Arvi Teikari's guest appearances

Arvi Teikari

BigSushi.fm

The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook

Everybody's Talking At Once

Greg Kasavin

Ilan Eshkeri

Chandana Ekanayake

Garry Schyman

Gareth Coker

Hugo Martin

Mike Bithell

Derek Yu

Amy Hennig

Tim Schafer

Chris King

Brendan Greene

Justin Ma

Tim Sweeney

Nathan Vella

OwlTail

This episode is sponsored by Parsec for Teams - the only remote desktop fine tuned for games &amp; game development. Securely connect to your studio PCs from anywhere, collaborate on projects in real-time, and test games with precise control. Sign up at parsecgaming.com/teams. Game Designer Arvi Teikari joins Robin Hunicke to discuss learning how to create games, finding helpful online communities, participating in Game Jams, the challenge of designing puzzle games, how game difficulty can affect audience response, the success of Baba is You, and what's next. Arvi is best known for creating Baba is You and Environmental Station Alpha.

This episode is sponsored by Parsec for Teams - the only remote desktop fine tuned for games &amp; game development. Securely connect to your studio PCs from anywhere, collaborate on projects in real-time, and test games with precise control. Sign up at <a href="http://parsecgaming.com/teams" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">parsecgaming.com/teams</a>. Game Designer <a href="https://slack-redir.net/link?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hempuli.com%2F" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Arvi Teikari</a> joins <a href="https://slack-redir.net/link?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.funomena.com%2Faboutfunomena" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Robin Hunicke</a> to discuss learning how to create games, finding helpful online communities, participating in Game Jams, the challenge of designing puzzle games, how game difficulty can affect audience response, the success of Baba is You, and what's next. Arvi is best known for creating <a href="https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/baba-is-you-switch/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Baba is You</a> and <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/350070/Environmental_Station_Alpha/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Environmental Station Alpha</a>.

Baba Is You Creator, Arvi Teikari

ETAO Podcast, Episode 79. http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/etao.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/etao-podcast-79-arvi-teikari.mp3 Arvi Teikari is here to talk about Baba Is You, as well as Environmental Station Alpha, its forthcoming sequel, and the bonny pile of other gamic delights that he’s made and is making. Along the way we also talk about the function of criticism and reviews, the ever-befuddling burlesque of spoiler avoidance, and icebergvanias (a semi-obscure maybe-genre that I’ll definitely revisit in more detail in our blog  sometime, for those who want a primer). SPOILERS about Baba’s late-game surprises from 48:05 to 59:03 and 1:35:46 to 1:37:12.  You can get Baba Is You on Steam, itch.io, Humble, and Switch. You can get Noita on Steam, itch.io, GOG, and Humble. You can get the Baba Is You soundtrack on Steam and itch.io. And you can get a whole bunch of Arvi’s other games on his website. You can also follow Arvi (and Baba) on Twitter, and watch Arvi develop on his Twitch stream. ——— • I had a lovely time checking out T in Y World. • I believe it was Heather Flowers who said that thing about world-building, and I believe that she said it on Twitter, but I’m having a hell of a time finding the Tweet. • It was actually at the Gamelab Conference that Arvi talked about designing “Entropy” fairly early in the game’s design process.  • His disembodied voice time with the GDC folks is lovely too, though, and it gets a shade more technical besides. • And here’s why Baba’s name is Baba. (Just so soft and round is Baba). This is of course also why Keke’s name is Keke. ——— “All The People Say (Season 3)” by Holly Hyperion. “Baba Is You” and “Fruit On Grass – Garden” from the Baba Is You OST by Arvi Teikari. We’re on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, PocketCasts, Overcast, and RadioPublic. You can also subscribe using good old-fashioned RSS. Logo by Aaron Perry-Zucker, using Icons by by Llisole, Dávid Gladiš, Atif Arshad, Daniel Nochta, Mike Rowe, Jakub Čaja, Raji Purcell and IconsGhost from the Noun Project. Left-click to play. Right-click to download.

