House of Games #04 - 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