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Wookash Podcast

Łukasz Ściga

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

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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

00:54:21

Designing jumps to be the entire game - Designer of...

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2024/06/01

This time I'm joined by Nils Slijkerman who is, with Ewoud van der Werf, developing a game SCHiM which releases on 18th July! It's a cute, casual and cozy game about SCHiM - a spirit who needs to reconnect with it's human. You jump around from shadow to shadow, meet other schims and all that to an incredibly pleasing music and sound. Have fun! SCHiM

01:10:02

Game design principles in the Case of the Golden Idol...

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2024/05/25

I am joined by incredibly thoughtful Andrejs who with his brother Ernests (Color Gray Games) developed The Case of the Golden Idol, critically acclaimed, BAFTA nominated (finalist) point-and-click mystery game! We discuss the design of the Golden Idol, and more broadly design of the mystery games like Obra Dinn or Outer Wilds! The Case of the Golden Idol on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677770/The_Case_of_the_Golden_Idol/ The Rise of the Golden Idol on

01:02:54

Deep, dark yet beautiful game Night is Grey -...

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2024/05/18

Night is Grey is an experience. It challenges you emotionally, it wants you to wrestle with harsh reality, and that is the one beside connecting items and using them together. I had an absolute pleasure to discuss how it was made with Andre Broa, who is leading the Whalestork Interactive and directed Night is Grey. Enjoy the episode! Night is Grey is on Steam (and has amazing demo for free, which perfectly sets the

00:52:00

Thronefall developer Paul talks about design, art &...

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2024/05/11

This time I'm joined by Paul Schnepf who's developing Thronefall - a sweet minimalistic strategy game to be playable on all platforms! Thronefall is incredibly cute and approachable, it's currently in EA, we discuss the art, rendering, the unique input controls and more stuff! Steam EA Thronefall: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ Grizzly Games: @grizzlygamesdev

01:12:49

How Terraformers were made - strategy game with...

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2024/05/04

This time I'm joined by Sebastien from Asteroid Labs and we talk about their debut strategy game Terraformers!Terraformers on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1244800/Terraformers/ Goblinz Studio Publisher: https://goblinzstudio.com/game/terraformers/ Asteroid Lab: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asteroid-lab/?originalSubdomain=ch Game Engineering Podcast Show links: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lukasz-sciga Spotify:

00:15:52

HIGHLIGHT: How Global Illumination and raytracing...

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2024/04/29

This time I'm joined by an author of Flax Engine: Wojciech Figat. He breaks down two amazing features of Flax: - Global Illumination for all Graphics Cards - How compiler-assembly-hack powers their Scripting setup Learn more about Flax: https://flaxengine.com/ Flax Source Code: https://github.com/FlaxEngine Game Engineering Podcast Show links: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lukasz-sciga Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tExkDJcI6vvmpCguX8Ygd Apple Podcasts:

00:15:02

HIGHLIGHT: How Scripting works in Flax Game Engine -...

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2024/04/28

01:21:12

How Flax Game Engine works - incredible hacks and...

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2024/04/27

01:23:03

Ali Motisi behind Full Void on how it's done in...

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2024/04/20

Ali Motisi from Out of the Bit Studio, discusses their latest game Full Void, written from scratch using their own custom game engine in C programming language!Check out Full Void on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1859580/Full_Void/ Out Of The Bit Studio Website: https://www.outofthebit.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/outofthebit Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outofthebit/ Game Engineering Podcast Show links: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lukasz-sciga Spotify:

01:06:05

Motion Capture tech with ex-Quantic Dream engineer...

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2024/04/13

Alex Serex, ex-Quantic Dream (Heavy Rain, Detroit Become Human) talks about Motion Capture Tech that was used to bring to life the iconic, realistic scenes in the studio!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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9J9u3apteD0EuFjzRpt71w RSS:

01:33:48

On programming his game Mooselutions in C++ from...

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2024/04/06

This time I'm joined by @tedbendixson who walks me through how he developed Mooselutions from scratch in C++! Also, we discuss how he switched careers from iOS to game development and we discuss the state of making games today! Episode links: Mooselutions on Steam: Ted YouTube Channel Handmade Hero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee3EtYb8d1o&t=2274s The Brandenburg Concertos (Bach): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTm2kEAfo8o&t=3873s Game Engineering Podcast Show links:

01:28:42

Give the player all the tools from the get-go! With...

