The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook

By Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

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 May 22, 2019

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 Apr 13, 2019
A game Dev interviewing game Devs about making games. He asks good question and gets guests to tell us in detail how their game was made. Even when interviewing people from his own studio he still begins with asking all the basic questions.

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A series of in-depth conversations between video game makers on the business and craft of interactive entertainment, exploring the core tenants of D.I.C.E. (Design. Innovate. Communicate. Entertain.)

Episode Date
Baldur's Gate 3 Actor Neil Newbon
Apr 08, 2024
Katsuhiro Harada Discusses the Tekken Series, Live Events, and More
Apr 01, 2024
A Decade as Miles Morales with Marvel's Spider-Man 2's Nadji Jeter
Mar 25, 2024
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Director Gabe Amatangelo
Mar 18, 2024
Remaking Dead Space with Roman Campos-Oriola, Eric Baptizat, & Philippe Ducharme
Mar 11, 2024
Baldur's Gate 3 Actor Samantha Béart
Mar 04, 2024
Navigating the Unique Challenges of Games with Composer Oleksa Lozowchuk
Feb 26, 2024
Narrative Designer Meghna Jayanth talks Thirsty Suitors
Feb 12, 2024
Composer Duo Ninja Tracks talk Forza Motorsport and Music Publishing
Feb 05, 2024
Creating an Aura of Spookiness in Dredge
Jan 29, 2024
GoldenEye, Banjo-Kazooie and more with Composer Grant Kirkhope
Jan 22, 2024
Painting, Fine Art and Games with Composer Cris Velasco
Jan 16, 2024
Building Final Fantasy XVI and XIV with Producer Naoki Yoshida
Jan 11, 2024
Sea of Stars Director Thierry Boulanger
Dec 18, 2023
Merging Audio and Gameplay in Cocoon with Jakob Schmid
Dec 11, 2023
Senior Creative Director Bryan Intihar Talks Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Dec 04, 2023
Blasphemous II with The Game Kitchen's Enrique Cabeza & David Erosa
Nov 27, 2023
From Darksiders to Remnant II with David Adams & Ben Gabbard
Nov 20, 2023
Super Evil Megacorp's Kristian Segerstrale
Nov 13, 2023
Double Fine's Kevin Johnson Shares His Game Dev Journey
Nov 06, 2023
Creative Director Sam Lake Talks Alan Wake 2 and Live Action Film in Games
Oct 30, 2023
Naughty Dog's Arne Meyer Talks Community and Game Dev Culture
Oct 23, 2023
Creating Galactic Ripple Effects in EVE Online with CCP's Hilmar Veigar Pétursson
Oct 17, 2023
Judas, Writing and Narrative in Games with Bioshock Creator Ken Levine
Oct 09, 2023
Starfield with Bethesda's Todd Howard
Sep 25, 2023
Exploring Humanity with Enhance's Mark MacDonald
Sep 18, 2023
Creating Complex Conversation Systems in Oxenfree II: Lost Signals
Sep 11, 2023
Making Dave the Diver Endearing with Jaeho Hwang and Nolan King
Sep 04, 2023
Final Fantasy XVI Actor Ben Starr
Aug 28, 2023
BattleBit Remastered with Max "Larry" Fink
Aug 21, 2023
Actor Laura Bailey Talks About Her Career and Stray Gods
Aug 14, 2023
Re-release: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Creative Director, Marcus Smith
Jul 31, 2023
Re-release: Marvel’s Spider-Man Creative Director, Bryan Intihar
Jul 24, 2023
Creating More Star Wars Music than John Williams with Composer Gordy Haab
Jul 17, 2023
Creating a Rhythm-Action Game with Hi-Fi Rush Director John Johanas
Jul 03, 2023
From Metal Gear to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor with Composer Stephen Barton
Jun 26, 2023
Sarah and Colin Northway Discuss I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Jun 19, 2023
Diablo IV Game Director Joe Shely
Jun 12, 2023
Creating the "Gamiest Game" in Neon White with Ben Esposito
Jun 05, 2023
From Blizzard to Vox Machina with Composer Neal Acree
