Tag: Interviews

Interview with Serenity Forge Founder Zhenghua “Z” Yang

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Based out of Colorado, Serenity Forge is an indie developer-turned-publisher. The company developers its own games but also publishers the indie games of other studios, including the recent Four Sided Fantasy, a puzzle-platformer centered around screen-wrap and locking the game camera in order to overcome environmental challenges.

Founder and CEO of Serenity Forge, Zhenghua Yang, or Z, as he prefers to be called, was onsite at IndieCade 2016 at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles in order to help promote the recent launch of Four Sided Fantasy.

I talked with him about Serenity Forge and the state of indie development and publishing today.

Interview with Logan Fieth of Ludo Land

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Four Sided Fantasy was developed by Seattle-based indie developer Ludo Land, a studio that consists primarily of graduates from the DigiPen Institute of Technology. In the Digital Selects tent at IndieCade 2016, held this year at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, I was able to chat with Four Sided Fantasy’s lead designer and programmer Logan Fieth. With the game already out, our conversation instead focused on Ludo Land’s origins at DigiPen and why indie developers might decide to partner with small indie-focused publishers.

An Interview with Ice-Bound Developers Aaron A. Reed and Jacob Garbe

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For anybody who has ever read the post-modern horror novel House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, few other contemporary novels compare. However, the next evolution of the post-modern novel might just be the interactive novel slash indie game Ice-Bound, a unique experience that combines player-driven narrative choices through an iPad app with the experience of reading and exploring an augmented reality-enabled physical book. Here's my conversation with the two men who made this magic possible.

An Interview with Duck Game Developer Landon Podbielski

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I stand behind a couch playing Duck Game for 15 minutes before I realize I am playing the game with its sole developer. That's how unassuming Vancouver-based Landon Podbielski looks as he lounges on one of the two couches in the OUYA booth at IndieCade 2014 on a hot and sunny Friday afternoon. He has long hair, a beard, inquisitive brown eyes, and well-worn sneakers. When I finally realize who Podbielski is, I ask him for a quick interview. In the same unassuming manner, he agrees.

An Interview with Alex Rushdy and Dave Proctor from Runbow Developer 13AM Games

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Alex Rushdy and Dave Proctor from 13AM Games stand around the kiosk for the 9-player party game Runbow for the Wii U and shout at people to join the next round. This is the first time 13AM Games has exhibited at IndieCade. Alex is the game's Creative Director and Designer and Dave Proctor is the Producer. Both are enthusiastic and eager to share their pick-up-and-play 2D running game with the gathering crowd. It's a game that's easy to fall in love with.

An Interview with Ned Green from Too DX

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Sportsball for the Wii U is a game that combines the 2D aerial battles of classic Joust with the frenetic action of a schoolyard soccer game – if you ever played schoolyard soccer with dozens of balls at once.

Sportsball is the second game from Too DX, a small indie shop based in Seattle, WA. While enjoying the many games in Nintendo's booth at IndieCade 2014, I had a quick chat with Too DX Business Developer Ned Green about his company and game.

An Interview with John Warner from Over the Moon Games

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The Fall

While scoping out the Nintendo booth at IndieCade 2014 in Culver City, California, I had the chance to talk with The Fall's lead creative designer John Warner. During our short discussion, Warner describes The Fall, recalls the history of Over the Moon Games, and muses on the challenges of crowdfunding and discoverability as an indie trying to make it in the games industry today.

Interview with Danganronpa Producer Yoshinori Terasawa

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Ten Minutes With Danganronpa Producer Yoshinori Terasawa

Danganronpa Interview

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GameCritics was recently invited to sit down for a quick interview with the producer of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. The recent Vita release has received several positive reviews including ours since its North American launch. Mr. Terasawa's schedule was crowded so we dove right into the questions to make the most of the ten minutes that we were given. Working with a translator, Mr. Terasawa kept his answers brief, but to the point.

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