House of Games #38 - Kristofer Eng

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🎙️ 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

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