raspberrypi.com/ — The homepage for Raspberry Pi. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706620/ — The IMDB page for Snowpiercer. Get all the links and transcription for this episode right here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-39-anton-holmstr%c3%b6m-e0a67d324359

Welcome to a special episode 🎉 where we leap head-first 🤸‍♂️ off the rails to talk about AI 🤖, automation 🏭, programming languages 💻, backward compatibility ⏮️, culture 🌎, and more! 🚀🎙️🎊

🎙️ This week, we have the honor to host Kristofer Eng 🎵, one of the composers for “It Takes Two” 🎮 and an all-around veteran and expert 🎼 when it comes to composing and music in games. Listen 🎧 to exclusive, never-before-heard stories 📖 of working with Josef Fares 🤝, the challenges 🧗‍♂️ of developing music for “It Takes Two”, and how the adaptive audio engine “Elias” 🎚️ is changing the future 🚀 of music and audio in games! 🕹️🔊 Your Hosts and Guest, and Their Games https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristofer-eng-78a14454/ — Connect with Kristofer on LinkedIn! https://eliassoftware.com/ — Visit the homepage for Elias Software! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436180/Sunset_Moon/ — Wishlist Sunset Moon on Steam! https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Steam! https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Steam! https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 — Read Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”! https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP — The discord server for Game Hub Umeå. Games https://www.hazelight.se/games/it-takes-two/ — The homepage for It Takes Two. https://www.arrowheadgamestudios.com/aboutarrowhead/games/gauntlet/ — The homepage for Gauntlet. https://www.whiskeyandzombies.com/ — The homepage for Whiskey & Zombies. https://www.mutantyearzero.com/ — The homepage for Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden. https://www.hazelight.se/games/a-way-out/ — The homepage for A Way Out. https://www.stardewvalley.net/ — The homepage for Stardew Valley. https://www.metrothegame.com/en-gb/ — The homepage for Metro Exodus. https://www.stalker-game.com/ — The homepage for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. https://www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption — The homepage for Red Dead Redemption. https://bethesda.net/en/game/rage2/ — The homepage for Rage 2. https://www.ea.com/games//starwars/galaxy-of-heroes — The homepage for Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. https://justcause.square-enix-games.com/en-us/ — The homepage for the Just Cause franchise. https://www.storyofseasons.com/ — The homepage for the Story of Seasons franchise (Harvest Moon). https://www.arrowheadgamestudios.com/ — The homepage for Arrowhead Game Studios. https://thebeardedladies.se/ — The homepage for The Bearded Ladies. https://www.hazelight.se/ — The homepage for Hazelight Studios (founded by Josef Fares) https://unity.com/ — The homepage for Unity. Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sFXgQ8xYrk — The 20th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Awards (Kristofer Eng appears at 13:30, 1:12:43 & 1:58:00). https://open.spotify.com/track/6ZFbXIJkuI1dVNWvzJzown?si=c8a9573e36404ce9 — “Time” by Hans Zimmer. https://kinger.nu/ — The homepage for Andreas Kinger (Gauntlet). https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustaf-grefberg-14b51828 — The LinkedIn page for Gustaf Grefberg (It Takes Two). https://www.linkedin.com/in/adunion/ — The LinkedIn page for Robert Lundgren (Mutant Year Zero). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7641783/ — The IMDB page for Johan Nilsson (Gauntlet). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orvar_Säfström — The Wikipedia page for Orvar Säfström. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002354/ — The IMDB page for John Williams. http://hanszimmer.com/ — The homepage for Hans Zimmer. https://www.audiogang.org/awards/ — The homepage for the annual G.A.N.G. award show. https://www.norrkopingssymfoniorkester.se/english — The homepage for Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mousing — The Wikipedia page for Mickey Mousing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin — The Wikipedia page for the Theremin. https://www.fmod.com — The homepage for FMOD. https://www.audiokinetic.com/en/products/wwise/ — The homepage for Wwise. https://www.steinberg.net/cubase/ — The homepage for Cubase. Other Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64 — The Wikipedia page for Commodore 64. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107290/ — The IMDB page for Jurassic Park. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172495/ — The IMDB page for Gladiator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones — The Wikipedia page for the Indiana Jones franchise. https://burningman.org/ — The homepage for Burning Man. Get all the links and transcription for this episode right here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-38-kristofer-eng-16a5a3f9d89f

🎙️ This week, we have the honor to host Kristofer Eng 🎵, one of the composers for "It Takes Two" 🎮 and an all-around veteran and expert 🎼 when it comes to composing and music in games. Listen 🎧 to exclusive, never-before-heard stories 📖 of working with Josef Fares 🤝, the challenges 🧗‍♂️ of developing music for "It Takes Two", and how the adaptive audio engine "Elias" 🎚️ is changing the future 🚀 of music and audio in games! 🕹️🔊 Listen to the full episode here: https://youtu.be/9wlqqVVjZ1s

