Gregory Louden's guest appearances

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Chris Lee

David Clark

Meg Jayanth

Karla Zimonja

Brad Muir

Robert Bruce

Tim Colwill

Lara Croft

Matthew Burns

Anna Kipnis

Tim Schafer

Jill Murray

John Romero

Sean Vanaman

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We're back with a new, Returnal-focused episode! Joining us are Gregory (Narrative &amp; Cinematic Director at Housemarque  on Returnal. Also the co-founder, CEO, and Director of Convict Games, where he's made Stone and the upcoming Burn. Previously was a Senior Narrative Designer at Remedy Entertainment on Control and a narrative designer on Quantum Break) and Eevi (Senior Narrative Designer at Housemarque on Returnal, and was previously a narrative designer on Control, Quantum Break, and CrossfireX at Remedy Entertainment, and a Product Manager on Kingsbridge at Wooga) to talk about the differences in how narrative design is defined at Remedy vs Housemarque, growing pains at Housemarque with making a story-driven game like Returnal, navigating the line between challenging players too much vs not enough, telling ambiguous stories, haunting players, the relationship between narrative and sound, negotiating how much to tell players about the story, how to not re-traumatize yourself when writing something painful, and how can you make main characters as likable as your side characters.Our Guests on the InternetGregory’s Twitter and Website for Convict GamesEevi's TwitterStuff We Talked AboutReturnalStoneBurnOur theme music was created by Isabella Ness, and our logo was created by Lily Nishita.

We're back with a new, Returnal-focused episode! Joining us are Gregory (Narrative &amp; Cinematic Director at Housemarque  on Returnal. Also the co-founder, CEO, and Director of Convict Games, where he's made Stone and the upcoming Burn. Previously was a Senior Narrative Designer at Remedy Entertainment on Control and a narrative designer on Quantum Break) and Eevi (Senior Narrative Designer at Housemarque on Returnal, and was previously a narrative designer on Control, Quantum Break, and CrossfireX at Remedy Entertainment, and a Product Manager on Kingsbridge at Wooga) to talk about the differences in how narrative design is defined at Remedy vs Housemarque, growing pains at Housemarque with making a story-driven game like Returnal, navigating the line between challenging players too much vs not enough, telling ambiguous stories, haunting players, the relationship between narrative and sound, negotiating how much to tell players about the story, how to not re-traumatize yourself when writing something painful, and how can you make main characters as likable as your side characters.Our Guests on the InternetGregory’s <a href="https://twitter.com/gregorylouden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.convictgames.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website for Convict Games</a>Eevi's <a href="https://twitter.com/silliet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>Stuff We Talked About<a href="https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/returnal/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Returnal</a><a href="https://www.convictgames.com/stone" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stone</a><a href="https://www.convictgames.com/burn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Burn</a>Our theme music was created by <a href="https://www.isabellaness.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Isabella Ness</a>, and our logo was created by <a href="https://twitter.com/lilynishita" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lily Nishita</a>.

Gregory Louden & Eevi Korhonen

Gregory Louden (Returnal, Quantum Break, STONE) and Convict Games are back with BURN a brand new interactive narrative game with a branching story following pop start Nina Burn through the different phases of her life. Building on the experiences of making STONE, the hip-hop stoner noir game, and as Narrative Director on Housemarque's Returnal Louden shares how the story weaves music and stardom with a a soundtrack follows your choices. Pixel Sift is produced by Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang &amp; Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer. Thanks to Salty Dog Sounds for some of our promo music.Support the show: https://sifter.store

<a href="https://twitter.com/GregoryLouden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gregory Louden</a> (Returnal, Quantum Break, STONE) and <a href="https://www.convictgames.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Convict Games</a> are back with BURN a brand new interactive narrative game with a branching story following pop start Nina Burn through the different phases of her life. Building on the <a href="https://www.pixelsift.com.au/post/episode-109" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">experiences of making STONE</a>, the hip-hop stoner noir game, and as Narrative Director on Housemarque's <a href="https://www.playstation.com/en-au/games/returnal/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Returnal</a> Louden shares how the story weaves music and stardom with a a soundtrack follows your choices. Pixel Sift is produced by <a href="https://twitter.com/coloursupply" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Viv Thum</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Fimb_4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fiona Bartholomaeus</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/danielangart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Ang</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamChristou" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adam Christou</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/six4T3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mitch Loh</a> is Senior Producer and <a href="https://twitter.com/G_di_G" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gianni Di Giovanni</a> is our Executive Producer. Thanks to <a href="http://saltydogsounds.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Salty Dog Sounds</a> for some of our promo music.<a href="https://sifter.store" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show: https://sifter.store</a>

RETURNAL's Narrative Director Gregory Louden debuts pop music narrative game BURN