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Sascha Reinhold

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The Voices of Spelkollektivet

30/03/2025

Episode 12 – Keith and John from Cga Studio Games, who are working on Virtual Driving School [Nordic Games Conference 2024]

For our fourth conversation Keith and John from Cga Studio Games joined us on the interview couch, talking about their game / simulation Virtual Driving School, sharing details about driving tests in the UK, supporting a whole zoo of peripheries and how to survive as a studio for more than 20 years.

25 min
24/01/2025

Episode 11 – Anna & the Basti Boys, who have been working on Corporate Cut – The Hair-Raising Adventure of an Office Employee [Nordic Games Conference 2024]

Our third interview we conducted with Anna & the Basti Boys (surprisingly without Basti himself) talking about their university project Corporate Cut, how the team members got together and how the team got its name. Other topics: game world design, quirky characters, creative process and … the future! Enjoy!

32 min
05/01/2025

Episode 10 – Clara and Lukas from PiPaPo Games, who are working on MapMap – A Game About Maps [Nordic Games Conference 2024]

Second on stage we had Clara and Lukas of PiPaPo Games. We talked about their upcoming title MapMap – A Game About Maps, how they come up with ideas, what their learned about cartography, the importance of gender and representation and their future plans. Also, Sascha is repeatedly using the word basically – even up to three times in one sentence.

30 min
21/12/2024

Episode 9 – Markus, who is working on Journey Beyond the Edge of the World [Nordic Games Conference 2024]

econd on stage we had Clara and Lukas of PiPaPo Games. We talked about their upcoming title MapMap – A Game About Maps, how they come up with ideas, what their learned about cartography, the importance of gender and representation and their future plans. Also, Sascha is repeatedly using the word basically – even up to three times in one sentence.

30 min
20/05/2023

Brian, Leene, Mareike, Mari-Anna and Trent, who all met at A MAZE Berlin 2023

For the last six months it has been pretty quiet around Spel·Cast. You thought, this young cast would be dead already … well, SURPRISE! Spel·Cast is back with a special episode from A MAZE Berlin 2023! Brian, Leene, Mari-Anna, Mareike, Trent and Sascha – all homies or past homies of Spelkollektivet – huddled together around a microphone in the back room of the festival restaurant and spoke about the significance of planting seeds in a community garden, the importance of cleaning your toys as well as what hugging a box feels like.

50 min
08/12/2022

Olly, who is working on Tea Alchemy

In the last episode of "season one" of this podcast we speak to Olly, one of the most socially active members of the house. Not only does she have an extensive and extremely broad collection of games on her Nintendo Switch; she also loves sharing it and spending time with other people playing. We talk about how making tea gave her the idea for her game Tea Alchemy, the differences between knitting, crocheting and macramé and about the war in Ukraine – her home.

57 min
24/11/2022

Christopher, who has been working on Eldrum: Red Tide

Christopher Entzenberg was the first new homie that I personally welcomed right after he arrived. In this Spel·Cast episode we talk about the games of the Eldrum series that Christopher has been working on before coming to the house. Other topics include the difficulties of breaking with old habits, how to be an author and what being new at the Spelkollektivet feels like.

1hr 9min
17/11/2022

Jay, who is working on Hotel Magnate

This week we speak to Jay – one of the returning homies at Spelkollektivet – who is part of indie studio Arcade Oven. At the time of recording almost the whole team was residing at Spelkollektivet (except for one person). They are working on Hotel Magnate, a hotel and resort management simulation, currently in early access. Join us as we are talking about taking responsibility in the house, why some artists are just not good at graphic design and the impact of having elevators in your tycoon game.

1hr 36min
10/11/2022

Leene, who is working on Broken Alliance

In this episode we speak to Leene Künnap, whose studio Placeholder Gameworks – after the indie success Death & Taxes – is now taking on two games at once: The pixel art strategy game Broken Alliance as well as the fantasy merchant crafting game Craft Craft. She tells us about the joy of experiencing TrainJam 2019, how Death & Taxes was released during a global pandemic and how you can get more confident with Karaoke.

1hr 39min
03/11/2022

Michal, who is about to finish Lords & Villeins

This week, Michal Roch – one of the earliest homies at Spelkollektivet – is telling us about, how he stumbled upon the house three years ago and transitioned from business analyst to game developer. In the last months he and his team have been finishing up Lords & Villeins, a very systems-heavy simulation game that is going to be released very soon. We compare how presenting the game publicly at different stages of development felt like, the pros and cons of early access, but also what might come next, after the release of the game.

1hr 28min
27/10/2022

Diogo, who is working on Beers & Boomerangs

In this episode we speak to Diogo Cunha, who is one of the two game devs of the indie studio Witty Platypus. Together with his partner Inês Almeida he is developing a silly and fun VR game called Beers & Boomerangs. Diogo tells us about visiting the Poznan Game Arena, releasing a VR game and how and why the team came to the house.

1hr 3min
20/10/2022

Tristan, who is working on Schulz & Wachtmeister

In this episode we speak to Tristan, who is currently working on a game in RPG Maker called Schulz & Wachtmeister. It is a game about two German soldiers seeking shelter in the Alps during World War I. Among other things, Tristan tells us about live at Spelkollektivet and Inktober.

29 min

12 Episodes

The Voices of Spelkollektivet

Creator

Sascha Reinhold
Years Active

2022 - 2025
Episodes

12
Rating

Explicit
Show Website

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