May 29, 2023
Procedural Music Composition with Composer Chance Thomas
May 22, 2023
Shiny Shoe's Mark Cooke talks Monster Train and Inkbound
May 08, 2023
The Last Spell with Ishtar Games' Benjamin Coquelle and Bruno Laverny
Apr 24, 2023
Real World Inspirations in Tchia with Awaceb's Phil Crifo
Apr 17, 2023
The History of Dwarf Fortress with Zach and Tarn Adams - Part 2
Apr 03, 2023
The History of Dwarf Fortress with Zach and Tarn Adams - Part 1
Mar 27, 2023
Music, Actors, and the Sound of Rats in A Plague Tale: Requiem
Mar 20, 2023
Korean Game Development with Pearl Abyss America CEO, Jeonghee "JJ" Jin
Mar 13, 2023
Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök Composer Stephanie Economou
Mar 06, 2023
Directing God of War Ragnarök with Eric Williams of Santa Monica Studio
Feb 20, 2023
Opus and Taiwanese Game Development with Sigono's Scott Chen
Feb 06, 2023
IMMORTALITY Composer Nainita Desai
Jan 30, 2023
A NieR Retrospective with YOKO TARO, Yosuke Saito, and Keiichi Okabe
Jan 23, 2023
From Hearthstone to MARVEL SNAP with Second Dinner's Ben Brode
Jan 16, 2023
"Development Under Siege" with tinyBuild's Alex Nichiporchik
Dec 19, 2022
Pitching a 16th-Century Murder Mystery Game with Obsidian's Josh Sawyer
Dec 12, 2022
Creating Escape Room Video Games with Wyatt Bushnell and Mike Salyh
Dec 05, 2022
Horizon Forbidden West and Gotham Knights Composer Duo, The Flight
Nov 21, 2022
Creating Cult of the Lamb with Julian Wilton
Nov 07, 2022
Return to Monkey Island with Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman
Oct 31, 2022
PlayStation London Studio with Tara Saunders and Stuart Whyte
Oct 27, 2022
From Silent Hill to Immortality with Sam Barlow
Oct 24, 2022
Re-release: ID@Xbox Director, Chris Charla
Oct 11, 2022
Co-Running a Game Studio with Iron Galaxy's Adam Boyes and Chelsea Blasko
Oct 03, 2022
The History of Housemarque with Co-founder Ilari Kuittinen
Sep 26, 2022
Arcane with Alex Yee and Christian Linke
Sep 19, 2022
Weird West with Raphaël Colantonio
Aug 29, 2022
Horizon: Forbidden West with Guerrilla's Mathijs de Jonge
Aug 22, 2022
Moss Book II with Polyarc's Chris Alderson and Josh Stiksma
Aug 08, 2022
Halo Infinite with Joseph Staten
Aug 01, 2022
Deathloop Composer Tom Salta
Jul 25, 2022
The Artful Escape with Johnny Galvatron
Jul 18, 2022
New World Game Director, Scot Lane
Jul 05, 2022
Sable with Gregorios Kythreotis and Martin Kvale
Jun 27, 2022
Exploring the Destiny Universe with Bungie's Luke Smith
Jun 13, 2022
Exploring Tunic with Andrew Shouldice
Jun 06, 2022
Writer and Content Creator, Alanah Pearce
May 30, 2022
Rainbow Billy with Christopher Chancey
May 23, 2022
Before Your Eyes with Oliver Lewin and Graham Parkes
May 16, 2022
Unpacking Composer and Sound Designer, Jeff van Dyck
May 09, 2022
Guild Wars 2 Composer, Maclaine Diemer
May 02, 2022
Unpacking with Wren Brier and Tim Dawson
Apr 25, 2022
Resident Evil Village Actor, Maggie Robertson
Apr 18, 2022
It Takes Two Lead Sound Designer, Philip Eriksson
Apr 11, 2022
Shannon Loftis of World's Edge Studio, Microsoft
Apr 04, 2022
Darkest Dungeon with Tyler Sigman
Mar 14, 2022
DEATHLOOP Director, Dinga Bakaba
Feb 14, 2022
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy with Jean-François Dugas and Mary DeMarle
Jan 25, 2022
Unsighted with Tiani Pixel & Fernanda Dias
Dec 19, 2021
Buzz Burrowes, Audio System Architect at Epic Games
Dec 13, 2021
Double Fine Art Director, Lisette Titre-Montgomery
Dec 06, 2021
Back 4 Blood Composer, Martin Stig Andersen
Nov 22, 2021
Kena: Bridge of Spirits with Mike and Josh Grier
Nov 08, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
Nov 05, 2021
24th #DICEAwards Roundtable: Fighting Game of the Year
Nov 04, 2021
Far Cry 6 Audio Director, Eduardo Vaisman
