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The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook

Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

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

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All Episodes

01:09:57

Blizzard Entertainment President, J. Allen Brack

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/07/18

Ted Price chats with Blizzard's President, J. Allen Brack, about his start in gaming and game development; Blizzard's diversity and inclusion initiatives and how it affects the company culture and its games; lessons for live ops and player feedback experiences; and best approaches to building effective leaders. J. Allen Brack is the President of Blizzard Entertainment. J. joined Blizzard in January 2006 and held multiple leadership roles prior to being named president in October 2018. Before

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01:18:37

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Creative Director, Marcus...

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/07/12

Ted Price chats with his long-time colleague at Insomniac Games, Marcus Smith. Together they discuss their history at Insomniac Games; his experiences on the Resistance series and Sunset Overdrive; his thoughts on being a creative director; how to build consensus and foster collaboration on big projects; and the challenges the team faced on the newest entry in the Ratchet & Clank series. Marcus Smith is a Creative Director at Insomniac Games, with his most recent title being this year's PlayStation

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01:07:35

Returnal with Harry Krueger

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/07/06

Ted Price chats with Housemarque's Harry Krueger about their recently released game Returnal. Together they discuss how Housemarque embraced an organic creative process, what effect their gameplay design decisions had on the procedural construction and combat, keeping the arcade spirit alive, and about the challenge of randomness. Harry Krueger is a Game Director at Housemarque best known for his work on Returnal and Nex Machina. At Housemarque, he has also been a part of the development of titles

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01:17:40

Resident Evil Village Composer, Brian D'Oliveira

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/06/28

Austin Wintory chats with Composer Brian D'Oliveira about his music "laboratory" and using its space as a tool for music creation, how he began his career as a composer and learned to have zero limitations, his unique improvisational approach to composing, creating the soundtrack of his childhood in Papo & YO, and about his most recent work on the Resident Evil franchise. Brian is an award winning composer best known for his work on several best-selling titles including Papo & YO, Shadow of the

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01:29:27

It Takes Two with Josef Fares, Hazelight Studios

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/06/21

Ted Price chats with Hazelight's Josef Fares about his move from film directing to game development, their focus on delivering a large amount of gameplay variety, their dedication to two-player coop experiences, and the pros and cons of replayability. Josef Fares is the founder, writer, and director of Hazelight Studios, who are best known for A Way Out and the recently released It Takes Two. Josef also helped develop Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons for Starbreeze Studios; and was a celebrated film

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56:04

Funomena Producer, Arshea Bimal

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/06/14

Robin Hunicke chats with Arshea Bimal about her first big break into games; the journey of a producer in the industry; working on systems that help increase diversity and inclusion in design; making sure everyone on the team has a voice; and what she hopes to accomplish in the future. Arshea is a producer at Funomena and was previously a software engineer trainee at Zynga. Arshea was also selected as an WomenIn Scholar by the AIAS Foundation. Follow us on Twitter @Official_AIAS, Facebook or visit

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02:25:29

Celeste Composer, Lena Raine

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/06/07

Austin Wintory chats with composer Lena Raine about starting her games career as a designer and not in music, the distinct lessons she learned from game design that helped her begin composing for games, stepping outside of games to release a personal solo album, how Celeste changed her career trajectory, and being yourself on social media while using it as a productive communication tool. Lena Raine is an award-winning & BAFTA-nominated composer most well-known for her work on Celeste, Minecraft,

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01:30:29

Thomas Mahler & Gennadiy Korol of Moon Studios

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/05/31

Ted Price chats with Moon Studios founders Thomas Mahler and Gennadiy Korol. Together they discuss the Ori series, Moon Studios' culture and approach around remote development, creating a workplace of respectful honesty and openness, and how to make a flat hierarchy work. Thomas and Gennadiy are the co-founders of Moon Studios, the development studio behind Ori and the Blind Forest and its sequel Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Follow us on Twitter @Official_AIAS, Facebook or visit us

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01:03:25

Chelsea Blasko of Iron Galaxy Studios

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/05/25

Robin Hunicke chats with Chelsea Blasko about her long and varied path towards the games industry, learning via trial by fire at her first job in games, organic growth and diversity in projects and partners to increase stability, finding the confidence to make decisions, stepping out of the shadows into a front-of-house leadership role, the importance of feedback and support, and how culture and values can help a studio come together. Chelsea is the Co-CEO of Iron Galaxy Studios, who are best

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01:02:42

Quantic Dream Founder & Director, David Cage

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/05/17

Ted Price chats with David Cage about maintaining balance at an independent studio while juggling multiple responsibilities, his philosophy on writing and directing video games, Quantic Dream's new publishing arm, and what they look for when evaluating pitches from independent developers. David Cage founded Quantic Dream in 1997, with the ambition of using interactivity as a new means of expression. Quantic Dream has released several award winning titles including Detroit: Become Human, Beyond: Two

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01:25:15

Braid and The Witness Creator, Jonathan Blow

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/05/09

Ted Price chats with Jonathan Blow about the personal nature of game development; the intricacies of puzzle design and what it means to players; creating his own programming language; ways the games industry can improve moving forward; and what's next on the horizon for him and Thekla. Jonathan Blow is an independent game designer and programmer, most notable for creating Braid and The Witness. Follow us on Twitter @Official_AIAS, Facebook or visit us at interactive.org.

