GDC 2019 - Who Did We Interview?
Added 2019-03-23 14:01:01 +0000 UTCHey folks!
The dust has settled on the TWENTY interviews we conducted at the Game Developers Conference so it's finally time to reveal who we talked to. Below is a list of people we interviewed along with a general theme for the chat.
We'll be releasing these over the coming months as shorter, more focused interviews like the Cory Barlog video we published at the tail end of last year. The order we publish them is largely up in the air so if you have any favorites from the list make sure to put them in the comments below.
We also recorded a number of interviews for a special project we've been planning for a while now. It's at the bottom of the list though, so get reading!
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Tarn Adams (Bay 12 Games)
The History & Design of Dwarf Fortress
Suda51 (Grasshopper Manufacture)
20 Years of Grasshopper Manufacture
Brian Mitsoda (Hardsuit Labs) & Christian Schlütter (Paradox)
The Return of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Justin Ma & Matthew Davis (Subset Games)
The Design of Faster Than Light & Into the Breach
Noel Berry (Celeste Team)
The Design of Celeste
Jamie Cheng (Klei)
The Design of Don't Starve
Tina Sanchez (Respawn)
Designing Characters in Apex Legends
Emma Kinema (Game Worker's Unite)
The Argument for Unionization
Raphael Van Lierop (Hinterland Games)
The Design of the Long Dark
Lisette Titre-Montgomery (Double Fine)
How art design has changed over the past twenty years.
Evan Greenwood (Free Lives) & Richard Pieterse
Genital Jousting, Toxic Masculinity & Penis Physics
William Barr (Billy Goat)
Designing SuperMarket Shriek
Chandana Ekanayake
(Outerloop Games)
Falcon Age, & Cultural Representation.
Megan Farokhmanesh
Influencer Culture & The Future of YouTube
Rami Ismail (Vlambeer)
Organizing the virtual conference "gamedev.world
"
Steven Kick (NightDive Studios)
Recreating System Shock
"Project Telltale"
On top of all of the above we also recorded a number of interviews for a special video on Telltale Games. The focus of the video is to celebrate the creative culture at the studio, the work they did, the struggles they underwent and the human cost of the studio's abrupt closure. More on this soon.
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Let us know which one(s) you're most excited for!
Danny
Comments
I think the documentary on Vampire The Masquerade - Bloodlines sounds amazing. It really came out of nowhere and is going to make so many people happy. Please come out swinging with that one.
M I K E Y M O
2019-04-05 15:22:58 +0000 UTCSUDA51!!!!!!!!!
Andreas Kroon
2019-04-04 13:12:01 +0000 UTCSubset Games (FTL & ITB) is the one I'm most interested in.
2019-04-03 16:30:37 +0000 UTCabsolutely Telltale Games.
2019-04-03 07:02:09 +0000 UTCAll of these I'm certain will be great, but I cannot wait to see more on Telltale!
Noodle
2019-04-03 05:49:53 +0000 UTCBloodlines !
2019-04-03 03:45:04 +0000 UTCTarn Adams, hell yeah
2019-04-03 02:16:52 +0000 UTCSo many interesting people, but I am most excited to see the interview with Subset Games.
2019-04-02 19:29:11 +0000 UTCUnionization is such a hot topic, and could use the momentum! On a similar vein, Telltale is just a burning issue, and brings up such important questions. Megan Farokhmanesh also seems super timely, as YouTube is in such a state of chaos. On a sheer fascination front, Suda51 has my undivided if delightedly baffled attention always. But overall not seeing how any lineup could go wrong here, impressive stuff!
2019-04-02 17:38:33 +0000 UTCDefinitely Bloodlines, System Shock and Telltale!
2019-04-02 15:21:10 +0000 UTCWould love to see the docs from Megan Farokhmanesh, Emma Kinema, and Lisette Titre-Montgomery soon!
Seth Spaulding
2019-04-02 14:40:32 +0000 UTCThe Argument for Unionization for sure since there are so many stories about how labor intensive the industry is and how quickly hundreds of people can lose their jobs. I wish the really vocal online angry gamers got more upset about how during crunch it's just expected that developers work ~20 hours a day instead of just complaining about how women and minorities are playable characters, for example.
2019-04-02 12:03:30 +0000 UTCI love Van Lierop and TLD, but I have to go with Dwarf Fortress here. I just have to know. I'll watch all of these though..well, most of them. But a lot!
2019-04-02 12:02:40 +0000 UTCI really want to see the Bloodlines 2.
Makeiks
2019-04-02 11:17:52 +0000 UTCDon’t Starve, Bloodlines & Telltale pretty pls :-)
2019-04-02 06:22:03 +0000 UTCEmma Kinema with GAME WORKERS UNITE!! Seriously this is something that I'm really excited to see after seeing so many layoffs and publishers paying out fat bonuses to execs. Game Devs are one of the most overworked and least compensated workers. Look at what happened to TellTale :( I'd love to see an entire episode just about labor organizing in games and the co-op model for game production.