Nov 01, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
Oct 29, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Racing Game of the Year
Oct 28, 2021
Psychonauts 2 Composer, Peter McConnell
Oct 18, 2021
Twelve Minutes with Luis Antonio
Oct 04, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game
Oct 03, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Online Game of the Year
Oct 02, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Character
Oct 01, 2021
Adam Volker and Bohdon Sayre of Flight School Studio
Sep 27, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Sports Game of the Year
Sep 26, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Immersive Reality Game of the Year
Sep 25, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Sep 24, 2021
Peanut Button's Asaf and Eyal Geva
Sep 20, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Immersive Reality Technical Achievement
Sep 19, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Family Game of the Year
Sep 18, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design
Sep 17, 2021
The Ascent with Neon Giant's Arcade Berg & Tor Frick
Sep 13, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
Sep 12, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Sep 11, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Technical Achievement
Sep 10, 2021
Sr. Director of Sound at PlayStation Studios, Phillip Kovats
Sep 06, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Mobile Game of the Year
Sep 05, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Action Game of the Year
Sep 05, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Story
Sep 02, 2021
Velan Studios Founders, Guha and Karthik Bala
Aug 30, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Adventure Game of the Year
Aug 29, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Aug 28, 2021
24th D.I.C.E. Awards Roundtable: Role-Playing Game of the Year
Aug 27, 2021
Elder Scrolls Online Director, Matt Firor
Aug 23, 2021
Composer, Singer, Songwriter, Mark Mothersbaugh
Aug 16, 2021
Arkane Studios Director, Harvey Smith
Aug 09, 2021
Insomniac Games Founder, Ted Price
Aug 02, 2021
Blizzard Entertainment President, J. Allen Brack
Jul 18, 2021
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Creative Director, Marcus Smith
Jul 12, 2021
Returnal with Harry Krueger
Jul 06, 2021
Resident Evil Village Composer, Brian D'Oliveira
Jun 28, 2021
It Takes Two with Josef Fares, Hazelight Studios
Jun 21, 2021
Funomena Producer, Arshea Bimal
Jun 14, 2021
Celeste Composer, Lena Raine
Jun 07, 2021
Thomas Mahler & Gennadiy Korol of Moon Studios
May 31, 2021
Chelsea Blasko of Iron Galaxy Studios
May 25, 2021
Quantic Dream Founder & Director, David Cage
May 17, 2021
Braid and The Witness Creator, Jonathan Blow
May 09, 2021
Dr. Mitu Khandaker of Glow Up Games
May 03, 2021
Oddworld with Lorne Lanning
Apr 28, 2021
Stray Bombay Co-Founder, Kimberly Voll
Apr 19, 2021
Naughty Dog Co-President, Evan Wells
Apr 12, 2021
Randy Pitchford of Gearbox Entertainment
Apr 05, 2021
Portal & Half-Life: Alyx Writer, Erik Wolpaw
Mar 29, 2021
Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator, Jörg Neumann
Mar 15, 2021
Assassin's Creed Composer, Jesper Kyd
Mar 01, 2021
ABZÛ and The Pathless with Giant Squid's Matt Nava
Feb 15, 2021
Watch Dogs: Legion with Ubisoft's Clint Hocking
Jan 29, 2021
Spelunky's Derek Yu
Jan 25, 2021
Game Developer and Educator, Jesse Schell
Jan 18, 2021
Call of Duty and Mass Effect Composer, Jack Wall
Jan 11, 2021
Bugsnax with Philip Tibitoski
Jan 04, 2021
Hades with Supergiant Games' Amir Rao and Greg Kasavin
Dec 21, 2020
Cyberpunk 2077 Composer, Marcin Przybyłowicz
Dec 14, 2020
Narrative Director Xalavier Nelson Jr.
