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: 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: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss X: https://x.com/g_engineering_

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 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: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss

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: https://www.instagram.com/mariayue_light/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariayue 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: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss 0:00:00 Intro 0:02:23 Education in photography & fine arts, game credits breakthrough 0:44:51 Showcase of Maria's method 1:25:37 Outro

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 NEWSLETTER! ]] Steam: Stasis: Bone Totem: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1426010/STASIS_BONE_TOTEM/ Beautiful Desolation: https://store.steampowered.com/app/912570/BEAUTIFUL_DESOLATION/?curator_clanid=36528804 Cayne: https://store.steampowered.com/app/532840/CAYNE/?curator_clanid=36528804 Stasis: https://store.steampowered.com/app/380150/STASIS/?curator_clanid=36528804 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: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:34 Launching studio & making Stasis 0:21:58 making Cayne & reusing software 0:35:31 making Beautiful Desolation 0:45:09 Stasis: Bone Totem overview & beginnings 0:58:51 Horror & Gore of Stasis: Bone Totem 1:08:49 Character design & super-toy bear Moses 1:20:15 Creating Narrative & Story 1:32:13 Puzzles, Navigation & Steam reviews 1:56:59 Localization & how to do it properly 1:58:21 Phenomenal writing by Jack Barton Mitchell 2:09:28 Marketing horror games 2:28:10 Piracy & message to pirates 2:37:35 Goodbyes

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 is in the name!) but there are also C extensions (kudos to Alex) This discussion includes a live demo of DragonRuby and its powers! Amir Rajan: DragonRuby Game Toolkit: https://dragonruby.itch.io/dragonruby-gtk Urinal Simulator: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/urinal-simulator Commercial Game Development Article: https://www.producthunt.com/stories/7-lessons-from-7-years-of-game-development RubyConf presentation of DragonRuby if people want more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2rngApV1WU 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: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss

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 Game! https://schimgame.com/ https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/SCHiM-2557749.html https://store.steampowered.com/app/1519710/SCHiM/ https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/schim/ SCHiM social! https://discord.com/invite/c8UFXDw https://x.com/Ewoud3D https://x.com/NilsSlijkerman 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: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss

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 Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2716400/The_Rise_of_the_Golden_Idol/ Color Gray Games: https://x.com/colorgray7 https://discord.com/invite/7EPWUg73Ma 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: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss

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 tone!) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1281490/The_Night_is_Grey/ https://whalestork.com/ https://twitter.com/WhalestorkGames 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: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss

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  https://twitter.com/_grizzlygames https://discord.com/invite/KYWRumnUtW Devs: https://twitter.com/paul_schnepf  @JonasTyroller  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: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss

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: 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: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss

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: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/game-engineering-podcast/id1683109481 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9J9u3apteD0EuFjzRpt71w RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss

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: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/game-engineering-podcast/id1683109481 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9J9u3apteD0EuFjzRpt71w RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss

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: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/game-engineering-podcast/id1683109481 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9J9u3apteD0EuFjzRpt71w RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss

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: 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: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss

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: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss

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: 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: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss

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: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/game-engineering-podcast/id1683109481 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9J9u3apteD0EuFjzRpt71w RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss

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: 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: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss

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 IO in game development! Guy's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-guy-davidson/ Beautiful C++ book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beautiful-Core-Guidelines-Writing-Clean/dp/0137647840 00:00 Introduction 00:49 Guy's history in the industry 34:22 Into C++ 37:38 CPP2 AKA cppfront 48:51 How ISO C++ committee operates 1:14:47 Memory management in games 1:32:11 Disk IO in games 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: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss

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 here: https://www.croteam.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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9J9u3apteD0EuFjzRpt71w RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/dd7643a4/podcast/rss