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Game Maker's Notebook — 264 episodes

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1

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight with TT Games' Jonathan Smith

2

How A Viral Animation Turned Into a Sword-Fighting Dinosaur Game with Jean Nguyen

3

Slay the Spire 2 and Building the Deckbuilder Genre with Mega Crit's Casey Yano

4

Actor Judy Alice Lee on Hades II's 12,000+ Lines of Dialogue

5

Yacht Club Games' Sean Velasco on Mina the Hollower, Scope Creep, and What's Next

6

How 007 First Light Adds to the James Bond Legacy with Hakan Abrak

7

Following Up Disco Elysium with ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies with Studio Head Allen Murray

8

Subverting Expectations in Titanium Court with AP Thomson

9

How Replaced Explores the Relationship Between Technology and the Human Condition

10

Jake Birkett on Forbidden Solitaire, Casual Games, and Surviving Gamedev for 11 Years Without a Hit

11

Dosa Divas' Chandana Ekanayake Talks Food, Music, and Indie Development

12

How People of Note Explores Heavy Subjects with Whimsy and Musical Theater

13

Housemarque's Gregory Louden on Saros, Narrative and Game Design

14

Mewgenics: From Flash Games to Cat Armies with Edmund McMillen & Tyler Glaiel

15

MOUSE: P.I. For Hire - Creating a Rubber Hose Noir Detective Story

16

How Mixtape Tells a Coming of Age Story via Music with Johnny Galvatron

17

Re-release: Bioshock Creator Ken Levine on Judas, Writing and Narrative in Games

18

Re-release: Before Your Eyes with Oliver Lewin and Graham Parkes

19

Re-release: The History of Dwarf Fortress with Zach and Tarn Adams

20

The Sounds of ARC Raiders with Audio Director Bence Pajor

21

Jenny Jiao Hsia Shares The Story Of Her Life In CONSUME ME

22

Arc Raiders Design Director Virgil Watkins

23

Ben Starr on Acting and the State of the Games Industry

24

Battlefield 6 Creative Director Thomas Andersson

25

The State of Games Writing with Writer & Narrative Director Cara Ellison

26

Cory Davis (Spec Ops: The Line) & Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails) on Psychedelic Horror in SLEEP AWAKE

27

The Audio Experience of Ghost of Yotei with Rev. Dr. Bradley D. Meyer

28

Talking Game Maker's Sketchbook with Double Fine's Tim Schafer

29

Abiotic Factor with Geoff "Zag" Keene and Henry Feltham

30

History of the Anno series with Creative Director Manuel Reinher

31

Narrative Design in DISPATCH with Director Nick Herman

32

Double Fine's Lee Petty talks Keeper and Creative Leadership

33

SILENT HILL f Director Al Yang on Creating an All-New Chapter in the Legendary Horror Franchise

34

Making THE OUTER WORLDS 2 with Obsidian's Brandon Adler and Kyle Koenig

35

Becoming the Ghost of Yōtei with Erika Ishii

36

The Challenges of Game Localization, Writing and Recording with Shloc

37

Absolum - Dotemu's Path From Licensed Games to Original IP

38

From "Katamari Damacy" Through "to a T" with Keita Takahashi

39

Obsidian's Josh Sawyer's Thoughts on Creating Engaging RPGs

40

The Development World of RPGs with Jeff Gardiner

41

Games Writing with Lis Moberly, Creative Lead @ 20th Century Games

42

From Used Car Salesman to Indie Game Publisher: The New Blood Story

43

How to Pitch Game Projects to Publishers with Focus Entertainment's Yves Le Yaouanq

44

How Ready or Not Creates Tension Behind Every Door

45

Escape From Tarkov and the Creation of Extraction Shooters with Nikita Buyanov

46

Creating a Modern but Retro Immersive Sim in Skin Deep

47

The Many Roles of Actor Alex Jordan on The Alters

48

Creating the Music for Doom: The Dark Ages with Composer Duo, Finishing Move

49

How Ray Chase went from Actor to Game Developer with Date Everything

50

How Moonhood Handcrafted The Midnight Walk with Real Claymation

51

How Two Studios Brought LEGO Horizon Adventures to Life

52

Uncovering the Secrets Behind Bionic Bay with Creator Juhana Myllys

53

Creating the Music for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with Composer Lorien Testard

54

Exploring Wartales with Shiro Games' CEO Nicolas Cannasse

55

XCOM Creator Julian Gollop Shares Game Design Tips, Dev Stories and More

56

How Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Epic Story was Crafted with Jennifer Svedberg-Yen

