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The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook
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, exploring the core tenants of... more

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Episodes

The Craft of Writing for Games with Insomniac Games Senior Narrative Director, Jon Paquette

Alexa Ray Corriea chats with Senior Narrative Director at Insomniac Games, Jon Paquette. Together they discuss the craft of writing and working together... more

06 May 2024 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
Outcast Composer Lennie Moore

Austin Wintory chats with Composer Lennie Moore. Together they discuss his work on the original Outcast and its sequel Outcast: A New Beginning which came recently,... more

29 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
Artist Niklas Åkerblad talks Ultros, Hotline Miami

Trent Kusters chats with multidisciplinary artist Niklas Åkerblad. Together they discuss his career leading up to his newest title, Ultros, including his early... more

22 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 38 minutes
Baldur's Gate 3 Actor Neil Newbon

Alexa Ray Corriea chats with Baldur's Gate 3 Actor Neil Newbon. Together they discuss his journey as an actor and the challenges he encountered... more

08 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 39 minutes
Katsuhiro Harada Discusses the Tekken Series, Live Events, and More

The audio version of this interview is entirely in Japanese. To watch the subtitled version, please visit our YouTube channel. ... more

01 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
A Decade as Miles Morales with Marvel's Spider-Man 2's Nadji Jeter

Alexa Ray Corriea chats with actor Nadji Jeter. Together they discuss his journey throughout games and traditional film and television; what it's... more

25 Mar 2024 · 54 minutes
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Director Gabe Amatangelo

Adam Orth chats with the Director of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Gabe Amatangelo. Together they discuss Gabe's journey to game development and how... more

18 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
Remaking Dead Space with Roman Campos-Oriola, Eric Baptizat, & Philippe Ducharme

Adam Orth chats with Roman Campos-Oriola, Eric Baptizat, and Philippe Ducharme from Motive Studio. Together they discuss what led to the decision to remake a beloved... more

11 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 25 minutes
Baldur's Gate 3 Actor Samantha Béart

Writer and Narrative Designer Alexa Ray Corriea chats with Actor Samantha Béart. Together they discuss the difficulty they faced attempting to enter... more

04 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 29 minutes
Navigating the Unique Challenges of Games with Composer Oleksa Lozowchuk

Austin Wintory chats with award winning composer Oleksa Lozowchuk. Together they discuss Oleksa's career across games, television, and film including writing music... more

26 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 33 minutes
Narrative Designer Meghna Jayanth talks Thirsty Suitors

Adam Orth chats with narrative designer Meghna Jayanth. Together they discuss Meghna's childhood moving around the world and how... more

12 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 35 minutes
Composer Duo Ninja Tracks talk Forza Motorsport and Music Publishing

Austin Wintory chats with the composing team collectively known as Ninja Tracks, Kaveh Cohen and Michael Nielsen. Together they... more

05 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
Creating an Aura of Spookiness in Dredge

Trent Kusters chats with Alex Ritchie and Joel Mason of Black Salt Games, developers of the indie hit, Dredge. Together they discuss their game development journeys; the... more

29 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 38 minutes
GoldenEye, Banjo-Kazooie and more with Composer Grant Kirkhope

Austin Wintory chats with legendary composer Grant Kirkhope. Together they discuss his long career composing some of the most iconic music in... more

22 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 50 minutes
Painting, Fine Art and Games with Composer Cris Velasco

Austin Wintory chats with award-winning Composer Cris Velasco. Together they discuss his long and illustrious career working on some of the biggest... more

16 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 32 minutes
Building Final Fantasy XVI and XIV with Producer Naoki Yoshida

Shuhei Yoshida chats with FINAL FANTASY XVI Producer Naoki Yoshida. Together they discuss his career and what led to him... more

11 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
Sea of Stars Director Thierry Boulanger

Trent Kusters chats with Sabotage Studio President and Creative Director, Thierry Boulanger. Together they discuss his journey into games including... more

18 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 54 minutes
Merging Audio and Gameplay in Cocoon with Jakob Schmid

Austin Wintory chats with Jakob Schmid, Co-Founder, Audio Director, and Music Director of Geometric Interactive. Together they discuss Geometric's debut... more

