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Wookash Podcast

Łukasz Ściga

Technical conversations with inspiring figures: programming, game engines, graphics, and more!

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01:16:59

The lesson in puzzle game design with Matt VanDevander!

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2025/02/09

I'm joined by Matt who made Taiji - a game that explores puzzles in an abstract way with similarities to the Jonathan Blow's the Witness! Unfortunately, I lost my side of the conversation, so the questions were re-recorded and stitched through the discussion! You can enjoy hilarious bits from Matt!The then-forgotten, now-remembered streamer who played Taiji: Tyler | aliensrockGreat takes on X: https://x.com/mvandevanderTaiji on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1141580/Taiji/Switch:

00:58:05

Design of mystery and adventure games with Will from...

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2025/02/09

Will, a writer for the Rise of the Golden Idol (which I adore) is joining me for a discussion on mystery games and point and click adventure games! We talk about his upcoming City of Voices and the influences of adventure games in general!WISHLIST: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3342470/City_of_Voices/Podcast Will mentions: https://open.spotify.com/show/30R5REvknCBprrCrlAYDTWX: https://x.com/games_kiniGame Engineering PodcastShow links:

01:41:11

Raphael Luba on jai compiler internals!

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2025/02/08

This time I'm joined by Raphael Luba, who is working on jai compiler (upcoming language by Jonathan Blow). This is highly technical and incredibly interesting talk! Raphael is highly experienced programmer, shipped production software in many languages and has a lot of wisdom to offer! Enjoy!Raphael's company: https://fabman.io/ X: https://x.com/LubaRaphael Game Engineering Podcast Show links: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lukasz-sciga Spotify:

01:44:56

Billy Basso on code architecture of Animal Well!

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2025/02/02

Billy Basso, joins me to discuss memory management, code architecture, audio systems, and everything else related to Animal Well! Listen to this deep dive into how it was made!Animal Well website: https://www.animalwell.net/ Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/813230/ANIMAL_WELL/ Bigmode (publisher): https://bigmode.com/ Game Engineering Podcast Show links: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lukasz-sciga Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tExkDJcI6vvmpCguX8Ygd Apple Podcasts:

00:39:36

Reynad, CEO of Tempo Storm, on his card game The Bazaar!

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2025/02/01

This time I'm joined by Reynad and we discuss the design and plans for The Bazaar - upcoming deckbuilding game with autobattle elements! Bazaar website: https://playthebazaar.com/ Tempo Storm website: https://tempostorm.com/ Game Engineering Podcast Show links: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lukasz-sciga Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tExkDJcI6vvmpCguX8Ygd Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/game-engineering-podcast/id1683109481 Youtube:

02:05:10

Ryan Ike breaks down music and sound design for games!

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2025/01/25

Join Ryan Ike and me talking about music and sound design in games!Ryan was my 2024 top listened to artist on Spotify. I can't get the Where The Water Tastes Like Wine out of my head. I think it's brilliant! This discussion is both about the soundtracks in particular as well as about making music for games - Ryan explains this to me as a non-musical person. A great starter for everybody interested! Website: https://www.ryanike.com/ Where the Water Tastes Like Wine - Spotify:

03:04:29

Jonathan Blow on his programming language jai and...

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2025/01/18

Here is the discussion with Jonathan Blow. I am extremely grateful for this discussion - I am following Jonathan streams and am a fan of his work, both in terms of games and in terms of his programming language jai.Chapters: 0:00:00 - 0:01:37 Intro 0:01:37 - 0:34:38 Status update for JAI (design of macros) 0:34:38 - 1:15:01 When JAI release & info on JAI 1:15:01 - 1:40:14 Upcoming game (includes screenshare!) 1:40:14 - 2:03:23 Jon's company, Thekla 2:03:23 - 2:21:53 Game Design 2:21:53 -

02:46:59

Debuggers and programming from scratch with Ryan Fleury!

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2025/01/11

This time I'm joined by Ryan Fleury, who is working on RAD Debugger in Epic Game Tools (formerly RAD Game Tools). It's incredibly detailed, technical deep dive into the world of debuggers. On top of that Ryan drops words of wisdom about engineering in general! Worth a watch!RAD Debugger (Open Source): https://github.com/EpicGamesExt/raddebugger Ryan's blog Digital Grove: https://www.rfleury.com/about Game Engineering Podcast Show links:

01:28:41

Odin creator Ginger Bill on his programming language...

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2024/12/19

This time I'm joined by the ex-physicist, creator of Odin programming language Bill Hall AKA Ginger Bill. We discuss Odin, its history and features but also open source reality, state of software, his work at JangaFX and more! Lovely discussion, with sweet accent! Bill: https://x.com/TheGingerBill https://odin-lang.org/ New Odin Book by Karl Zylinski: https://zylinski.itch.io/odinbook Odin in Godbolt: https://godbolt.org/z/M646qdfEc Game Engineering Podcast Show links:

01:36:17

When your game engine is Adventure Game Studio |...

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2024/11/30

Hi everyone! In this episode I'm joined by James Spanos from Wormwood Studios. He is one of the most experienced Adventure Game Studio game developers alive! He programmed Primordia and Strangeland, and in this discussion, relays this experienced with acute sense of humour! Join us!See a discussion with James' colleague - Mark: • Narrative, dialog and design of Adven... WISHLIST Fallen Gods!: https://store.steampowered.com/app/16... Primordia:

01:54:03

Narrative, dialog and design of Adventure Games |...

