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Wookash Podcast

Łukasz Ściga

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

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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

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:

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