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Our video/audio interview show talks to game creators in all roles and from all studio sizes to hear about what they are working on, what their job is really like, and what we all can learn from them about game development. Great resource for anyone in or thinking of getting into game development. Please reach out with any questions, discussion, etc. at http://newoverlords.com/ Enjoy!
Looking for the next big new studio and possibly one of the most progressive places to work in games? Our talk with Matt was pretty interesting: Forging a Studio of the Future - Interview with Matt Schembari, CEO of Lightforge Games - We talk with Matt about their new studio and how it's leading the industry in a new direction! Audio links at https://newoverlords.com and video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5immOS7KVI
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Game Creator Interviews from New Overlords Behind The Games Podcast
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Exploring Earthlock - Interview with Snowcastle Games - Interviews about what making games and running studios is actually like. Highly recommended for anyone looking into careers in the games industry. This episode we talk with Bendik Stang, Founder and Creative Director, and Nicholas Rajan, Marketing Lead, at Snowcastle! Audio links at https://newoverlords.com and video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVlfofXnsLg
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Another really fun and interesting interview with an awesome creator I met at PAX West: The Art of Elements - Interview with Devon Parsons We talk with Devon about his beautiful upcoming game, Elements, how he got started and founded his studio, why he's using Unreal, and more! Audio links at https://newoverlords.com and video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBRhR1GPOVA
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Happy New Year! For more on starting ambitious project with small teams, here's a great, new Embers Adrift "Behind The Games Podcast" interview. We talked for about an hour with John Gust, the Executive Producer, and covered how it all got started, design goals, and a little bit of the future. This was really fun for us since we are big into MMOs going way back and always like talking to indie teams doing big things. Here's the episode: Embers Adrift, A New MMO - Interview with John Gust Audio links at https://newoverlords.com and video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5QPHD-5KOo
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Wondering if a university gamedev degree is required and useful? (spoiler: no and yes). Want a quick preview on games industry legal questions you should be prepared for? In this interview we talk with Ross, a games industry lawyer and university professor about game school, games industry law, and what game developers should consider: Game School, Game Law - Interview with Ross Hersemann Audio links at newoverlords and video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIgjEbjYdZM
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Game development is hard and keeping up with the industry is a challenge. Sim, an indie dev brings up the Red Queen Hypothesis to explain why. The up-side is that it's never boring and there's always something new to explore. Sim also just released another in a growing line of games, called Rogue AI Simulator: Red Queen Hypothesis - Interview with Sim YC of Nerdook Productions Audio links at https://newoverlords.com and video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZmBHlNrmMw
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David Evans is the solo creator and founder of Festive Vector, who recently released his new game Sail Forth. We talk with David about his inspiration, what it took to get it made, and his focus on first creating and perfecting the toy at the core of a game like this: Making Sail Forth And The Toy Within - Interview with David Evans Audio links at https://newoverlords.com and video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6lSbbVwfwU
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Creators… this is a good one for differentiated principles for designing a game of this type and for a relatively unique studio model for a studio of this size. Hauke Gerdes is the co-founder and creative director of Blankhans. They are developing a multiplayer survival game set in the open world of Ultracore (base on IP authored by Hauke). We talk about the origins and some of the interesting design decisions that will set Coreborn apart: Creating Coreborn - Interview with Hauke Gerdes Audio links at https://newoverlords.com and video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ImaDG82Fw
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This one touches on some wide ranging games industry topics. We talk about the role of a producer and project manager in getting games released. We discuss gamedev outsourcing of whole projects or hiring contract help. We also get to hear about the games industry and women in games in Mexico and across Latin America: Producing Games - Interview with Dazia Pineda Audio links at https://newoverlords.com and video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adqrde9Jpyc
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While one-off AI experiments are making headlines Ricardo Sisnett and the team at modl.ai are building tools that game developers can use now to make better games. We talk with Sisnett about his journey from biz tech to a career at Riot and then to AI tech. We then get into how testing with AI is happening at scale today and where things are headed next: AI Helping Make Games - Interview with Ricardo Sisnett Audio links at https://newoverlords.com and video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_68G_AbQi3Q
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Marcel, Founder of Orion Games, along with the team there, are making an amazingly artistic action game that tracks across six distinct art styles. Marcel talks about the origins of the game and studio, what the layers of fun are that they needed to consider to refine the concept, and what's next for Orion Games: Layers Of Fun - Interview with Marcel Smorszczewski Audio links at https://newoverlords.com and video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd1faTl3ziU
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Want to hear from a AAA Systems Designer on making games? David is a Senior Systems Designer for Crystal Dynamics, but we know him best for his work at Bioware on Star Wars The Old Republic. We talk to David about his origin story, the design of the "Galactic Seasons" seasonal reward track for SWTOR, and some principles of game design in general: Designing Game Seasons - Interview with David Staats Audio links at https://newoverlords.com and video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT5Oaeq79_o
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Tons of great games and gamedev on display at PAX East this year. It just wrapped up yesterday. Here's an Expo Hall tour for anyone that missed it. This was taken early on Thursday before it got too crowded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28z8R7IwDKc
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Not able to make PAX East this year? This is our highlight episode where we showcase a diverse set of ten games and studios and also call out a dozen more studios, publishers and more that are worth watching: Games and Studios From PAX East 2023 - Behind The Games Podcast Special Audio links at https://newoverlords.com and video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6tmWJEfgJo