11 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 with Senior Creative Director Bryan Intihar

Ted Price chats with his colleague and Senior Creative Director at Insomniac Games, Bryan Intihar. Together they discuss Marvel's Spider-Man 2 including the important pillars... more

04 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
Blasphemous II with The Game Kitchen's Enrique Cabeza & David Erosa

Trent Kusters chats with Enrique Cabeza and David Erosa from The Game Kitchen. Together they discuss their hit series Blasphemous including how they designed the game around the... more

27 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 21 minutes
From Darksiders to Remnant II with David Adams & Ben Gabbard

Trent Kusters chats with Ben Gabbard & David Adams of Remnant series developer Gunfire Games. Together they discuss their careers including their early work at Vigil Games on... more

20 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 35 minutes
Super Evil Megacorp's Kristian Segerstrale

Adam Orth chats with CEO of Super Evil Megacorp, Kristian Segerstrale. Together they discuss Kristian's career and how he found himself on the... more

13 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
Double Fine's Kevin Johnson Shares His Game Dev Journey

Chris Charla chats with Director of Development for Double Fine Productions, Kevin Johnson. Together they discuss his intriguing journey within and outside of... more

06 Nov 2023 · 56 minutes
Creative Director Sam Lake Talks Alan Wake 2 and Live Action Film in Games

Ted Price chats with Sam Lake, the Creative Director behind Remedy's recent release, Alan Wake II. Together they discuss crafting the world of the Alan... more

30 Oct 2023 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
Naughty Dog's Arne Meyer Talks Community and Game Dev Culture

Chris Charla chats with Naughty Dog's Head of Culture and Communications, Arne Meyer. Together they discuss his early life playing games and getting his... more

23 Oct 2023 · 58 minutes
Creating Galactic Ripple Effects in EVE Online with CCP's Hilmar Veigar Pétursson

Ted Price chats with Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO of CCP Games the makers of Eve Online. Together they reflect on 20 years of Eve Online;... more

17 Oct 2023 · 58 minutes
Judas, Writing and Narrative in Games with Bioshock Creator Ken Levine

Adam Orth chats with Ken Levine, the legendary creator behind the Bioshock series and the upcoming Judas. Together they discuss Ken's journey into game writing;... more

09 Oct 2023 · 1 hour, 32 minutes
Starfield with Bethesda's Todd Howard

Ted Price chats with Todd Howard about Bethesda's much anticipated spacefaring RPG, Starfield. Together they discuss the early ideas that led... more

25 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Exploring Humanity with Enhance's Mark MacDonald

Adam Orth chats with SVP of Production at Enhance, Mark MacDonald. Together they discuss Enhance's recently released game Humanity, including the origin of the... more

18 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 25 minutes
Creating Complex Conversation Systems in Oxenfree II: Lost Signals

Strange Scaffold's Xalavier Nelson Jr. chats with Adam Hines & Sean Krankel from Night School Studio. Together they discuss releasing their latest game, Oxenfree II: Lost Signals; how... more

11 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
Making Dave the Diver Endearing with Jaeho Hwang and Nolan King

Adam Orth chats with Jaeho Hwang and Nolan King from MINTROCKET Games, the studio behind the hit sushi restaurant/deep sea exploration RPG, Dave the Diver. Together they... more

04 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 27 minutes
Final Fantasy XVI Actor Ben Starr

Austin Wintory chats with actor Ben Starr, who played the lead role of Clive Rosfield in the latest entry to the Final... more

28 Aug 2023 · 1 hour, 35 minutes
BattleBit Remastered with Max "Larry" Fink

Adam Orth chats with Max "Larry" Fink, one of the 3 developers behind the smash hit online shooter, BattleBit Remastered. Together they discuss... more

21 Aug 2023 · 1 hour, 39 minutes
Actor Laura Bailey Talks About Her Career and Stray Gods

Austin Wintory chats with actor Laura Bailey about her iconic work in games and animation. Together they discuss her early career and catching... more

14 Aug 2023 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
Re-release: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Creative Director, Marcus Smith

