One Cool Thing Die Gute Fabrik

On this episode, we meet Jill Murray who chats to Hannah Nicklin about skating.
Jill Murray is a Canadian creative director, coming fresh from the launch of Invincible Presents: Atom Eve. She is a writer for indie and AAA games, best known for her work as Lead Writer on Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and a bunch of the Assassin's Creed games but other highlights of her credits include Moon Hunters, été, and Subnautica: Below Zero. 
After starting out by studying theatre, she’s also worked in web development and published two YA novels. She’s been working in games for an impressive amount of time, with credits going back to 2012, and has among her many awards the Writers Guild of America award for Excellence in Videogame Writing stands out as a particular highlight.

Liner Notes
elladjbaldeInvincible Presents: Atom Evehttp://discoglo.be/

One Cool Thing Production Credits
One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

On this episode we meet Wren Brier who chats to Hannah Nicklin about Eki Stamps & Goshuin.
Wren is a Brisbane-based game artist and creative director with a particular talent for and interest in pixel art. She’s curated a whole pixel art exhibit with the Brisbane Powerhouse as well as running workshops alongside other outreach work with Women in Games Brisbane.

Wren has been working in games for about a decade as a freelance and in-house artist before most recently undertaking a major collaboration with Witch Beam Games as the creative director on the hit indie game UNPACKING.

Liner Notes
unpackinggame.comExample of Eki StampsExample of Go-shuinWren on TwitterWren on BlueskyOne Cool Thing Production Credits
One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

On episode 20 we meet Char Putney who chats to Hannah Nicklin about "Negative Space" by BR Yeager.
Char Putney is a multiple award-winning Irish writer from Dublin who currently lives in Copenhagen. She’s been a lot of things in her rich and varied life so far, from a yoga teacher to working production and management positions at Google and Facebook, writing for games such as Divinity Original Sin, Baldur’s Gate, NUTS and Char was also the story lead on our recently announced brand new story-driven adventure game SALTSEA CHRONICLES.

Liner Notes
M John Harrison’s unrelatable"Teatro Grottesco" by Thomas Ligotti"Experimental Film" by Gemma Files"The Visible Filth" by Nathan Ballingrud"Things We Lost In The Fire" by Mariana Enríquez"House of Leaves" by Mark DanielewskiThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonChar’s websiteWrite with LaikaNegative Space by B. R. YeagerSaltsea ChroniclesOne Cool Thing Production Credits
One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

On this episode, we meet Goldie Bartlett who chats to Hannah Nicklin about wimmelbilder.

Goldie Bartlett is an illustrator and artist based out of Melbourne Australia. She works in paint, pencil, digital media and videogames. Recent games which feature her work include Florence and Movement Study 1, and most recently launched Wayward Strand as part of the core team of Ghost Pattern Games. Wayward Strand is described on their website as a heartfelt interactive story, told in a curious way. 
She’s also in the art and digital art field, contributing to graphic novels, and the internationally exhibited Now Play This commission THE GRANNIES which is a documentary short film about Goldie and their pals The Grannies, pushing the boundaries of Red Dead Online. She also produced a beautiful hand drawn map for the merch for Untitled Goose Game.

Liner Notes
Goldie’s twitter thread on the making of the Untitled Goose Game mapThe Melbourne MapBoschBot - by The White PubeThe Garden of Earthly DelightsHidden FolksI commissioned some beesFlowWayward StrandA Puzzling Day at Castle MacPelicanWimmelbilder SubredditLynda Barry - What it IsOne Cool Thing Production Credits
One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

On this episode, we meet Terry Burdack who chats to Hannah Nicklin about natural philosophy.

Terry Burdak is a game developer based out of Melbourne Australia. The company he co-runs is called Paper House, and they make games and other creative things inspired by the world around them - that’s everything from a wonderful short story game where you play as a wombat in the heat of an Australian Summer available, to their upcoming single-player god game set in a tiny wooden toy version of Melbourne.

As well as a strong sense of Aussie, and Melburnian identity Wood & Weather also has a sense of physical comedy and humour which really brings the game to life.

Liner Notes
A Short History of Nearly EverythingPlus Paper House GamesWood & Weather on SteamPaperbarkFor context on the land on which and about which Paperhouse makes games:
This map gives a rough outline of VictoriaThis map shows language groupsThere’s also this incredible interactive physical map at the Melbourne Museum that’s a part of Bunjilaka. You can see some info here.One Cool Thing Production Credits
One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.

On this episode, we meet Sharna Jackson who chats to Hannah Nicklin about barges.

Sharna Jackson is a British game writer, artistic director and author. Before writing full time she was artistic director at Site Gallery in Sheffield, on the board of Sheffield Doc/Fest - a film festival that focuses on documentaries - and an advisor on several projects centering on children. Her award-winning books for children - around tween age, 10+ - as well as being great fun, are also interested in lifting up voices lesser heard in fiction. She is also the curator of ENSEMBLE - a UK based exhibition which celebrates UK games talent from Black, Asian and underrepresented ethnicities.

Liner Notes
The Anna Maria (Sharna's boat)Sharna's homepageSharna on TwitterThe Good TurnHigh Rise MysteryBlack Artists Shaping the WorldSaltsea Chronicles on SteamThe log of Rek and Devine (100 Rabbits) of their 51 day passage from Japan to CanadaSelina Thompson’s SaltOne Cool Thing Production Credits
One Cool Thing is hosted by Die Gute Fabrik's Studio Lead Hannah Nicklin and is produced, edited and sound designed by Tom Whalley. Additional production and research by Úna-Minh Kavanagh and our theme music by Nick Ellis who can be found on Bandcamp as tenby.