House of Games #7 - How We Got Started
This week, we talk about the “when”, “how” and “why” we got started with game development, and how you can do the same!
Your Hosts and Their Games
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 — Rune’s Steam page.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ — The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted. https://theeliteinstitute.net/2022/12/26/the-elite-goty-awards-2022/ — The Elite Institute’s GOTY Awards 2022, where KnifeBoy Rebooted won the “Biggest Improvement Over a Previous Title” award.
https://hereder.newgrounds.com/ — Rune’s profile page on Newgrounds.
https://ottowretling.medium.com/ — Otto’s blog.
https://youtu.be/KFziBfvAFnM?t=2621 — The defining moment when John Romero convinced Otto to start making games.
https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP — The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.
More Games, Game Engines, and Game Companies
https://arstechnica.com/tag/war-stories/ — The homepage for Ars Technica: War Stories, mini-documentaries about the development of famous games.
https://ghosttowngames.com/overcooked/ — The homepage for the game Overcooked.
https://www.stardewvalley.net/ — The homepage for Stardew Valley
https://www.storyofseasons.com/ — The homepage for the Story of Seasons franchise, formerly known as “Harvest moon”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game) — The Wikipedia page for the game Doom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros. — The Wikipedia page for the game Super Mario Bros.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda_(video_game) — The Wikipedia page for the game The Legend of Zelda.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid_(1998_video_game) — The Wikipedia page for the game Metal Gear Solid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong — The Wikipedia page for the game Pong.
https://unity.com/ — The homepage for the Unity game engine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Tools — The Wikipedia page for Crystal Tools, a game engine created and used internally by Square Enix.
https://www.square-enix.com/ — The homepage for Square Enix.
https://www.capcom.com/ — The homepage for Capcom.
https://www.konami.com/en/ — The homepage for Konami.
https://www.fromsoftware.jp/ww/ — The homepage for FromSoftware.
https://www.dice.se/ — The homepage for DICE.
https://www.playstation.com/ — The homepage for PlayStation.
Articles
https://en.japantravel.com/tokyo/the-capcom-bar/16579 — An article about “The Capcom Bar”, which was closed in 2018.
https://sweden.se/life/society/a-cashless-society — An article by the Swedish Institute about how Sweden is a mostly “cashless” society.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mother-ignoring-kid-drowning-in-a-pool — The Know Your Meme page for the meme “Mother Ignoring Kid Drowning in a Pool”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Miyamoto — The Wikipedia page for Shigeru Miyamoto, a Japanese video game designer, producer, and game director at Nintendo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku — The Wikipedia page for Shinjuku in Tokyo, a hub for entertainment, business, and shopping.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aokigahara — The Wikipedia page for Aokigahara, the so-called “Suicide Forest”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feature_creep — The Wikipedia page for the phenomenon “feature creep”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux — The Wikipedia page for Linux.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software — The Wikipedia page for open-source software.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dick-measuring_contest — The Wiktionary page for the phrase “dick-measuring contest”.
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