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2024/11/23

Hi everyone! In this episode I'm joined by Mark Yohalem from Wormwood Studios. He's lawyer by day, and game writer & designer by night. He worked for multiple titles over the years, in the adventure game genre as well as RPG. We focus on his two original narratives: world-renowned Primordia and Strangeland. WISHLIST Fallen Gods!: https://store.steampowered.com/app/16... Primordia: https://store.steampowered.com/app/22... Strangeland: https://store.steampowered.com/app/13... Website:

01:16:16

Designing distilled card game experience! | the...

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2024/10/26

Sina Yeganeh, the creator of the Imposter Kings, joins me to discuss his game! I love it, it's super short rounds of strategy, chess-like thinking and tension! Check out his Kickstarter campaign for the expansion!SUPPORT THE GAME VIA KICKSTARTER!https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sinbu/the-imposter-kings-fragments-of-nersettiWebsite: https://theimposterkings.com/The Art: https://hirshon.net/ Michael HirshonDiscord: https://discord.gg/D5ghyZ9Buy the physical version:

00:58:37

How A Space for the Unbound made incredible...

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2024/09/28

This Time I'm joined by Dimas Novan Delfiano, a game director for Mojiken Studios which made A Space for the Unbound. I dive into all sides of the development of theirs game, with focus on the narrative aspects and character design. Join us!Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1201270/A_Space_for_the_Unbound/ https://mojikenstudio.com/ @MojikenStudioID https://www.togeproductions.com/ (publisher) Game Engineering Podcast Show links:

02:16:40

Casey Muratori on his work experience

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2024/09/21

I had the honor to chat with Casey Muratori - one of the most inspiring figure in the programming world. I followed Casey's work for a long time now and I've learned a lot from him. In this discussion I ask a lot about how we got where he is now - where did he learn to program, how his work looked like, how did he handle projects, when did he switch away from OOP. Casey created a lot of educational material, but one course stands out: Performance Aware Programming Series on

01:01:25

The first game to use blockchain right? | Design of...

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2024/09/14

This time I'm joined by lead game designer Hans Emil Hoppe Rauer who's working on @playprovidence at Dynasty Studios! Providence is a huge upcoming project I'm excited about! It blends exploration-based extraction shooter mechanics, with PvE and PvP multiplayer combat, with elements of survival with attempt to make emergent-gameplay-unique-events-related-items stored forever on blockchain! Hans walks me through his design philosophy and we discuss everything there is to Providence

00:48:14

How much humor is packed in a noir game Cat...

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2024/07/13

This time I'm joined by Maria Aloupi from ⁠ @beyondthosehillsgames ⁠ and we discuss their upcoming game Cat Detective. Albert Wilde: Quantum P.I. We also cover Maria's story, how she found herself in gamedev transitioning from piano (sic!). Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1810670/Albert_Wilde_Quantum_PI/ [ DEMO AVAILABLE :) ] Website: https://beyondthosehills.com/ Discord: https://beyondthosehills.com/discord X: https://x.com/beyond_hills Game Engineering Podcast: Show links:

01:26:47

Making difficulty fun in tactical shooter - Shardpunk

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2024/07/06

I'm joined by Sławek who made Shardpunk! We discuss how did he approach the design for his tactical shooter which is a blend of XCOM and Darkest Dungeon. From the design of characters, through design of enemies to design of conveying information through tutorial and Codex, we cover a lot of ground. On top we add Sławek experiences working with freelance artists: the good, the bad and the ugly!Steam Shardpunk: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1183800/Shardpunk/ Game Engineering Podcast Show

01:28:32

Principal Lighting Artist on how to make stunning...

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2024/06/29

Maria Yue, Principal Lighting Artist at Sharkmob, ex-Ubisoft, ex-Crytek, walks me through her incredible journey from photography, through fine arts degree and then breaking into gamedev industry, working on lighting. Then, Maria was kind enough to do a presentation, a live showcase of her work process of the latest piece Arpeggio! You don't want to miss it!Maria Yue: Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/xiaowantou Website: https://mariayue.com/ Instagram:

02:37:59

Why Stasis: Bone Totem will haunt you in your dreams...

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2024/06/22

This time I'm joined by two brothers, Nic and Chris who 10 years ago formed a studio Brotherhood Games , and since developed Stasis, Cayne, Beautiful Desolation and most recently Stasis: Bone Totem! They walk me through their career, and lessons learned after so many years in the industry (the average for this industry is below 10yrs :D ) and then we discuss in detail their latest masterpiece Stasis: Bone Totem. Brotherhood games website: https://thebrotherhoodgames.com/ [[ SIGN UP FOR THEIR

01:36:44

How DragonRuby empowers you to quickly make 2D games...

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2024/06/09

Hey! This time I'm joined by Amir Rajan, the creator of DragonRuby Game Toolkit! (https://dragonruby.itch.io/dragonruby-gtk) It's a solution for 2D games, that lets you iterate incredibly fast, is stripped of the editor, is very programming-oriented. It's powered underneath by SDL (and Ryan C. Gordon is involved in DragonRuby development on the SDL side of things!) probably the most popular graphics framework in gamedev industry. You're using Ruby language to code in DragonRuby (hint

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