We're back with one of our past episodes with Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Creative Director, Marcus Smith!  Ted Price... more

31 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
Re-release: Marvel’s Spider-Man Creative Director, Bryan Intihar

We're on a break from new content this week, but check out one of our past episodes with Bryan Intihar,... more

24 Jul 2023 · 47 minutes
Creating More Star Wars Music than John Williams with Composer Gordy Haab

Austin Wintory chats with longtime Star Wars franchise composer Gordy Haab. Together they discuss how Gordy found himself scoring more music for the space... more

17 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 55 minutes
Creating a Rhythm-Action Game with Hi-Fi Rush Director John Johanas

Digital Eclipse LA's Adam Orth chats with John Johanas, the Game Director for the recently released rhythm-action game, Hi-Fi Rush. Together they discuss John's... more

03 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 42 minutes
From Metal Gear to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor with Composer Stephen Barton

Austin Wintory chats with Composer Stephen Barton. Together they discuss his career inside and outside of games including his early... more

26 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 53 minutes
Sarah and Colin Northway Discuss I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

Trent Kusters chats with Sarah Northway and Colin Northway from Northway Games. Together they discuss both of their early careers and the path they eventually... more

19 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
Diablo IV Game Director Joe Shely

Ted Price chats with Diablo IV Game Director, Joe Shely. Together they discuss the challenge of... more

12 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
Creating the "Gamiest Game" in Neon White with Ben Esposito

Trent Kusters chats with Ben Esposito, Game Director behind the Annapurna Interactive published Neon White. Together they discuss what sparked his... more

05 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 40 minutes
From Blizzard to Vox Machina with Composer Neal Acree

Austin Wintory chats with award-winning composer Neal Acree, who has created music for several of Blizzard's most well known... more

29 May 2023 · 1 hour, 34 minutes
Procedural Music Composition with Composer Chance Thomas

Austin Wintory chats with veteran composer Chance Thomas. Together they discuss his 20+ year career across video games, television,... more

22 May 2023 · 1 hour, 25 minutes
Shiny Shoe's Mark Cooke talks Monster Train and Inkbound

Trent Kusters chats with Shiny Shoe Co-Founder and CEO Mark Cooke. Together they discuss his journey in game development starting off as an intern... more

08 May 2023 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
The Last Spell with Ishtar Games' Benjamin Coquelle and Bruno Laverny

Trent Kusters chats with Benjamin Coquelle (Project Manager and Game Designer) and Bruno Laverny (Marketing Director) from Ishtar Games.... more

24 Apr 2023 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
Real World Inspirations in Tchia with Awaceb's Phil Crifo

Trent Kusters chats with Phil Crifo, the Creative Director behind the recently released tropical open-world adventure game, Tchia. Together they... more

17 Apr 2023 · 1 hour, 34 minutes
The History of Dwarf Fortress with Zach and Tarn Adams - Part 2

Trent Kusters chats with Tarn Adams and Zach Adams, brothers who together created Dwarf Fortress. This is part 2... more

03 Apr 2023 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
The History of Dwarf Fortress with Zach and Tarn Adams - Part 1

Trent Kusters chats with Tarn Adams and Zach Adams, brothers who together created Dwarf Fortress. This is part 1... more

27 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
Music, Actors, and the Sound of Rats in A Plague Tale: Requiem

Austin Wintory chats with Aurélien Piters (Audio Director) and Maxime Touchon (Sound Designer). Together they discuss developing the audio design... more

20 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Korean Game Development with Pearl Abyss America CEO, Jeonghee "JJ" Jin

Min Kim from Bonfire Studios chats with Jeonghee "JJ" Jin, the CEO of Pearl Abyss America. Together they discuss... more

13 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök Composer Stephanie Economou

Austin Wintory chats with composer Stephanie Economou, who recently won the first ever Grammy for video game music... more

06 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 24 minutes
Directing God of War Ragnarök with Eric Williams of Santa Monica Studio

God of War Ragnarök and many other great titles from 2022 are nominated at the 26th Annual #DICEAwards! Tune... more

20 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 22 minutes
Opus and Taiwanese Game Development with Sigono's Scott Chen