57

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II with Lead Designer Prokop Jirsa

58

Writing the Mythos of South of Midnight with Zaire Lanier and Dani Dee

59

Expedition 33 with Maelle Actor Jennifer English

60

Navigating the Shifting Corridors of BLUE PRINCE with Creator Tonda Ros

61

How 3 Brothers Started a Game Studio - Butterscotch Shenanigans

62

Avowed Game Director Carrie Patel talks World Building and Narrative Design

63

From Dragon Age to Eternal Strands with Mike Laidlaw

64

Creating the Super Earth of Helldivers 2 with Arrowhead's Johan Pilestedt

65

Becoming Indiana Jones with Troy Baker

66

Magic, Kevlar, and Conspiracies with Tactical Breach Wizards Dev Tom Francis

67

From Theater to Video Games with 1000xRESIST Actor, Nhi Do

68

Mysteries of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle with MachineGames

69

Becoming Yuffie in FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH with Actor Suzie Yeung

70

Founder Ted Price Reflects on 30 Years of Insomniac Games and Retirement

71

[Sponsored] Chat with Xsolla's Berkley Egenes

72

Astro Bot Director Nicolas Doucet

73

Writing the Haunting Narrative of INDIKA with Dmitry Svetlow

74

Tetris Creator, Alexey Pajitnov

75

17 Year Development Journey with Caves of Qud

76

Creating the Sound and Music for Eternal Strands with Audio Director, Aldo Sampaio

77

Writing Comedy in Games with Thank Goodness You're Here

78

Balancing Procedural and Intimate Storytelling in Wildermyth

79

The Real Life and Theater Inspirations of 1000xRESIST

80

Writing for Call of Duty with Ashley Poprik and Chris Holzworth

81

The Haunting Audio of Hellblade with Ninja Theory's David Garcia

82

Digital Extreme's Rebecca Ford Talks 10 Years of Warframe

83

Indie Publishing and Southeast Asian Game Dev with Ysbryd Games' Brian Kwek

84

Frostpunk and This War of Mine Composer Piotr Musial

85

Exploring the World of Hitman with IO Interactive's Hakan Abrak

86

Demystifying Creativity with Creative Leader and Author Fawzi Mesmar

87

The World of Licensing in Games with Slitherine's Marco Minoli

88

Balatro Creator LocalThunk Talks Inspirations and Jokers

89

Through Castle Crashers and Beyond with The Behemoth's John Baez

90

Talking Sack Boys and Astro Bots with Composer Kenny Young

91

Industry Veteran Jen MacLean Talks Gen Z Audiences and Evolving Expectations

92

The Narrative Design of Slay the Princess with Black Tabby Games

93

Talking Galactic Wars and Live Service in Helldivers 2 with Maria Cornelius

94

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Actor, Briana White

95

Life Changing Art Meets Tech with Ninja Theory's Dom Matthews

96

Brainstorming 50 Games in 1 for UFO 50

97

From Quake to Space Marines with Saber's Tim Willits

98

Marvel Games Executive Producer, Eric Monacelli

99

Finding Creativity within Constraint with Composer Jon Everist

100

Scoring the Witcher and Beyond with Composer Mikolai Stroinski

101

Talking Southeast Asian Game Dev with Kris Antoni, Toge Productions

102

Writing for Live Service Games with Destiny 2 Narrative Director, Alison Lührs

103

Navigating the Business of Indie Games with Dan Adelman

104

From Portal to Counter-Strike 2 with Valve Composer Mike Morasky

105

Generating Human Stories with RimWorld Creator, Tynan Sylvester

106

From Nintendo's Snipperclips to Crow Country with Adam & Tom Vian

107

Creating a Soulslike Under the Sea with Another Crab's Treasure

108

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure with David Hellman, Nico Recabarren, and Nick Suttner

109

Little Kitty, Big City with Matt Wood & Micah Breitweiser

110

Sustainable Game Development with Xalavier Nelson Jr.