<h3><a href="http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/etao.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/etao-podcast-79-arvi-teikari.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ETAO Podcast, Episode 79.</a></h3> <a href="http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/etao.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/etao-podcast-79-arvi-teikari.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/etao.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/etao-podcast-79-arvi-teikari.mp3</a> Arvi Teikari is here to talk about Baba Is You, as well as Environmental Station Alpha, its forthcoming sequel, and the bonny pile of other gamic delights that he’s made and is making. Along the way we also talk about the function of criticism and reviews, the ever-befuddling burlesque of spoiler avoidance, and icebergvanias (a semi-obscure maybe-genre that I’ll definitely revisit in more detail in our blog sometime, for those who want a primer). SPOILERS about Baba’s late-game surprises from 48:05 to 59:03 and 1:35:46 to 1:37:12. You can get Baba Is You on <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/736260/Baba_Is_You/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steam</a>, <a href="https://hempuli.itch.io/baba" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">itch.io</a>, <a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/g/baba_is_you" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Humble</a>, and <a href="https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/baba-is-you-switch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Switch</a>. You can get Noita on <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/881100/Noita/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steam</a>, <a href="https://nollagames.itch.io/noita" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">itch.io</a>, <a href="https://www.gog.com/game/noita" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GOG</a>, and <a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/store/noita" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Humble</a>. You can get the Baba Is You soundtrack on <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/955710/Baba_Is_You_Soundtrack/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steam</a> and <a href="https://hempuli.itch.io/baba-is-you-soundtrack" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">itch.io</a>. And you can get a whole bunch of Arvi’s other games on <a href="https://hempuli.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his website</a>. You can also follow <a href="https://twitter.com/ESAdevlog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arvi</a> (and <a href="https://twitter.com/babaisyou_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baba</a>) on Twitter, and watch Arvi develop on <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/hempuli" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his Twitch stream</a>. ——— • I had a lovely time checking out <a href="http://tinyworld.spacebar.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">T in Y World</a>. • I believe it was Heather Flowers who said that thing about world-building, and I believe that she said it on Twitter, but I’m having a hell of a time finding the Tweet. • It was actually <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eTFea_UZcc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">at the Gamelab Conference</a> that Arvi talked about designing “Entropy” fairly early in the game’s design process. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCk0bipJx84" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCk0bipJx84" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCk0bipJx84" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">• His disembodied voice time with the GDC folks</a> is lovely too, though, and it gets a shade more technical besides. • And here’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouba/kiki_effect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">why Baba’s name is Baba</a>. (Just so soft and round is Baba). This is of course also why Keke’s name is Keke. ——— “All The People Say (Season 3)” by <a href="http://hollyhyperion.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Holly Hyperion</a>. “Baba Is You” and “Fruit On Grass – Garden” from <a href="https://hempuli.itch.io/baba-is-you-soundtrack" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Baba Is You OST</a> by Arvi Teikari. We’re on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/everybodys-talking-at-once/id699052673" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/everybodys-talking-at-once-podcast/everybodys-talking-at-once" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ics7rqgby6u2lnwlm4t7ps5expy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7G6zxPV0fh2ukmAJ3AnzNK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://play.pocketcasts.com/web/podcasts/index#/podcasts/show/b6bba420-5bc0-0132-d57c-5f4c86fd3263" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PocketCasts</a>, <a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes699052673/everybodys-talking-at-once" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Overcast</a>, and <a href="https://play.radiopublic.com/everybodys-talking-at-once-GZLrv6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RadioPublic</a>. You can also subscribe using <a href="https://etao.blog/category/podcast/feed/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">good old-fashioned RSS</a>. Logo by Aaron Perry-Zucker, using Icons by by Llisole, Dávid Gladiš, Atif Arshad, Daniel Nochta, Mike Rowe, Jakub Čaja, Raji Purcell and IconsGhost from <a href="https://thenounproject.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Noun Project</a>. <a href="http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/etao.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/etao-podcast-79-arvi-teikari.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Left-click to play. Right-click to download.</a>

Arvi Is Talk, with Arvi Teikari