How to make a video game, with Auroch Digital

It's the first episode of our 3 part Mars Horizon special with 3 amazing guests from the UK Space Agency ! Jem, Matt, and Tom are joined this week by Libby Jackson, Human Exploration Programme Manager at UK Space Agency. We delve into the real jobs at space agencies that informed the making of Mars Horizon. Libby shares her experiences with us including shadowing a flight director at NASA Johnson...

Have you ever wanted to be a streamer? Or wondered what it is like doing it as your job? Want some great tips to get started? We're here to help! In this episode of the Auroch Digital podcast Jem and Matt are joined by streamers Grimsevers and Sizzsarz to talk about all things streaming! They share their expertise and experiences, as well as loads of great tips about building communities, finding...

Season 6 gets off to a great start with our preview of the first ever Steam Digital Tabletop Fest ! Auroch Digital  will celebrate games that cross between physical and digital, will make its debut October 21st thru 26th. Hosts Matt and Jem are joined by CEO Tomas Rawlings and the newest member of the marketing team Allie to talk about their work in setting up this awesome event. Hear about the ex...

Marketing and community manager Jemima Crow is joined by Peter and Matt to talk about animal simulation in games. They start by looking at how breeding and caring for animals translates to game design. They then focus on how animal behaviour affects player interaction and the future of animal simulation. Please rate the podcast and spread the word! Show notes Video games are creating smarter anima...

We had some extra special guests in this bonus podcast episode - The Oliver twins! Mike, Jem, and Matt chat to the creators of Dizzy and games industry legends who are the most Prolific 8-bit videogame developers ever! Tune in to hear behind the scenes development stories and to get advice about starting your own career in gaming. Please note, this episode was recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic...

In the beginning there was a monitor. A monitor with a black screen. Then, someone made some specs of light and behold - a starfield. From there Space games have gone from strength to strength. In this episode Producer and QA manager Mike Daw takes Matt and Jem on a tour of some of the most important Space games that have been made - including suggestions from the Auroch Digital Discord ! Show not...

Producer and QA manager Mike Daw joins Jem and Matt with an update for Auroch Digital's current game in development Mars Horizon! Find out how the game has changed following the alpha and get some teasers about all the awesome stuff that's coming up. This was recorded before we announced our publisher and the beta. The beta is live right now and you can join in by signing up here:  Mars Horizon be...

Using the live-action Ghostbusters movies as leverage, Jem and Matt are joined by Creative Producer Peter Willington to chat and tour through the many Ghostbusters video games that have graced gaming systems since 1984 - from first game, to VR, to 2019’s ‘remaster’ of the 2009 AAA release. All in the runup to 2020’s ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’. Show notes Ghostbusters 2020 teaser Ghostbusters: After...

What is a typical day at a game development studio like? It's busy, hectic, but lots of fun. In this weeks episode you can find out what a day in the life of Auroch Digital is like as we work together to make games. Please note, this episode was recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic. Our daily lives are currently very different from this, but we are still working hard to make great games. The Auro...

Auroch Digital CEO Tomas Rawlings joins Jem and Matt to talk about some of the games that Games Workshop made that were not Warhammer titles and how we came to turn some of those into video games. Show notes Get Chainsaw Warrrior t-shirt Grab our non-Warhammer titles in  The Totally Radical Auroch Digital 80s Gaming Bundle Tomas's letter from Games Workshop (in 1989) Grognard Files Talisman 📝 Sig...

In this magical episode Marketing and community manager Jemima Crow leads the way, joined by Pete and Matt, to chat about video game adaptations featuring the world of Harry Potter. They look at how the many Harry Potter games both do justice to and fail their source material.  Show notes Minecraft School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - Gameplay Trailer   Netflix’s ‘The Witcher’ Is The Best Live-Acti...

Auroch Digital CEO Tomas Rawlings and Creative producer Peter Willington join Jem and Matt to chat about democracy in gaming - both as a topic games are made about and as a thing within a game system itself. Vote with your ears and have a listen! Show notes Get our card game, Elections, on sale! & Vote Cthulhu!  Democracy 3 Greek Debt Crisis   Brenda Romero’s 2013 talk at Games for Change Tomas’s...

Episode 5 and the last episode in Season 4! Hosts Matt Davies (Marketing and Community Manager) and Matthew Walker (Sound Designer) talk with Design Director Tomas Rawlings on the brief history of Cthulhu games. Where they came from and how they've developed over the years. This will also be host Matt Davies last episode #sadface However, fear not we'll be back with a brand new season in the near...