111

Writers and Script Lock Podcast Hosts, Nick and Max Folkman

112

Creating Diverse Characters in Video Games with Jaclyn Seto and Christal Rose Hazelton

113

Making Animal Well as a Solo Game Developer with Billy Basso

114

Harold Halibut with Slow Bros' Onat Hekimoglu & Ole Tillmann

115

Episode Re-release: Hades with Supergiant Games' Amir Rao and Greg Kasavin

116

The Story of 'Potions: A Curious Tale' with Renee Gittins

117

Writing for RPGs with Narrative Designer Whitney Beltrán

118

Game Preservation with Digital Eclipse's Mike Mika

119

From Actor to Game Developer with Abubaker Salim

120

Video Game and Comics Writer Evan Narcisse

121

Making a Sci-Fi First-Person Driving Survival Game with Alex Dracott & Seth Rosen

122

Penny's Big Breakaway with Hunter Bridges and Dave Padilla

123

The Craft of Writing for Games with Insomniac Games Senior Narrative Director, Jon Paquette

124

Outcast Composer Lennie Moore

125

Artist Niklas Åkerblad talks Ultros, Hotline Miami

126

Baldur's Gate 3 Actor Neil Newbon

127

Katsuhiro Harada Discusses the Tekken Series, Live Events, and More

128

A Decade as Miles Morales with Marvel's Spider-Man 2's Nadji Jeter

129

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Director Gabe Amatangelo

130

Remaking Dead Space with Roman Campos-Oriola, Eric Baptizat, & Philippe Ducharme

131

Baldur's Gate 3 Actor Samantha Béart

132

Navigating the Unique Challenges of Games with Composer Oleksa Lozowchuk

133

Narrative Designer Meghna Jayanth talks Thirsty Suitors

134

Composer Duo Ninja Tracks talk Forza Motorsport and Music Publishing

135

Creating an Aura of Spookiness in Dredge

136

GoldenEye, Banjo-Kazooie and more with Composer Grant Kirkhope

137

Painting, Fine Art and Games with Composer Cris Velasco

138

Building Final Fantasy XVI and XIV with Producer Naoki Yoshida

139

Sea of Stars Director Thierry Boulanger

140

Merging Audio and Gameplay in Cocoon with Jakob Schmid

141

Senior Creative Director Bryan Intihar Talks Marvel's Spider-Man 2

142

Blasphemous II with The Game Kitchen's Enrique Cabeza & David Erosa

143

From Darksiders to Remnant II with David Adams & Ben Gabbard

144

Super Evil Megacorp's Kristian Segerstrale

145

Double Fine's Kevin Johnson Shares His Game Dev Journey

146

Creative Director Sam Lake Talks Alan Wake 2 and Live Action Film in Games

147

Naughty Dog's Arne Meyer Talks Community and Game Dev Culture

148

Creating Galactic Ripple Effects in EVE Online with CCP's Hilmar Veigar Pétursson

149

Judas, Writing and Narrative in Games with Bioshock Creator Ken Levine

150

Starfield with Bethesda's Todd Howard

151

Exploring Humanity with Enhance's Mark MacDonald

152

Creating Complex Conversation Systems in Oxenfree II: Lost Signals

153

Making Dave the Diver Endearing with Jaeho Hwang and Nolan King

154

Final Fantasy XVI Actor Ben Starr

155

BattleBit Remastered with Max "Larry" Fink

156

Actor Laura Bailey Talks About Her Career and Stray Gods

157

Re-release: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Creative Director, Marcus Smith

158

Re-release: Marvel's Spider-Man Creative Director, Bryan Intihar

159

Creating More Star Wars Music than John Williams with Composer Gordy Haab

160

Creating a Rhythm-Action Game with Hi-Fi Rush Director John Johanas

161

From Metal Gear to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor with Composer Stephen Barton

162

Sarah and Colin Northway Discuss I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

163

Diablo IV Game Director Joe Shely

164

Creating the "Gamiest Game" in Neon White with Ben Esposito

165

From Blizzard to Vox Machina with Composer Neal Acree

166

Procedural Music Composition with Composer Chance Thomas

167

Shiny Shoe's Mark Cooke talks Monster Train and Inkbound

168

The Last Spell with Ishtar Games' Benjamin Coquelle and Bruno Laverny

169

Real World Inspirations in Tchia with Awaceb's Phil Crifo

170

The History of Dwarf Fortress with Zach and Tarn Adams - Part 2

171

The History of Dwarf Fortress with Zach and Tarn Adams - Part 1

172

Music, Actors, and the Sound of Rats in A Plague Tale: Requiem

173

Korean Game Development with Pearl Abyss America CEO, Jeonghee "JJ" Jin

174

Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök Composer Stephanie Economou

