The Puzzle Game Where a Minotaur Starts a Union

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Flow State

Matt Horton

34 episodes

1 month ago

A show about the games we get lost in

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A show about the games we get lost in

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The Puzzle Game Where a Minotaur Starts a Union

Flow State

31 minutes

3 months ago

The Puzzle Game Where a Minotaur Starts a Union

Hoard's LLC: Limited Labyrinth Corporation is a block puzzle game about a minotaur who wants to unionize his workplace, a corporate dungeon. I sat down with Cephalopod Ink, the developer of Hoard's LLC, to learn just what kind of team makes a game like that.

(00:00) - - NO BENEFITS
(02:09) - - Meet Cephalopod Ink
(06:10) - - A corporate dungeon???
(07:47) - - The inspiration for the game
(08:59) - - The games industry is a nightmare for workers
(11:23) - - Cephalopod's experience with unions
(15:43) - - Scoping down to find success
(19:13) - - Keeping it light
(21:56) - - The art is great!
(23:23) - - How do you market a game like Hoard's LLC?
(25:54) - - Can games actually make change?
(27:28) - - How will Cephalopod Ink be better?
(31:21) - - They said the name of the show

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