Trent Kusters chats with Scott Chen of the Taiwanese independent studio Sigono. Together they discuss the early influences that led... more

06 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
IMMORTALITY Composer Nainita Desai

Austin Wintory chats with composer and Emmy winner Nainita Desai. Together they discuss her early life in music and musical heroes;... more

30 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
A NieR Retrospective with YOKO TARO, Yosuke Saito, and Keiichi Okabe

The audio version of this interview is entirely in Japanese. To watch the subtitled version, please visit our Youtube channel. Shuhei... more

23 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
From Hearthstone to MARVEL SNAP with Second Dinner's Ben Brode

Trent Kusters chats with Ben Brode, Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer at Second Dinner whose debut title MARVEL SNAP has... more

16 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
"Development Under Siege" with tinyBuild's Alex Nichiporchik

Trent Kusters and tinyBuild CEO Alex Nichiporchik revisit Alex's presentation from D.I.C.E. Barcelona 2022 where he discussed "Development Under Siege," the... more

19 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 39 minutes
Pitching a 16th-Century Murder Mystery Game with Obsidian's Josh Sawyer

Trent Kusters chats with Josh Sawyer, the Game Director behind Obsidian Entertainment's Pentiment. Together they discuss his long career in... more

12 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 53 minutes
Creating Escape Room Video Games with Wyatt Bushnell and Mike Salyh

Trent Kusters chats with Mike Salyh and Wyatt Bushnell, Co-Founders of Coin Crew Games. Together they discuss their debut title,... more

05 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
Horizon Forbidden West and Gotham Knights Composer Duo, The Flight

Austin Wintory chats with the composer duo collectively known as The Flight, Joe Henson and Alexis Smith. Together they discuss... more

21 Nov 2022 · 1 hour, 27 minutes
Creating Cult of the Lamb with Julian Wilton

Trent Kusters chats with Massive Monster's Julian Wilton. Together they discuss developing the smash indie hit Cult of the Lamb;... more

07 Nov 2022 · 1 hour,
Return to Monkey Island with Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman

Austin Wintory chats with 2 of the creators behind the Monkey Island series, Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman on their... more

31 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 29 minutes
PlayStation London Studio with Tara Saunders and Stuart Whyte

Ted Price chats with PlayStation London Studio Co-Studio Heads, Tara Saunders and Stuart Whyte. Together they discuss studio culture including... more

27 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
From Silent Hill to Immortality with Sam Barlow

Trent Kusters chats with Game Director at Half Mermaid, Sam Barlow. Together they discuss how his career began; his early... more

24 Oct 2022 · 2 hours, 31 minutes
Re-release: ID@Xbox Director, Chris Charla

We're on a break from new content this week, but check out one of our past episodes with recent GMN... more

11 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 21 minutes
Co-Running a Game Studio with Iron Galaxy's Adam Boyes and Chelsea Blasko

Chris Charla chats with Chelsea Blasko and Adam Boyes while at D.I.C.E. Barcelona. Fresh off their discussion on the D.I.C.E.... more

03 Oct 2022 · 58 minutes
The History of Housemarque with Co-founder Ilari Kuittinen

Ted Price chats with Ilari Kuittinen, Studio Head & Co-founder of Housemarque. Together they discuss the ups and downs of Housmarque's... more

26 Sep 2022 · 1 hour, 22 minutes
Arcane with Alex Yee and Christian Linke

Ted Price chats with Christian Linke and Alex Yee, two of the creative leads and executive producers of the Emmy award... more

19 Sep 2022 · 1 hour, 24 minutes
Weird West with Raphaël Colantonio

Trent Kusters chats with Raphaël Colantonio, the President and Creative Director of WolfEye Studios, who recently developed Weird West. Previously, Raphaël was... more

29 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
Horizon: Forbidden West with Guerrilla's Mathijs de Jonge

Ted Price chats with Guerrilla's Mathijs de Jonge. Mathijs is the Game Director for both the Horizon series and Killzone... more

22 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Moss Book II with Polyarc's Chris Alderson and Josh Stiksma

