Learning from Career Experiences and Map Design in Game Development

On this week's episode of The MinnMax Show, Ben Hanson is joined by Sarah Podzorski, Haley MacLean, Janet Garcia, and Jacob Geller to unpack the deluge of great games releasing in early May. We start out by talking about Ubisoft's reveal trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows before diving into the surreal Nun-based adventure Indika, the amazing puzzles of Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, the dark farming world of Echoes of the Plum Grove, and the keyboard-based dungeon-crawler Cryptmaster. Then we're joined by the creative director for XCOM and Marvel's Midnight Suns Jake Solomon to talk about leaving Firaxis to start Midsummer Studios for a ton of community questions submitted on Patreon. Support the show directly and submit questions for future episodes on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 

00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:50 - Animal Well

00:06:23 - Assassin's Creed Shadows

00:14:16 - Indika

00:31:54 - Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

00:44:06 - Echoes of the Plum Grove

00:49:52 - Cryptmaster

01:00:07 - Thanking MinnMax's biggest supporters

01:05:51 - Jake Solomon on leaving Firaxis to start Midsummer Studios

01:18:04 - Community questions

02:20:19 - Get A Load Of This

Haley’s GALOT - https://www.ign.com/articles/marvel-rivals-dev-apologizes-for-contract-that-blocked-creators-from-criticizing-the-game

Jacob's GALOT - https://youtu.be/D2eLCE2-64I?si=Jm5fEhS0pvmepK6E

Hanson's GALOT - https://www.idlethumbs.net/designernotes/episodes/jake-solomon-part-2

Jake's GALOT - https://www.npr.org/2024/05/06/1197965368/light-eaters

Sarah's GALOT - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2142790/Fields_of_Mistria/

Community GALOT - https://vxtwitter.com/TerminX13/status/1788789298730242527

Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer.

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