The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook
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The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook
A series of in-depth conversations between video game makers on the business and craft of interactive entertainment.
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Escape From Tarkov and the Creation of Extraction Shooters with Nikita Buyanov
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Creating a Modern but Retro Immersive Sim in Skin Deep
Trent Kusters chats with Brendon Chung, Tynan Wales, and Suzanne Will about their immersive first-person shooter, Skin Deep. Together they discuss the...
The Many Roles of Actor Alex Jordan on The Alters
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with actor Alex Jordan who most recently starred in the sci-fi survival game, The Alters. Together they discuss his journey as...
Creating the Music for Doom: The Dark Ages with Composer Duo, Finishing Move
Austin Wintory chats with Brian Trifon and Brian Lee White from the award winning music composition and sound design team, Finishing Move Inc. Togeth...
How Ray Chase went from Actor to Game Developer with Date Everything
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with actor Ray Chase about his first project as a game developer, Date Everything. Together they discuss his memorable work as...
How Moonhood Handcrafted The Midnight Walk with Real Claymation
Trent Kusters chats Klaus Lyngeled and Olov Redmalm from Moonhood, who recently released the handcrafted cozy horror game, The Midnight Walk. Together...
How Two Studios Brought LEGO Horizon Adventures to Life
Trent Kusters chats with Stéphane Varrault from Guerrilla Games and Xu Xiaojun from Studio Gobo about their collaborative work on LEGO® Horizon Advent...
Uncovering the Secrets Behind Bionic Bay with Creator Juhana Myllys
Adam Orth chats with Juhana Myllys, creator of physics based platformer Bionic Bay. Together they discuss how he identifies great ideas and where he f...
Creating the Music for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with Composer Lorien Testard
Austin Wintory chats with Lorien Testard, the composer for Sandfall Interactive's debut hit RPG, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Together they discuss hi...
Exploring Wartales with Shiro Games' CEO Nicolas Cannasse
Trent Kusters chats with CEO and Co-Founder of Shiro Games, Nicolas Cannasse. Together they discuss his career in games including co-founding two succ...
XCOM Creator Julian Gollop Shares Game Design Tips, Dev Stories and More
Trent Kusters chats with Julian Gollop, founder and game designer at Snapshot Games. Together they discuss his legendary journey designing games from...
How Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Epic Story was Crafted with Jennifer Svedberg-Yen
*This episode contains heavy spoilers for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with Jennifer Svedberg-Yen, the lead writer on San...
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II with Lead Designer Prokop Jirsa
Trent Kusters chats with Prokop Jirsa, Lead Designer on Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, the hit historical RPG by Warhorse Studios. Together they discus...
Writing the Mythos of South of Midnight with Zaire Lanier and Dani Dee
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with writers Dani Dee and Zaire Lanier about their work on Compulsion Games latest action-adventure, South of Midnight. Togeth...
Expedition 33 with Maelle Actor Jennifer English
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with actor Jennifer English, best known for her iconic roles in games like Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate III, and Sandfall Interac...
Navigating the Shifting Corridors of BLUE PRINCE with Creator Tonda Ros
Trent Kusters chats with Tonda Ros, the creator of the mind bending puzzle roguelike, Blue Prince. Together they discuss his prior career navigating t...
How 3 Brothers Started a Game Studio - Butterscotch Shenanigans
Trent Kusters chats with brothers Adam and Seth Coster of indie studio, Butterscotch Shenanigans, who recently released Crashlands 2, the sequel to th...
Avowed Game Director Carrie Patel talks World Building and Narrative Design
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with Carrie Patel, the Game Director on Obsidian Entertainment's Avowed. Together they discuss how the team worked within the ...
From Dragon Age to Eternal Strands with Mike Laidlaw
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with Mike Laidlaw, Chief Creative Officer at Yellow Brick Games. Together they discuss his career developing role-playing game...
Creating the Super Earth of Helldivers 2 with Arrowhead's Johan Pilestedt
Trent Kusters chats with Johan Pilestedt, the Game Director on Arrowhead Game Studios' smash-hit, HELLDIVERS™ 2. Together they discuss his path in gam...