Trent Kusters chats with Polyarc's Chris Alderson (Art Director, Co-Founder) and Josh Stiksma (Design Director). Together they discuss founding Polyarc... more

08 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 26 minutes
Halo Infinite with Joseph Staten

Ted Price chats with Joseph Staten, the Head of Creative at 343 Industries and Halo Infinite. Joseph has been a... more

01 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
Deathloop Composer Tom Salta

Austin Wintory chats with Composer Tom Salta. Together they discuss his career journey before games working in various aspects of the music... more

25 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 37 minutes
The Artful Escape with Johnny Galvatron

Trent Kusters chats with Johnny Galvatron, the Creative Director behind the BAFTA award winning game, The Artful Escape. Together they... more

18 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 21 minutes
New World Game Director, Scot Lane

Ted Price chats with New World Game Director, Scot Lane. Together they discuss how he and Amazon Games designed the... more

05 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
Sable with Gregorios Kythreotis and Martin Kvale

Trent Kusters chats with Gregorios Kythreotis (Creative Director, Shedworks) and Martin Kvale (Sound Designer) about their 2021 game collaboration, Sable.... more

27 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
Exploring the Destiny Universe with Bungie's Luke Smith

Ted Price chats with Bungie's Luke Smith. Together they discuss the Destiny Universe; designing repeatable gameplay for live services; balancing... more

13 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
Exploring Tunic with Andrew Shouldice

Chris Charla chats with Andrew Shouldice, the game developer and designer behind Tunic. Together they discuss his journey into game... more

06 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Writer and Content Creator, Alanah Pearce

Xalavier Nelson Jr. chats with writer and content creator Alanah Pearce. Together they discuss how her love of writing and... more

30 May 2022 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
Rainbow Billy with Christopher Chancey

Trent Kusters chats with ManaVoid Entertainment's Christopher Chancey. Together they discuss designing an RPG without traditional combat in Rainbow Billy:... more

23 May 2022 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Before Your Eyes with Oliver Lewin and Graham Parkes

Corey May speaks with the Oliver Lewin and Graham Parkes, two of the developers behind Before Your Eyes. Together they... more

16 May 2022 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
Unpacking Composer and Sound Designer, Jeff van Dyck

Austin Wintory chats with Jeff van Dyck, the composer and sound designer behind 2021's indie hit, Unpacking. Together they discuss... more

09 May 2022 · 1 hour, 37 minutes
Guild Wars 2 Composer, Maclaine Diemer

Austin Wintory chats with Maclaine Diemer, one of the composers behind ArenaNet's long-running MMO, Guild Wars. Together they discuss his... more

02 May 2022 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Unpacking with Wren Brier and Tim Dawson

Trent Kusters (Co-Founder and Studio Director of League of Geeks) chats with Wren Brier and Tim Dawson, two of the... more

25 Apr 2022 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
Resident Evil Village Actor, Maggie Robertson

At the 2022 D.I.C.E. Summit, Austin Wintory chats with actor Maggie Robertson. Together they discuss her journey into acting and... more

18 Apr 2022 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
It Takes Two Lead Sound Designer, Philip Eriksson

At the 2022 D.I.C.E. Summit, Austin Wintory chats with Philp Eriksson, Lead Sound Designer at Hazelight. Together they discuss his... more

11 Apr 2022 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
Shannon Loftis of World's Edge Studio, Microsoft

Ted Price chats with Shannon Loftis, the retiring VP of Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios and Studio Head of World's Edge... more

04 Apr 2022 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
Darkest Dungeon with Tyler Sigman

Robin Hunicke chats with Tyler Sigman, Co-Founder of Red Hook Studios. Together they discuss his journey into board games and... more

14 Mar 2022 · 1 hour, 48 minutes
DEATHLOOP Director, Dinga Bakaba

Ted Price chats with Dinga Bakaba, the director behind the critically acclaimed Deathloop. Dinga shares his unique journey into game... more

14 Feb 2022 · 1 hour, 54 minutes
The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook
Shannon Loftis of World's Edge Studio, Microsoft
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Ted Price chats with Shannon Loftis, the retiring VP of Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios and Studio Head of World's Edge Studio. Together... more