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01:12:30

Dr. Mitu Khandaker of Glow Up Games

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/05/03

Robin Hunicke chats with Dr. Mitu Khandaker about her journey around the world and into the games industry, finding her feet at teaching, building games from the ground up rooted in diverse cultural experiences, and about representation issues facing the games industry and ways to help financially support creators of color. Dr. Mitu Khandaker is CEO & co-founder of Glow Up Games, a new mobile free-to-play games & creative tech studio building systems-driven games for diverse audiences. She is also

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02:10:16

Oddworld with Lorne Lanning

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/04/28

Ted Price chats with Lorne Lanning about their long running Oddworld franchise; the distributed development the studio implemented to create the latest entry, how to retain and expand what fans loved about the previous adventures in the series, the importance of patient storytelling, the advantage of hiring generalists over specialists, and the impact of monetization to the future of the games industry. Lorne Lanning is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Oddworld Inhabitants, the studio behind

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01:03:16

Stray Bombay Co-Founder, Kimberly Voll

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/04/19

Robin Hunicke chats with Kimberly Voll about how her career in games began, her work on the player behavior team at Riot Games, what it means to design games to play well together, how to empower developers with the right tools and practices to improve player communities, how competitive high stakes moments affect how we interact with each other, and the difficulty of building a studio from the ground up that supports their values and goals. Kimberly is the Co-Founder of Stray Bombay and

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01:02:19

Naughty Dog Co-President, Evan Wells

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/04/12

Ted Price chats with Naughty Dog's Evan Wells about his path towards the games industry, Naughty Dog's early years, their studio culture, thoughts on leadership and studio growth, their approach to storytelling and how they've raised the stakes over the years. Evan Wells is the Co-President of Naughty Dog, which has developed several successful and beloved game series including Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter, Uncharted, and The Last of Us. Follow us on Twitter @Official_AIAS, Facebook or visit us

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01:20:10

Randy Pitchford of Gearbox Entertainment

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/04/05

Ted Price chats with Gearbox Entertainment Founder Randy Pitchford about the history of Gearbox and the lessons learned along the way, the genesis of Borderlands, Gearbox's unique approach to publishing, and Randy's life long love of magic. Randy Pitchford is a video game industry veteran of more than 25 years and founder of the Gearbox Entertainment Company, which develops and publishes award-winning and best-selling video games, including the original franchises Borderlands and Brothers in Arms,

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01:16:59

Portal & Half-Life: Alyx Writer, Erik Wolpaw

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/03/29

Ted Price chats with writer Erik Wolpaw about his writing career before game development writing on Old Man Murray and Gamespot; his career path into development at Double Fine and Valve; collaborating between writing and development teams; the pressures of creating sequels to beloved games; and important steps needed to help young developers enter the games industry. Erik Wolpaw is a writer best known for his work at Double Fine on the Psychonauts series and Valve where he has worked on several

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56:32

Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator, Jörg Neumann

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/03/15

Ted Price chats with Jörg Neumann, Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Together they discuss how Jörg came to be involved with the Flight Simulator franchise, how the team at Asobo Studio implemented Bing Maps into the sim and overcame the massive amounts of data streaming it has to process, the details behind Flight Simulator's procedural generation, adding depth and detail to the world by increasing the project scope, and how the audience for Flight Simulator stretches far and wide from children

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01:40:58

Assassin's Creed Composer, Jesper Kyd

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/03/01

Austin Wintory chats with composer Jesper Kyd about discovering his talent for music and love of video games and game music, getting his start with the European demoscene to shipping his first game, working with his first orchestra for Hitman, collaborating with Ubisoft to launch the Assassin’s Creed series, the intricacies of implementing game music for the most significant impact, his advice to young composers entering the games industry, and his return to the Assassin’s Creed universe with

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52:34

ABZÛ and The Pathless with Giant Squid's Matt Nava

The AIAS Game Maker"s Notebook ·

2021/02/15

Ted Price chats with Matt Nava about Giant Squid's work on ABZÛ and The Pathless, his inspirations as a youth that led him to the VFX industry and his first big break, understanding the difficulties of taking too much on when starting your own studio, establishing a studio culture and dealing with conflict, what being indie means now compared to a decade ago, and how to emphasize elegant design in a full game experience. Matt Nava is the Founder and Creative Director of Giant Squid which

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