199: Interview with Karla Zimonja & Davey Wreden

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Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast

Left Behind Game Club

209 episodes

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Canada's #1 video game book club podcast! We tackle games large & small, new & old while keeping it informative, funny and (mostly) positive. Hosted by Jacob McCourt, Mike Ruffolo, Moe Murtadi, Katie Lesperance, Flora Merigold and Travis Colenutt.

After almost 6 years of twice-monthly shows, we now publish new shows when we have something to say!

Looking for a good place to start? Download an episode for a game that you really love and hit play. Looking for suggestions? Consider our episodes on The Last of Us, Undertale, Firewatch, What Remains of Edith Finch episodes or our Hitman, Wolf Among Us or Kentucky Route Zero series!

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199: Interview with Karla Zimonja & Davey Wreden

Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast

1 hour 28 minutes 42 seconds

2 weeks ago

199: Interview with Karla Zimonja & Davey Wreden

Jacob interviews Karla and Zimonja from Ivy Road about their experience building the characters, world, and gameplay systems of their recent release, Wanderstop.

PLAYERS:

* Jacob McCourt (Bluesky)

SPECIAL GUESTS:

* Davey Wreden (Bluesky)
* Karla Zimonja (Bluesky)

SHOW NOTES:

* 0:00 - Housekeeping
* 2:00 - Intro
* 4:30 - Prototypes & Inspirations
* 7:00 - Approach to Cozy Games
* 9:10 - How Wanderstop Supports Chill
* 13:00 - Nodes
* 15:10 - Monster
* 20:45 - Finding the Right Balance with Monster
* 24:30 - When Karla Met Davey
* 28:20 - Tea vs. Coffee and the Machine
* 32:50 - The Business Boys
* 36:00 - Pacing
* 37:55 - Dirk Warhard
* 40:30 - The Team at Ivy Road
* 44:30 - COVID
* 49:00 - Ren
* 56:15 - Nana
* 56:45 - Zenith
* 1:01:45 - The Last Choice and Why It Doesn't Matter
* 1:05:15 - Looking Back at Development
* 1:10:45 - The Risk of Hurting Players
* 1:16:45 - Despelote
* 1:19:30 - What Now?

RESOURCES:

* Episode 4: Interview with Karla Zimonja
* Episode 196: Wanderstop

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