🎮 Part man, part games marketer, 🕴️ business developer, and producer, meet Mattias Sandström 🎙️, one of the brilliant minds 💡 at Cold Pixel and Aurora Punks! 🌌 In this very exciting episode 🎤, we discuss how to market your game 🚀 and find your target audience 🎯, and we also dive deep into the nitty gritty of pricing your game 💰. This episode is a must 👀 for anyone about to release their game! 🔥🎉👾 Your Hosts and Guest, and TheirGames https://www.coldpx.com/ - Visit Cold Pixel's homepage! https://www.linkedin.com/company/cold-pixel/ - Follow Cold Pixel on LinkedIn! https://www.aurorapunks.com/ - Visit Aurora Punk's homepage! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436180/Sunset_Moon/ - Wishlist Sunset Moon on Steam! https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh - Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ - Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Steam! https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ - Buy KnifeBoy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ - Buy KnifeBoy on Steam! https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 - Read 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/1425180/Vessels_of_Decay/ - Wishlist Vessels of Decay on Steam! https://vesselsofdecay.com/ - The homepage for Vessels of Decay. https://www.factorio.com/ - The homepage for Factorio. https://www.spaceengineersgame.com/ - The homepage for Space Engineers. https://www.hogwartslegacy.com/en-us - The homepage for Hogwarts Legacy. https://insomniac.games/game/marvels-spider-man-remastered-pc/ - The homepage for Spider-Man (2018 video game). Other Links https://acino.se/ - The homepage for Acino (in Swedish). https://open.spotify.com/artist/054fVwphDX8QB8Pm7IjRcL - The Spotify page for Hooja. Get all the links and transcription for this episode right here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-37-cold-pixel-559ad98fea3c

🎮 Part man, part games marketer, 🕴️ business developer, and producer, meet Mattias Sandström 🎙️, one of the brilliant minds 💡 at Cold Pixel and Aurora Punks! 🌌 In this very exciting episode 🎤, we discuss how to market your game 🚀 and find your target audience 🎯, and we also dive deep into the nitty gritty of pricing your game 💰. This episode is a must 👀 for anyone about to release their game! 🔥🎉👾 Listen to the full episode here: https://youtu.be/AxGaVY0btvo

🚀🎮 You've heard from the students of FutureGames, now get ready to hear not only from a teacher, but a Head of Education, Joel Fällbom! 🎉👨‍🏫 In this episode we talk about the daily life of both a student and a teacher 🏫🎒, what's required to get in 🤓📚, what happens after you graduate 🎓🌟 and much, much more! 💬🔥 Your Hosts and Guest, and Their Games https://futuregames.se/ — Visit FutureGames’ homepage! https://youtu.be/XQlG0Ccew58 — Watch “Applying UX-principles to level design” by Joel Fällbom and Miles Tost! https://www.youtube.com/@Futuregamesedu — Watch more episodes lectures at FutureGames’ YouTube channel! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436180/Sunset_Moon/ — Wishlist Sunset Moon on Steam! https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/ — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Steam! https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Switch! https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/ — Buy KnifeBoy on Steam! https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 — Read Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”! https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP — The discord server for Game Hub Umeå. Learning Platforms https://learn.unity.com/ — The homepage for Unity Learn. https://dev.epicgames.com/community/unreal-engine/learning — The Learning Library for Unreal Engine at Epic Games Dev Community. https://www.youtube.com/@Gdconf — The YouTube channel for GDC. https://www.gdcvault.com/ — The homepage for the GDC Vault. https://www.therookies.co/ — The homepage for The Rookies. https://futuregames.se/about/the_ting — The homepage for FutureGames’ Student Recruitment Week “The TING”. https://www.boden.se/utbildning/gamedev-programmet-nationell-spelutbildning — The homepage for the Björknäsgymnasiet national GameDev program (in Swedish). Games https://www.cyberpunk.net/us/en/ — The homepage for Cyberpunk 2077. https://www.cyberpunk.net/us/en/phantom-liberty — The homepage for Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. https://www.hazelight.se/games/it-takes-two/ — The homepage for It Takes Two. https://pubg.com/en-na — The homepage for PUBG: Battlegrounds. https://civilization.com/ — The homepage for the Civilization franchise. Game Companies https://unity.com/ — The homepage for Unity. https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US — The homepage for Unreal Engine. https://minddetonator.com/ — The homepage for Mind Detonator. https://www.amplifiergameinvest.com/ — The homepage for Amplifier Game Invest. https://www.globaltopround.com/ — The homepage for Global Top Round. https://starstableentertainment.com/ — The homepage for Star Stable Entertainment. https://www.starbreeze.com/ — The homepage for Starbreeze. https://www.king.com/ — The homepage for King. https://embracer.com/ — The homepage for Embracer Group. https://www.cdprojektred.com/en — The homepage for CD Projekt RED. https://www.dice.se/ — The homepage for DICE. https://www.rockstargames.com/ — The homepage for Rockstar Games. https://www.ea.com/ — The homepage for EA. https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/ — The homepage for Ubisoft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojang_Studios — The Wikipedia page for Mojang Studios. Get all the links and transcription for this episode right here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/36-futuregames-9e1c4912672d