Episode 4 continues our adventure across the galaxy! Hosts Matt Davies (Marketing and Community Manager) and Matthew Walker (Sound Designer) talk about the visit Auroch Digital made to ESA as well as talking. To the Designer on Mars Horizon - Matt Bone. Find out about the challenges involved in getting the gameplay just right and how to balance the reality and complexity of space travel with game...

Episode 3 and this one is out of this world! In the fourth season of How to Make a Video Game with Auroch Digital hosts Matt Davies (Marketing and Community Manager) and Matthew Walker (Sound Designer) talk about the visit Auroch Digital made to ESA to show off Mars Horizon to ACTUAL rocket engineers and scientists with Design Director Tomas Rawlings.  We also have some great interviews with the s...

It's Episode 2 and this time we are getting aquatic! In the fourth season of How to Make a Video Game with Auroch Digital hosts Matt Davies (Marketing and Community Manager) and Matthew Walker (Sound Designer) chat with Megaquariums developer Tim Wicksteed about the motivations for making the game and how you make marine management fun. Show notes 📝 We are asking for YOUR opinions on the podcast...

We're back! Its the fourth season of How to Make a Video Game with Auroch Digital is here and we have Tomas Rawlings and Peter Willington joining hosts Matt Davies (Marketing and Community Manager) and Matthew Walker (Sound Designer) as we talk about games that haven't been made. Good ideas we've had, why they never saw the light of day and everything else in between. Show notes 📝  We are asking...

To celebrate the launch of Dark Future: Blood Red States (out now on Steam!)  we were delighted to welcome onto the podcast James Swallow to talk to us. James Swallow is a BAFTA-nominated scriptwriter and the award-winning New York Times, Sunday Times and Amazon #1 bestselling author. He's worked on such IPs as Star Trek, Warhammer 40k, Dr Who as well as writing Jade Dragon in the Dark Future nove...

It's finally here  Dark Future: Blood Red States is now live and available to buy! So what better way to celebrate than to talk to the people who have been working on the game! You can find the previous episodes in the show notes, but in this episode, we speak with Ellie and Jack, Programmers on the game and Sam Chester, Lead Programmer and Aaron Ashbrooke, Lead Designer. Show notes 📝  We are ask...

We are agonisingly close to the release of Dark Future: Blood Red States and so what better time to talk about the actual game? We welcome Tomas Rawlings (Design Director) and Peter Willington (Producer) to the episode to talk about the development of the game from its humble origins to what it is today. A must listen for all aspiring Game Devs Show notes 📝  We are asking for YOUR opinions on the...

In Episode 2 of Season 3 of the series, we are looking at our upcoming game  Dark Future: Blood Red States , and in this episode, we look at the board game our game is based on. Show Notes 📝  We are asking for YOUR opinions on the podcast - how do you think it sounds? What would you like to change? Let us know! 💬 Want to talk to us about the podcast OR the game?  Join our Discord 💥 Grab  Dark F...

We are back for Season 3 and in this series, we are looking at our upcoming game Dark Future: Blood Red States. Show Notes 📝  We are asking for YOUR opinions on the podcast - how do you think it sounds? What would you like to change? Let us know! There are a whole raft of show notes for this one, so we created a compendium article on Medium 💬 Want to talk to us about the podcast OR the game? Joi...

In time-honoured podcast tradition, it's time for a clip show to look back on Season 1 and 2 of How to Make a Video Game with Auroch Digital. We'll be back with Season 3 and a closer look at Dark Future: Blood Red States, which you can grab here. Show notes 📝  We are asking for YOUR opinions on the podcast - how do you think it sounds? What would you like to change? Let us know! 👍 If you want to...

In the fourth episode of this season we take a deep dive into one of our earlier games, Chainsaw Warrior, and its follow up Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night. We speak with Tomas Rawlings and Steve Martin about the original game, its creation and a connection between Freudian theories of the mind... genuinely!  Like the podcast? We'd love you to subscribe to the show! Show notes: 📝  We are ask...

In the third episode of this season we go back to the Global Games Jam hosted at the Bristol VR Lab. Like the podcast? We'd love you to subscribe to the show! Show notes: 📝  We are asking for YOUR opinions on the podcast - how do you think it sounds? What would you like to change? Let us know! Got an idea for an episode? Did we get something wrong? 💬 Want to talk to us about the podcast OR the g...