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 game dev podcast featuring in-depth conversations between video game makers on the business and craft of interactive entertainment.

Episode Date
Re-release: Bioshock Creator Ken Levine on Judas, Writing and Narrative in Games
May 04, 2026
Re-release: Before Your Eyes with Oliver Lewin and Graham Parkes
Apr 27, 2026
Re-release: The History of Dwarf Fortress with Zach and Tarn Adams
Apr 20, 2026
The Sounds of ARC Raiders with Audio Director Bence Pajor
Apr 13, 2026
Jenny Jiao Hsia Shares The Story Of Her Life In CONSUME ME
Apr 06, 2026
Arc Raiders Design Director Virgil Watkins
Mar 30, 2026
Ben Starr on Acting and the State of the Games Industry
Mar 23, 2026
Battlefield 6 Creative Director Thomas Andersson
Mar 09, 2026
The State of Games Writing with Writer & Narrative Director Cara Ellison
Mar 02, 2026
Cory Davis (Spec Ops: The Line) & Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails) on Psychedelic Horror in SLEEP AWAKE
Feb 23, 2026
The Audio Experience of Ghost of Yotei with Rev. Dr. Bradley D. Meyer
Feb 09, 2026
Talking Game Maker's Sketchbook with Double Fine's Tim Schafer
Feb 06, 2026
Abiotic Factor with Geoff "Zag" Keene and Henry Feltham
Feb 03, 2026
History of the Anno series with Creative Director Manuel Reinher
Jan 26, 2026
Narrative Design in DISPATCH with Director Nick Herman
Jan 19, 2026
Double Fine's Lee Petty talks Keeper and Creative Leadership
Jan 12, 2026
SILENT HILL f Director Al Yang on Creating an All-New Chapter in the Legendary Horror Franchise
Dec 29, 2025
Making THE OUTER WORLDS 2 with Obsidian's Brandon Adler and Kyle Koenig
Dec 22, 2025
Becoming the Ghost of Yōtei with Erika Ishii
Dec 15, 2025
The Challenges of Game Localization, Writing and Recording with Shloc
Dec 08, 2025
Absolum - Dotemu's Path From Licensed Games to Original IP
Dec 01, 2025
From "Katamari Damacy" Through "to a T" with Keita Takahashi
Nov 28, 2025
Obsidian's Josh Sawyer's Thoughts on Creating Engaging RPGs
Nov 17, 2025
The Development World of RPGs with Jeff Gardiner
Nov 10, 2025
Games Writing with Lis Moberly, Creative Lead @ 20th Century Games
Oct 27, 2025
From Used Car Salesman to Indie Game Publisher: The New Blood Story
Oct 20, 2025
How to Pitch Game Projects to Publishers with Focus Entertainment's Yves Le Yaouanq
Oct 13, 2025
How Ready or Not Creates Tension Behind Every Door
Oct 06, 2025
Escape From Tarkov and the Creation of Extraction Shooters with Nikita Buyanov
Sep 01, 2025
Creating a Modern but Retro Immersive Sim in Skin Deep
Aug 25, 2025
The Many Roles of Actor Alex Jordan on The Alters
Aug 18, 2025
Creating the Music for Doom: The Dark Ages with Composer Duo, Finishing Move
Aug 11, 2025
How Ray Chase went from Actor to Game Developer with Date Everything
Aug 04, 2025
How Moonhood Handcrafted The Midnight Walk with Real Claymation
Jul 28, 2025
How Two Studios Brought LEGO Horizon Adventures to Life
Jul 21, 2025
Uncovering the Secrets Behind Bionic Bay with Creator Juhana Myllys
Jul 14, 2025
Creating the Music for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with Composer Lorien Testard
Jul 07, 2025
Exploring Wartales with Shiro Games' CEO Nicolas Cannasse
Jun 30, 2025
XCOM Creator Julian Gollop Shares Game Design Tips, Dev Stories and More
Jun 23, 2025
How Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Epic Story was Crafted with Jennifer Svedberg-Yen
Jun 16, 2025
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II with Lead Designer Prokop Jirsa
Jun 09, 2025
Writing the Mythos of South of Midnight with Zaire Lanier and Dani Dee
Jun 02, 2025
Expedition 33 with Maelle Actor Jennifer English
May 26, 2025
Navigating the Shifting Corridors of BLUE PRINCE with Creator Tonda Ros
May 19, 2025
How 3 Brothers Started a Game Studio - Butterscotch Shenanigans
May 12, 2025
Avowed Game Director Carrie Patel talks World Building and Narrative Design
May 05, 2025
From Dragon Age to Eternal Strands with Mike Laidlaw
Apr 28, 2025
Creating the Super Earth of Helldivers 2 with Arrowhead's Johan Pilestedt
Apr 21, 2025
Becoming Indiana Jones with Troy Baker
Apr 14, 2025
Magic, Kevlar, and Conspiracies with Tactical Breach Wizards Dev Tom Francis
Apr 07, 2025
From Theater to Video Games with 1000xRESIST Actor, Nhi Do
Mar 31, 2025
Mysteries of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle with MachineGames
