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The Puzzle Game Where a Minotaur Starts a Union

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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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Manage episode 498547189 series 3605976
Content provided by Matt Horton. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Matt Horton or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

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

Support my work at ko-fi.com/MattHorton

Read more of my writing at https://MattHorton.live

Listen to my podcast at https://cantletitgo.gay

Listen to Lex's podcast - The Legend of Podcast: Trails Through Trails - https://trailspod.transistor.fm/

  continue reading

34 episodes

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