Becoming Indiana Jones with Troy Baker
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with actor Troy Baker. Together they discuss his award winning performance as Indiana Jones in MachineGames's Indiana Jones an...
Magic, Kevlar, and Conspiracies with Tactical Breach Wizards Dev Tom Francis
Trent Kusters chats with game designer Tom Francis of Suspicious Developments, developers of hit indie tactical strategy games like Gunpoint, Heat Sig...
From Theater to Video Games with 1000xRESIST Actor, Nhi Do
Alexa Ray Correia chats with actor Nhi Do, who starred in Sunset Visitor's debut narrative adventure, 1000xRESIST. Together they discuss her backgroun...
Mysteries of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle with MachineGames
Adam Orth chats with MachineGames' Jens Andersson and Axel Torvenius about their critically acclaimed title, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Toget...
Becoming Yuffie in FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH with Actor Suzie Yeung
Alexa Ray Correia chats with actor Suzie Yeung. Together they discuss how she got her start acting in games; her performance as Yuffie Kisaragi in the...
Founder Ted Price Reflects on 30 Years of Insomniac Games and Retirement
Trent Kusters chats with Insomniac Games' Ted Price. Ted recently announced his retirement from the games industry and received the 2025 AIAS Hall of...
[Sponsored] Chat with Xsolla's Berkley Egenes
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Astro Bot Director Nicolas Doucet
Shuhei Yoshida chats with Team ASOBI Studio Director Nicolas Doucet. Together they discuss his journey in game development from his early days in QA t...
Writing the Haunting Narrative of INDIKA with Dmitry Svetlow
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with Odd Meter Studio Director, Dmitry Svetlow. Together they discuss the development of INDIKA including the origins and insp...
Tetris Creator, Alexey Pajitnov
Adam Orth chats with Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov. Together they discuss his early life with computing and how he first created Tetris; his ideas be...
17 Year Development Journey with Caves of Qud
Trent Kusters chats with Freehold Games' Brian Bucklew and Jason Grinbalt about their a science fantasy roguelike, Caves of Qud. Together they discuss...
Creating the Sound and Music for Eternal Strands with Audio Director, Aldo Sampaio
Austin Wintory chats with Audio Director Aldo Sampaio, with whom he recently collaborated together with on the newly released Eternal Strands. They di...
Writing Comedy in Games with Thank Goodness You're Here
Greg Rice chats with James Carbutt and Will Todd from Coal Supper. Together they discuss growing up in Yorkshire in Northern England, how they first g...
Balancing Procedural and Intimate Storytelling in Wildermyth
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with Anne, Douglas, and Nate Austin from Worldwalker Games, developers of Wildermyth. Together they discuss how they started c...
The Real Life and Theater Inspirations of 1000xRESIST
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with Remy Siu and Pinki Li from Sunset Visitor to talk about their D.I.C.E. Award nominated game, 1000xRESIST. Together they d...
Writing for Call of Duty with Ashley Poprik and Chris Holzworth
Alexa Ray Corriea chats with writers Ashley Poprik and Chris Holzworth. Together they discuss how they each started their careers and the titles they'...
The Haunting Audio of Hellblade with Ninja Theory's David Garcia
Austin Wintory chats with David Garcia, Audio Director at Ninja Theory. Together they discuss his life growing up in Spain and studying music; his lif...
Digital Extreme's Rebecca Ford Talks 10 Years of Warframe
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Adam Orth chats with Rebecca Ford, Creative Director at Digital Extremes. Together they discuss how she got...
Indie Publishing and Southeast Asian Game Dev with Ysbryd Games' Brian Kwek
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Jun Shen Chia chats with Brian Kwek, founder and owner of boutique indie publisher Ysbryd Games. Together t...
Frostpunk and This War of Mine Composer Piotr Musial
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Austin Wintory chats with composer Piotr Musial. Together they discuss his career including his multiple col...