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Game Maker's Notebook

Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

A game dev podcast featuring in-depth conversations between video game makers on the business and craft of interactive entertainment.

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269 episodes

  1. From Riot to 2K and the Power of Transmedia with REL Hunt 1:04:26
  2. Smilegate's Harold Kim on Building Long-Lasting IP 40:54
  3. GMN Source Files - Composer Austin Wintory 13:06
  4. How to Create an Immersive Climbing Game with Cairn 1:17:34
  5. MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls with Sony Interactive Entertainment's Reed Baird and Marvel Games' Michael Francisco 1:40:20
  6. LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight with TT Games' Jonathan Smith 57:40
  7. How A Viral Animation Turned Into a Sword-Fighting Dinosaur Game with Jean Nguyen 1:13:26
  8. Slay the Spire 2 and Building the Deckbuilder Genre with Mega Crit's Casey Yano 1:36:39
  9. Actor Judy Alice Lee on Hades II's 12,000+ Lines of Dialogue 1:11:39
  10. Yacht Club Games' Sean Velasco on Mina the Hollower, Scope Creep, and What's Next 1:12:49
  11. How 007 First Light Adds to the James Bond Legacy with Hakan Abrak 1:25:24
  12. Following Up Disco Elysium with ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies with Studio Head Allen Murray 1:28:47
  13. Subverting Expectations in Titanium Court with AP Thomson 1:44:37
  14. How Replaced Explores the Relationship Between Technology and the Human Condition 1:24:20
  15. Jake Birkett on Forbidden Solitaire, Casual Games, and Surviving Gamedev for 11 Years Without a Hit 1:41:22
  16. Dosa Divas' Chandana Ekanayake Talks Food, Music, and Indie Development 1:08:33
  17. How People of Note Explores Heavy Subjects with Whimsy and Musical Theater 1:22:50
  18. Housemarque's Gregory Louden on Saros, Narrative and Game Design 1:45:55
  19. Mewgenics: From Flash Games to Cat Armies with Edmund McMillen & Tyler Glaiel 1:34:23
  20. MOUSE: P.I. For Hire - Creating a Rubber Hose Noir Detective Story 1:15:16
  21. How Mixtape Tells a Coming of Age Story via Music with Johnny Galvatron 58:47
  22. Re-release: Bioshock Creator Ken Levine on Judas, Writing and Narrative in Games 1:32:23
  23. Re-release: Before Your Eyes with Oliver Lewin and Graham Parkes 1:19:05
  24. Re-release: The History of Dwarf Fortress with Zach and Tarn Adams 2:32:20
  25. The Sounds of ARC Raiders with Audio Director Bence Pajor 1:18:11
  26. Jenny Jiao Hsia Shares The Story Of Her Life In CONSUME ME 1:19:09
  27. Arc Raiders Design Director Virgil Watkins 1:17:40
  28. Ben Starr on Acting and the State of the Games Industry 1:52:21
  29. Battlefield 6 Creative Director Thomas Andersson 1:22:39
  30. The State of Games Writing with Writer & Narrative Director Cara Ellison 1:28:21
  31. Cory Davis (Spec Ops: The Line) & Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails) on Psychedelic Horror in SLEEP AWAKE 1:06:08
  32. The Audio Experience of Ghost of Yotei with Rev. Dr. Bradley D. Meyer 1:49:37
  33. Talking Game Maker's Sketchbook with Double Fine's Tim Schafer 29:48
  34. Abiotic Factor with Geoff "Zag" Keene and Henry Feltham 1:21:51
  35. History of the Anno series with Creative Director Manuel Reinher 1:22:24
  36. Narrative Design in DISPATCH with Director Nick Herman 1:03:59
  37. Double Fine's Lee Petty talks Keeper and Creative Leadership 2:54:37
  38. SILENT HILL f Director Al Yang on Creating an All-New Chapter in the Legendary Horror Franchise 1:48:42
  39. Making THE OUTER WORLDS 2 with Obsidian's Brandon Adler and Kyle Koenig 1:27:36
  40. Becoming the Ghost of Yōtei with Erika Ishii 1:05:04
  41. The Challenges of Game Localization, Writing and Recording with Shloc 1:20:31
  42. Absolum - Dotemu's Path From Licensed Games to Original IP 1:32:03
  43. From "Katamari Damacy" Through "to a T" with Keita Takahashi 1:44:57
  44. Obsidian's Josh Sawyer's Thoughts on Creating Engaging RPGs 1:08:50
  45. The Development World of RPGs with Jeff Gardiner 1:23:41
  46. Games Writing with Lis Moberly, Creative Lead @ 20th Century Games 1:17:11
  47. From Used Car Salesman to Indie Game Publisher: The New Blood Story 1:27:41
  48. How to Pitch Game Projects to Publishers with Focus Entertainment's Yves Le Yaouanq 1:33:29
  49. How Ready or Not Creates Tension Behind Every Door 1:39:19
  50. Escape From Tarkov and the Creation of Extraction Shooters with Nikita Buyanov 1:26:09