2019-03-29 15:35:57 +0000 UTCwhat a great lineup, excited for all of them but if you're forcing us to choose i'm really exited to hear from Emma
rob
2019-03-26 18:13:18 +0000 UTCFor me, Return of Vampire would be #1, followed closely by Telltale Games. But, I want then all nnnnooooowwwwwwww! :)
Mark_deLight
2019-03-26 16:16:04 +0000 UTCThis is an A-class list! Cannot wait!
2019-03-26 16:09:21 +0000 UTCWhile I really want to learn about what happened post Telltale, I gotta know more about the dick physics
Matthew Glenn
2019-03-26 14:26:49 +0000 UTCThis is a really great lineup. Thanks for putting these together!
2019-03-25 17:25:34 +0000 UTCTina from Respawn!!
takeshikitano3
2019-03-25 12:55:20 +0000 UTCProject telltale and the Jamie Cheng (Klei) get my votes
2019-03-25 12:08:47 +0000 UTCLooking forward to project Telltale. That is definitely a crazy story.
Gregory Hones
2019-03-25 01:26:20 +0000 UTCEpic! Cant wait!
2019-03-24 18:57:27 +0000 UTCWoah good list! I’ve thought Tarn and Bay 12 would be a great low-key NoClip subject from the beginning (maybe something like the Frog Fractions one) so I’d love to see that. Also would be great to have an argument for unionization on the channel sooner rather than later, IMO.
Christopher Metzger
2019-03-24 16:54:22 +0000 UTCVoting for that Rami!
Shotgun Anaconda
2019-03-24 15:15:30 +0000 UTCSunset Games and Suda51 to the front of the line!
Tohir Tillyaev
2019-03-24 14:02:52 +0000 UTCSo many of the items on this list sound amazing. I can't wait to see these come out down the road!
Eunoshin
2019-03-23 22:07:58 +0000 UTCAll look great. It would be nice to have the unionisation one or sooner rather than later.
Fragglerock
2019-03-23 21:48:31 +0000 UTCThey all sound interesting! A few games I don't know so that's exciting, and I must say, Genital Jousting sounds intriguing! xP Rami is always great and Telltale will probably make for a great story as well!
Bavo Debraekeleer
2019-03-23 21:24:05 +0000 UTCTelltale, easily most excited about that, Raphael Van Lierop is # 2, Steven Kick is #3
Nick Grugin
2019-03-23 20:42:48 +0000 UTCThese are awesome, I'm super excited for Celeste and Influencer Culture.
Frank Howley
2019-03-23 19:42:07 +0000 UTCTarn Adams, Noel Berry and Emma Kinema!
Michael Gray
2019-03-23 19:10:41 +0000 UTCMost interested in the interviews with Brian Mitsoda (Hardsuit Labs) & Christian Schlütter (Paradox) on VtMB2 and Steven Kick (NightDive Studios) on System Shock.
2019-03-23 18:55:38 +0000 UTCHoly smokes! Can't wait for the "Project Telltale", the interviews with Hinterland Games and NightDive Studios, plus off course Penis Physics, we all wan't to know more about Penis Physics.
Hoder Erroneus Jensen
2019-03-23 18:02:41 +0000 UTCI can't wait for the interview with Tarn
2019-03-23 17:28:03 +0000 UTCEnding the show with a showstopper, buddy. I can't wait to see the Telltale video.
Blooper
2019-03-23 15:57:38 +0000 UTCAdams, Mitsoda, and Kick!
Hassun
2019-03-23 15:49:55 +0000 UTC[edit] just added Suda51 who I forgot to put on the list originally. whoops!
Noclip
2019-03-23 15:45:42 +0000 UTCJustin Ma, Emma Kinema, or Jamie Cheng!
2019-03-23 15:42:04 +0000 UTCTina Sanchez, Noel Berry, and Lisette Titre-Montgomery stand out as the ones I'll devour...
2019-03-23 15:16:04 +0000 UTCThey all sound great, but I’m especially excited about Klei, Subset, Respawn, and NightDive!
2019-03-23 15:00:03 +0000 UTCSounds awesome! Honestly all of them sound great!
MittenFacedLass
2019-03-23 14:44:20 +0000 UTCReturn of Vampire first due to general spiking interest, and mine :P :D
Roli Thaler
2019-03-23 14:37:35 +0000 UTCTelltale for sure number one as my most anticipated!
Amir Rangnekar
2019-03-23 14:36:52 +0000 UTCIm looking forward to hearing from the people involved with Telltale! Im hoping their story will lead to a focus on unionization
2019-03-23 14:21:24 +0000 UTCThe Return of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines !!!!!!!!!! Yes I'm that old, hehe.....
Magnus Tegnvallius
2019-03-23 14:11:01 +0000 UTC
