Road to Vostok Developer: Demo 2 v2, Early Access Details, New Trader, Godot Engine, BTS of Game Dev

This is my second conversation with Antti - the solo developer of Road to Vostok! We previously spoke a year ago and it only made sense to check-in and see how the development is going. Especially, after the engine switch from Unity to Godot.

We talk about the transition as well as the Unity crisis, and touch upon the current state of the video game industry.

We dive into Public Demo 2 V2, early access, new traders, more lore details, game music, running an indie game company, and much more! Enjoy!
@roadtovostok

Topics:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:30 Episode Overview
00:03:45 General State of Mind and Motivation
00:04:37 Transition from Unity to Godot
00:08:46 Adapting Road to Vostok to Godot
00:13:09 Opinions on Large Corporations, Unity & Adobe Situation
00:18:35 Thoughts on the AI Landscape and it's Impact on Gaming
00:22:22 Current Video Game Industry Landscape: Layoffs, Indie Studio Struggle
00:33:59 Dealing With an Overabundance of Game Ideas as an Indie Dev
00:39:13 Gamers Reception of Public Demo 2: What Worked and What Didn't
00:48:07 Public Demo 2 V2 Details: New Features, Release Window
00:53:03 Enemy AI Deep Dive, New AI Behaviours, AI Balancing
00:55:48 Vision for Early Access: Voice Actors, Change of Pace, Sponsorships, Play-testing
01:03:02 IRL Border Zone Deep Dive and Explanation, Finland's History During WW2
01:08:05 Unraveling the Bandit Faction and Game Lore, NEW Friendly Faction Details, NEW Trader Details
01:14:30 Details on the Community Effort in Uncovering the Game's Lore
01:19:05 Methods of Working with Composer on The Game's OST, Finish Traditional Folklore Music
01:24:51 The Challenges of Game Development and Running a Game Studio
01:28:48 Outro and Best Wishes

Music:
Last Warrior by VensAdams - https://tunetank.com/track/5161-last-...
Energize by StringerBell - https://tunetank.com/track/1282-energ...

Road to Vostok OST by Joeler Music:
   / @joelermusic  

Winds -    • Road to Vostok OST - Winds  
Far -    • Road to Vostok OST - Far  

Tools:
Recorded with Riverside - https://www.riverside.fm

Support Road to Vostok
Patreon:
  / roadtovostok  

Wishlist on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/19...

Follow:
Website: https://roadtovostok.com/
Twitter:   / roadtovostok  
Instagram:   / roadtovostok  

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