The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook
A series of in-depth conversations between video game makers on the business and craft of interactive entertainment.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 80 minutes
- Episodes
- 220
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Generating Human Stories with RimWorld Creator, Tynan Sylvester
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Trent Kusters chats with Tynan Sylvester, creator of RimWorld and author of Designing Games: A Guide to Engineering Experiences. Together they discuss his ideas ar…
From Nintendo's Snipperclips to Crow Country with Adam & Tom Vian
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Trent Kusters chats with brothers and co-founders of SFB Games, Adam & Tom Vian. Together they discuss how they began creating games in the early days of Flash and…
Creating a Soulslike Under the Sea with Another Crab's Treasure
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Greg Rice chats with Aggro Crab developers Nick Kaman and Caelan Pollock about their recently released undersea soulslike, Another Crab's Treasure. Together they d…
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure with David Hellman, Nico Recabarren, and Nick Suttner
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Greg Rice chats with David Hellman, Nico Recabarren, and Nick Suttner of Furniture & Mattress, about their debut title as a studio, Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adven…
Little Kitty, Big City with Matt Wood & Micah Breitweiser
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Adam Orth chats with Matt Wood and Micah Breitweiser from Double Dagger Studio about their first tile as a studio, Little Kitty, Big City. Together they discuss h…
Sustainable Game Development with Xalavier Nelson Jr.
Trent Kusters chats with Xalavier Nelson Jr., the studio head, writer, and creative director of titles such as El Paso Elsewhere, Space Warlord Orgran Trading Simulator, Clickolding, and the upcoming…
Writers and Script Lock Podcast Hosts, Nick and Max Folkman
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with Max and Nick Folkman. Nick is a writer at Insomniac Games and Max a writer at Riot Games who together also host the Script Lock podcast where they chat to fellow game wri…
Creating Diverse Characters in Video Games with Jaclyn Seto and Christal Rose Hazelton
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with writers Christal Rose Hazelton and Jaclyn Seto. Together they discuss the process and nuance of creating characters; the differences between creating for tradition…
Making Animal Well as a Solo Game Developer with Billy Basso
Trent Kusters chats with Billy Basso about his solo-developed debut title, Animal Well. Together they discuss how the ideas and development of Animal Well first began; how he was able to work as a so…
Harold Halibut with Slow Bros' Onat Hekimoglu & Ole Tillmann
Trent Kusters chats with Onat Hekimoglu and Ole Tillmann from Slow Bros. Together they discuss the 14 year journey of their debut title, Harold Halibut; the history of the Slow Bros and how they went…
Episode Re-release: Hades with Supergiant Games' Amir Rao and Greg Kasavin
We're on a break from new content this week, but check out one of our past episodes with Supergiant Games' Amir Rao and Greg Kasavin!
Originally released in Dec 20, 2020, Amir and Greg sit down with …
The Story of 'Potions: A Curious Tale' with Renee Gittins
Adam Orth chats with Stumbling Cat CEO and Creative Director, Renee Gittins. Together they discuss her journey to game development from starting in biotech engineering to working in VR; how work bega…
Writing for RPGs with Narrative Designer Whitney Beltrán
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with writer and narrative designer Whitney Beltrán. Together they discuss her background in environmental law and mythological studies that led to her work writing for RPGs; w…
Game Preservation with Digital Eclipse's Mike Mika
Adam Orth chats with legendary game developer Mike Mika of Digital Eclipse. Together they discuss his long career developing titles across multiple console generations; finding his creative spark at …
From Actor to Game Developer with Abubaker Salim
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with actor turned game developer Abubakar Salim. Together they discuss his career including how he got his first gig in games with Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Origins; wanting…
Video Game and Comics Writer Evan Narcisse
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with writer Evan Narcisse. Together they discuss his work across video games and comic books; how starting as an outsourcer helped him get his start in the industry; how outso…
Making a Sci-Fi First-Person Driving Survival Game with Alex Dracott & Seth Rosen
Trent Kusters chats with Ironwood Studios' Alex Dracott and Seth Rosen about their hit sci-fi first-person driving survival game, Pacific Drive. Together they discuss their journey including their wo…
Penny's Big Breakaway with Hunter Bridges and Dave Padilla
Trent Kusters chats with Hunter Bridges and Dave Padilla from Evening Star. Together they discuss their studio's debut title, Penny's Big Breakaway. Additionally they discuss their journeys into dev…
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 on a writing team; how writers and designers c…
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, 25 years later; the ins and outs o…