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2024/03/30

Kevin Peclet discusses Helvetii and shares his brilliant takes on game design. We discuss Hollow Knight and Dark Souls and how they approach the relationship between player and the game. You can buy Kevin's game Helvetii on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1094590/Helvetii/ Game Engineering Podcast Show links: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lukasz-sciga Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tExkDJcI6vvmpCguX8Ygd Apple Podcasts:

01:22:09

Chess but, you know, fun - with Oriol Cosp on his The...

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2024/03/23

I'm joined by Oriol Cosp, creator of the chess roguelike The Ouroboros King. He has really made the chess fun. You should watch this to learn how to do this effectively (TOK was made in 12 months!).Full game & free demo here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2096510/The_Ouroboros_King/ Follow Oriol: Blog: https://oriolcosp.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/VeDmFJZrR9 Twitter: https://twitter.com/oriol_cosp Game Engineering Podcast Show links:

01:42:44

ISO C++ committee member speaks on game programming,...

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2024/03/16

I was honored to speak with Guy Davidson, a legendary figure in the world of game programming. He’s the man with over two decades of experience at Creative Assembly (Total War franchise) the ISO C++ committee voting member and the author of the "Beautiful C++" book. In our conversation, we discuss his programming journey, he shares his thoughts about C++ direction, he walks me through step by step how C++ Standards body operate, and then we discuss his approach to memory management and

01:32:56

Make it fantastical! - the man behind the Talos...

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2024/03/09

I was honored to host Tomislav who worked on my beloved Talos Principle! He walks me through all the technical details about making beautiful scenes! We discuss landscape, foliage, water shaders, light and more! He grounds this in Unreal and explains technologies like Nanite and Lumen and how they're used and what are their limitations. It was a blast! Find Talos Principle 2 on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/835960/The_Talos_Principle_2/ Look out for future developments of Croteam

01:20:28

The story of Tin Hearts making it against the odds -...

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2024/03/03

Hear this incredible story how Tin Hearts was created, from its Creative Director Kostas Zarifis!Find Tin Hearts on every platform, including VR! Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1831700/Tin_Hearts/ GOG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/tin_hearts Or find your platform here: https://wiredproductions.com/games/tin-hearts/ Follow Rogue Sun future developments: https://www.roguesun.com/ Discord: https://discord.com/invite/QXUn6MT Twitter: https://twitter.com/RogueSunGames Facebook:

01:46:00

Just add the rewind mechanic, what can go wrong? -...

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2024/03/02

Toby Groves delightfully walks me through all the programming subsystems of Tin Hearts. Want to know how implement Rewind Time mechanics? Think "just following the path" is straightforward? Listen and re-asses! :) Find Tin Hearts on every platform, including VR! Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1831700/Tin_Hearts/ GOG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/tin_hearts Or find your platform here: https://wiredproductions.com/games/tin-hearts/ Follow Rogue Sun future

00:36:11

How to start building a game engine? C++ and OpenGL...

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2024/02/25

In this episode I discuss Elypso Engine with its author: Greenlaser. We discuss C++ and OpenGL ecosystem of libraries, the likely tools you'll need when you want to create your own game engine from scratch!Follow Elypso Engine development here: https://www.youtube.com/@Greenlaser Game Engineering Podcast Show links: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lukasz-sciga Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7tExkDJcI6vvmpCguX8Ygd Apple Podcasts:

01:53:58

Why would you learn assembly? - Elias on Low Level...

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2024/01/21

I've had the pleasure to talk with Elias Farhan, a game developer and Head of Game Programming at SAE Institute in Geneva. We talk about Assembly, weird quirks of C++ and how to organize a conference! Connect & find out more about his games and his work! Elias website: https://eliasfarhan.ch Team KwaKwa website: https://team-kwakwa.com Team KwaKwa youtube channel for the RGB talks: https://www.youtube.com/@teamkwakwa954 RGB conf website: https://rgbconf.ch Current game-in-progress

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