I hope you are ready for a different type of game developer education; Ida Fontaine tells us all about “The Military School of Game Development”, a.k.a The Game Assembly! Put on your best camouflage and shine those boots as we dive into the newest episode of House of Games!

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Chapters

00:00 Episode Intro

01:14 Ida Fontaine Introduces Herself

01:41 What Is the Game Assembly?

03:16 What Does Ida Do at The Game Assembly?

04:34 What Is Procedural Art?

08:10 What Is Technical Art?

08:54 A Day in the Life of a Student at The Game Assembly

10:26 What Is Agile?

13:55 What the Industry Think of The Game Assembly Method

14:50 A Day in the Life… Continued

24:08 The Application and Admission Process at The Game Assembly

31:04 Exploring the Reasons for Joining the School

34:35 Future Plans and the Vision for the Game Assembly

38:47 The Game Assembly’s In-House Game Engine

40:06 Does the Game Assembly Create Artistic Freedom or Conformity?

47:52 Episode Outro

Your Hosts and Guest, and Their Games

• ⁠https://thegameassembly.com/se/ansokan/⁠ — Apply to The Game Assembly! (In Swedish)
• ⁠https://thegameassembly.com/se/nyheter/ansokningsomgang-2024/⁠ — Visit The Game Assembly’s Open House! (In Swedish)
• ⁠https://thegameassembly.com/⁠ — Learn more about The Game Assembly!
• ⁠https://store.steampowered.com/app/2436180/Sunset_Moon/⁠ — Wishlist Sunset Moon on Steam!
• ⁠https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh⁠ — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Switch!
• ⁠https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/24596/Red_Colony_Uncensored_Threesome_Bundle/⁠ — Buy the Red Colony trilogy on Steam!
• ⁠https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/⁠ — Buy KnifeBoy on Switch!
• ⁠https://store.steampowered.com/app/889130/KnifeBoy_Rebooted/⁠ — Buy KnifeBoy on Steam!
• ⁠https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/game-development-427e99aefd01⁠ — Read Otto’s blog about game development!
• ⁠https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP⁠ — The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.

Tools for Making Games

• ⁠https://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview⁠ — The homepage for Autodesk Maya.
• ⁠https://www.blender.org/⁠ — The homepage for Blender.
• ⁠https://www.ea.com/frostbite⁠ — The homepage of the Frostbite Engine.
• ⁠https://www.sidefx.com/products/houdini/⁠ — The homepage for Houdini.
• ⁠https://unity.com/⁠ — The homepage for Unity.
• ⁠https://www.unrealengine.com/⁠ — The homepage for Unreal Engine.

Get all the links and the transcript for this episode right here: ⁠https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-63-tga-the-military-school-of-game-development-3103940c832e