175

Directing God of War Ragnarök with Eric Williams of Santa Monica Studio

176

Opus and Taiwanese Game Development with Sigono's Scott Chen

177

IMMORTALITY Composer Nainita Desai

178

A NieR Retrospective with YOKO TARO, Yosuke Saito, and Keiichi Okabe

179

From Hearthstone to MARVEL SNAP with Second Dinner's Ben Brode

180

"Development Under Siege" with tinyBuild's Alex Nichiporchik

181

Pitching a 16th-Century Murder Mystery Game with Obsidian's Josh Sawyer

182

Creating Escape Room Video Games with Wyatt Bushnell and Mike Salyh

183

Horizon Forbidden West and Gotham Knights Composer Duo, The Flight

184

Creating Cult of the Lamb with Julian Wilton

185

Return to Monkey Island with Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman

186

PlayStation London Studio with Tara Saunders and Stuart Whyte

187

From Silent Hill to Immortality with Sam Barlow

188

Re-release: ID@Xbox Director, Chris Charla

189

Co-Running a Game Studio with Iron Galaxy's Adam Boyes and Chelsea Blasko

190

The History of Housemarque with Co-founder Ilari Kuittinen

191

Arcane with Alex Yee and Christian Linke

192

Weird West with Raphaël Colantonio

193

Horizon: Forbidden West with Guerrilla's Mathijs de Jonge

194

Moss Book II with Polyarc's Chris Alderson and Josh Stiksma

195

Halo Infinite with Joseph Staten

196

Deathloop Composer Tom Salta

197

The Artful Escape with Johnny Galvatron

198

New World Game Director, Scot Lane

199

Sable with Gregorios Kythreotis and Martin Kvale

200

Exploring the Destiny Universe with Bungie's Luke Smith

201

Exploring Tunic with Andrew Shouldice

202

Writer and Content Creator, Alanah Pearce

203

Rainbow Billy with Christopher Chancey

204

Before Your Eyes with Oliver Lewin and Graham Parkes

205

Unpacking Composer and Sound Designer, Jeff van Dyck

206

Guild Wars 2 Composer, Maclaine Diemer

207

Unpacking with Wren Brier and Tim Dawson

208

Resident Evil Village Actor, Maggie Robertson

209

It Takes Two Lead Sound Designer, Philip Eriksson

210

Shannon Loftis of World's Edge Studio, Microsoft

211

Darkest Dungeon with Tyler Sigman

212

DEATHLOOP Director, Dinga Bakaba

213

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy with Jean-François Dugas and Mary DeMarle

214

Unsighted with Tiani Pixel & Fernanda Dias

215

Buzz Burrowes, Audio System Architect at Epic Games

216

Double Fine Art Director, Lisette Titre-Montgomery

217

Back 4 Blood Composer, Martin Stig Andersen

218

Kena: Bridge of Spirits with Mike and Josh Grier

219

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

220

24th #DICEAwards Roundtable: Fighting Game of the Year

221

Far Cry 6 Audio Director, Eduardo Vaisman

222

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

223

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Racing Game of the Year

224

Psychonauts 2 Composer, Peter McConnell

225

Twelve Minutes with Luis Antonio

226

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game

227

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Online Game of the Year

228

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Character

229

Adam Volker and Bohdon Sayre of Flight School Studio

230

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Sports Game of the Year

231

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Immersive Reality Game of the Year

232

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Animation

233

Peanut Button's Asaf and Eyal Geva

234

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

235

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Family Game of the Year

236

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design

237

The Ascent with Neon Giant's Arcade Berg & Tor Frick

238

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

239

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

240

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Technical Achievement

241

Sr. Director of Sound at PlayStation Studios, Phillip Kovats

242

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Mobile Game of the Year

243

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Action Game of the Year

244

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Story

245

Velan Studios Founders, Guha and Karthik Bala

246

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Adventure Game of the Year

247

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

248

24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Role-Playing Game of the Year

249

Elder Scrolls Online Director, Matt Firor

250

Composer, Singer, Songwriter, Mark Mothersbaugh

251

Arkane Studios Director, Harvey Smith

252

Insomniac Games Founder, Ted Price

253

Blizzard Entertainment President, J. Allen Brack

254

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Creative Director, Marcus Smith

255

Returnal with Harry Krueger

256

Resident Evil Village Composer, Brian D'Oliveira

257

It Takes Two with Josef Fares, Hazelight Studios

258

Funomena Producer, Arshea Bimal

259

Celeste Composer, Lena Raine

260

Thomas Mahler & Gennadiy Korol of Moon Studios

261

Chelsea Blasko of Iron Galaxy Studios

262

Quantic Dream Founder & Director, David Cage

263

Braid and The Witness Creator, Jonathan Blow

264

Dr. Mitu Khandaker of Glow Up Games