Creating Immortals of Aveum - Ep. 340

What's Good Games: A Video Game Podcast

What's Good Games

Games, Leisure, Video Games, News, Entertainment News

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🗓️ 18 August 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Thank you to Factor and Shopify for sponsoring this week's episode of What's Good Games! Go to http://factormeals.com/whatsgood50 and use code whatsgood50 to get 50% off. Go to http://shopify.com/whatsgood to take your business to the next level today. Andrea sat down with members of the team at Ascendant Studios, the folks behind the upcoming first-person magic shooter Immortals of Aveum. She spoke with Julia Lichtblau, Associate Art Director and Alyssa Lutz, Senior Level Designer about their roles at the studio, the challenges of making a new IP, what a "white box" phase of game is, some cool easter eggs, and about the "secret sauce" of balancing level design. Learn more about Ascendant Studios: https://www.ascendantstudios.com Learn more about Immortals of Aveum: https://www.immortalsofaveum.com Thank you to this month's Patreon Producers: Chewy’s Godson Faris Attieh Justin Foshee Punkdefied Listen to WGG Ad-Free on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/whatsgoodgames Subscribe to our channel and don't forget to hit the bell: http://bit.ly/2rAcJvF Timestamps: 00:27 - Introduction 02:35 - Immortals of Aveum special interview 03:01 - Welcoming Julia Lichtblau - Associate Art Director & Alyssa Lutz - Senior Level Designer 04:06 - Launch day! 05:02 - Game Development Challenges 08:46 - Alyssa's role as Senior Level Designer 09:47 - Julia's role as Associate Art Director 10:57 - What is a White-Box?? 13:47 - Immortals of Aveum accessibility 17:07 - Art team workflows 18:14 - Is there a secret formula to the design process? 19:42 - A Message from Factor 21:45 - A Message from our Sponsor 21:48 - A Message from Shopify 24:16 - Bret Robbins Founder of Ascendant Studios initial concepts 27:44 - Preservation of endangered plant species & magic flowers within the game 30:29 - How big is Immortals of Aveum? 34:28 - Does the playtime feel overwhelming? 35:52 - Striking a balance with "low-hanging fruit" 37:20 - Are there any easter eggs? Merch: http://www.whatsgoodgames.com/store Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/whatsgood_games Follow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/whatsgoodgames Follow on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/whatsgoodgames Join our Discord community: http://discord.gg/whatsgoodgames Follow on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/whatsgoodgamesofficial Our website: http://www.whatsgoodgames.com Follow the crew: Andrea: http://www.twitter.com/andrearene http://www.instagram.com/andrearene_ http://www.tiktok.com/@andrearene Britt: http://www.twitter.com/blondenerd http://www.instagram.com/blondenerd http://www.tiktok.com/@britt.brom Riana: http://www.twitter.com/rianatweetsnow http://www.instagram.com/rianagramsnow http://www.tiktok.com/@rianatiktoksnow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What would you do if you had the freedom to be anyone or go anywhere without limitations?
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0:21.9	Next gen gaming is built with Intel Core i9 processor.
0:26.0	Coming up on today's show, I've got a special developer deep dive
0:29.5	into Immortals of Aviam.
0:53.2	What's good everybody and welcome to another episode of the What's Good Games podcast.
0:57.6	Normally, I would say your source for video-given news, commentary, analysis and funny stuff
1:02.1	every Friday. But today, it's just me, I'm alone.
1:07.5	Just kidding, I'm not alone. I had in fact have two fantastic members from the team at Ascendant
1:12.6	Studios joining me to chat about their work on upcoming game Immortals of Aviam.
1:17.6	But before we get to that, I want to let you know that this week's episode is brought to you
1:21.6	by Factor and Shopify, which I'll tell you about in just a little bit.
1:25.4	And of course, y'all know that I need to give my shout out and thank you to our wonderful Patreon
1:30.8	producers, Chooie's Godson, Therese Tia Justin Foshi, and a punctified, and welcome to our Patreon
1:36.8	community, everybody who has signed up at patreon.com slash what's good games.
1:40.4	I don't have the names yet because I'm recording this early.
1:43.6	Yeah, a little behind the scenes info for you there, but we will get that updated next week when
1:48.1	we are back with our regularly scheduled episode. And it's going to be a doozy because it's games
1:53.6	calm next week, everybody. Opening night live is happening. There's a Destiny showcase.
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