The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook

Velan Studios Founders, Guha and Karthik Bala

Aug 30, 2021

01:24:27

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Getting Your Head Around a Problem

05:01

Game Design and Game Technology Can Change the World, You Know?

04:45

What Do These Values Mean to You to Day?

02:00

Introduction

2min

The Adventure Games That You Liked the Most

4min

A Giant Leap From a Turbo Sea Book, and the Budget Version of Anamen

6min

I Think It's A, It Is Everywhere

3min

What Do You Learned From Grad School?

5min

How Can a Small Team Make a Difference?

3min

Vellan - Is There a Training Program to Share Your Learnings?

6min

Getting Back Together With Coved

2min

Vellan - What's the Best Way to Build an Awesome Team?

5min

10.

Can We Build Something That's Really Fun?

5min

11.

How to Make a Game in 3d?

3min

12.

Using a Language to Run Backwards as Well as Forwards

2min

13.

A Small Team Goes After It

3min

14.

Are There Doubts on the Team About Tackling This?

3min

15.

Getting Your Head Around a Problem

5min

16.

What Does Culture Mean?

2min

17.

Building a Diverse Team

3min

18.

The Values of a Team

4min

19.

What Do These Values Mean to You to Day?

2min

20.

Youvellon Ventures - Community

1min

21.

Game Design and Game Technology Can Change the World, You Know?

5min

22.

What Do You Like Most About the Gaming Industry?

5min

23.

The Pipe Line in Development Is a Real Challenge

2min

24.

Asom Tad, Thank You So Much!

3min

Ted Price chats with Guha and Karthik Bala, brothers who founded both Velan Studios and Vicarious Visions. Together they discuss their incredible journey in games beginning with the founding of Vicarious Visions while they were both in high school and into their new venture at Velan Studios; their approach to problem solving; how failure leads to positive outcomes; and what they learned at MIT that helped them think in unexpected ways. Guha and Karthik founded Velan Studios which is known for Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit and the recently released Knockout City. They also founded Vicarious Visions which developed the Skylanders series as well as several titles in the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series, and Crash Bandicoot series.