Mar 24, 2025
Becoming Yuffie in FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH with Actor Suzie Yeung
Mar 17, 2025
Founder Ted Price Reflects on 30 Years of Insomniac Games and Retirement
Mar 10, 2025
[Sponsored] Chat with Xsolla's Berkley Egenes
Mar 06, 2025
Astro Bot Director Nicolas Doucet
Mar 03, 2025
Writing the Haunting Narrative of INDIKA with Dmitry Svetlow
Feb 24, 2025
Tetris Creator, Alexey Pajitnov
Feb 17, 2025
17 Year Development Journey with Caves of Qud
Feb 10, 2025
Creating the Sound and Music for Eternal Strands with Audio Director, Aldo Sampaio
Feb 03, 2025
Writing Comedy in Games with Thank Goodness You're Here
Jan 27, 2025
Balancing Procedural and Intimate Storytelling in Wildermyth
Jan 20, 2025
The Real Life and Theater Inspirations of 1000xRESIST
Jan 13, 2025
Writing for Call of Duty with Ashley Poprik and Chris Holzworth
Jan 06, 2025
The Haunting Audio of Hellblade with Ninja Theory's David Garcia
Jan 02, 2025
Digital Extreme's Rebecca Ford Talks 10 Years of Warframe
Dec 30, 2024
Indie Publishing and Southeast Asian Game Dev with Ysbryd Games' Brian Kwek
Dec 26, 2024
Frostpunk and This War of Mine Composer Piotr Musial
Dec 23, 2024
Exploring the World of Hitman with IO Interactive's Hakan Abrak
Dec 19, 2024
Demystifying Creativity with Creative Leader and Author Fawzi Mesmar
Dec 16, 2024
The World of Licensing in Games with Slitherine's Marco Minoli
Dec 12, 2024
Balatro Creator LocalThunk Talks Inspirations and Jokers
Dec 09, 2024
Through Castle Crashers and Beyond with The Behemoth's John Baez
Dec 06, 2024
Talking Sack Boys and Astro Bots with Composer Kenny Young
Dec 02, 2024
Industry Veteran Jen MacLean Talks Gen Z Audiences and Evolving Expectations
Nov 29, 2024
The Narrative Design of Slay the Princess with Black Tabby Games
Nov 25, 2024
Talking Galactic Wars and Live Service in Helldivers 2 with Maria Cornelius
Nov 21, 2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Actor, Briana White
Nov 18, 2024
Life Changing Art Meets Tech with Ninja Theory's Dom Matthews
Nov 14, 2024
Brainstorming 50 Games in 1 for UFO 50
Nov 11, 2024
From Quake to Space Marines with Saber's Tim Willits
Nov 04, 2024
Marvel Games Executive Producer, Eric Monacelli
Oct 28, 2024
Finding Creativity within Constraint with Composer Jon Everist
Oct 21, 2024
Scoring the Witcher and Beyond with Composer Mikolai Stroinski
Oct 14, 2024
Talking Southeast Asian Game Dev with Kris Antoni, Toge Productions
Oct 07, 2024
Writing for Live Service Games with Destiny 2 Narrative Director, Alison Lührs
Sep 30, 2024
Navigating the Business of Indie Games with Dan Adelman
Sep 23, 2024
From Portal to Counter-Strike 2 with Valve Composer Mike Morasky
Sep 16, 2024
Generating Human Stories with RimWorld Creator, Tynan Sylvester
Sep 09, 2024
From Nintendo's Snipperclips to Crow Country with Adam & Tom Vian
Sep 03, 2024
Creating a Soulslike Under the Sea with Another Crab's Treasure
Aug 26, 2024
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure with David Hellman, Nico Recabarren, and Nick Suttner
Aug 19, 2024
Little Kitty, Big City with Matt Wood & Micah Breitweiser
Aug 12, 2024
Sustainable Game Development with Xalavier Nelson Jr.
Aug 05, 2024
Writers and Script Lock Podcast Hosts, Nick and Max Folkman
Jul 29, 2024
Creating Diverse Characters in Video Games with Jaclyn Seto and Christal Rose Hazelton
Jul 22, 2024
Making Animal Well as a Solo Game Developer with Billy Basso
Jul 15, 2024
Harold Halibut with Slow Bros' Onat Hekimoglu & Ole Tillmann
Jul 08, 2024
Episode Re-release: Hades with Supergiant Games' Amir Rao and Greg Kasavin
Jul 01, 2024
The Story of 'Potions: A Curious Tale' with Renee Gittins
Jun 24, 2024
Writing for RPGs with Narrative Designer Whitney Beltrán
Jun 17, 2024
Game Preservation with Digital Eclipse's Mike Mika
Jun 10, 2024
From Actor to Game Developer with Abubaker Salim
Jun 03, 2024
Video Game and Comics Writer Evan Narcisse
May 28, 2024
Making a Sci-Fi First-Person Driving Survival Game with Alex Dracott & Seth Rosen
May 20, 2024
Penny's Big Breakaway with Hunter Bridges and Dave Padilla
May 13, 2024
The Craft of Writing for Games with Insomniac Games Senior Narrative Director, Jon Paquette
May 06, 2024
Outcast Composer Lennie Moore
Apr 29, 2024
Artist Niklas Åkerblad talks Ultros, Hotline Miami
Apr 22, 2024
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