Dec 07, 2020
Baldur's Gate 3 Composer, Borislav Slavov
Nov 30, 2020
Nour with Terrifying Jellyfish's TJ Hughes
Nov 23, 2020
Fall Guys with Mediatonic's Joe Walsh & Joel Herber
Nov 09, 2020
Dealing with Death in Spiritfarer - Nicolas Guérin & William Dubé of Thunder Lotus Games
Oct 26, 2020
The Last of Us Series Composer, Gustavo Santaolalla
Oct 12, 2020
Apex Legends Development Director, Tim Lewinson
Sep 28, 2020
Ghost of Tsushima with Brian Fleming
Sep 14, 2020
Game Developer Ben Wilson
Sep 08, 2020
Ghost of Tsushima Composer, Ilan Eshkeri
Aug 24, 2020
Writer and Narrative Designer, Kim Belair
Aug 10, 2020
Untitled Goose Game with Nico Disseldorp and Jake Strasser
Jul 27, 2020
DOOM Eternal with id Software's Hugo Martin and Marty Stratton
Jul 13, 2020
Star Wars: The Old Republic Composer, Jesse Harlin
Jun 29, 2020
Don't Starve's Jamie Cheng of Klei Entertainment
Jun 17, 2020
Baba Is You Creator, Arvi Teikari
Jun 01, 2020
Remember Me Composer, Olivier Deriviere
May 18, 2020
Director of Control, Mikael Kasurinen
May 04, 2020
Half-Life: Alyx with Valve's Robin Walker
Apr 23, 2020
Halo and Destiny Composer, Marty O'Donnell
Apr 06, 2020
Emily Greer of Double Loop Games
Mar 24, 2020
Epic Games Founder & CEO, Tim Sweeney
Mar 09, 2020
Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer
Feb 24, 2020
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Director Stig Asmussen
Jan 05, 2020
Life is Strange with Michel Koch and Raoul Barbet
Dec 23, 2019
Troy Baker
Dec 16, 2019
Mortal Kombat 11 Composer Wilbert Roget, II
Dec 09, 2019
God of War Composer Bear McCreary
Dec 02, 2019
Dreams with Media Molecule's Abbie Heppe
Nov 25, 2019
Maria Sayans of ustwo games
Nov 18, 2019
ID@Xbox Director, Chris Charla
Nov 11, 2019
The Outer Worlds Co-Game Director, Leonard Boyarsky
Nov 04, 2019
Riot Games' Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street
Oct 28, 2019
Head of Santa Monica Studio, Shannon Studstill
Oct 23, 2019
Darren Korb of Supergiant Games
Oct 13, 2019
Indie Developers Gwen Frey and Jennifer Schneidereit
Oct 07, 2019
Super Meat Boy Composer Danny Baranowsky
Sep 30, 2019
Chandana Ekanayake of Falcon Age
Sep 23, 2019
Ori and the Blind Forest Composer Gareth Coker
Sep 03, 2019
Journey Composer Austin Wintory
Aug 19, 2019
Intel's Kim Pallister
Aug 05, 2019
Subnautica Director Charlie Cleveland
Jul 22, 2019
Dead Space Composer Jason Graves
Jul 08, 2019
Bioshock Composer Garry Schyman
Jun 24, 2019
Kiki Wolfkill and the Halo Universe
Jun 03, 2019
Amy Hennig
May 17, 2019