2: BANKWAVE

2: BANKWAVE

From The Process with Jude Brewer by Jude Brewer

October 23, 2023 · 39 min · Season 6 · Episode 2

About this episode

This episode explores the development of the narrative driven simulator BANKWAVE and the collaborative nature of game jams.

BANKWAVE is a narrative driven simulator developed during Ludum Dare, an international game jam competition, by indie game company Frabjous Studios. This episode of The Process explores collaboration through the rise of game jams, BANKWAVE's development, the development of the game's engine created by Hajime Hoshi, and finally the role of game testers. Learn more about Alex Mills and his team Frabjous Studios here. The song at the beginning and end of this episode was created for the show by John Fio. Show artwork by Allison Conway. Transcripts can be found at https://judebrewer.substack.com/ Sources: Game Engines as an art form, Hajime Hoshi Why Ludum Dare is so important to indie developers, Vice Video games can never be art, Roger Ebert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Jude Brewer

Topics covered

  • game development
  • game jams
  • collaboration
  • indie games
  • game testing

Keywords

  • BANKWAVE
  • Ludum Dare
  • Frabjous Studios
  • game engine
  • game testers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Frabjous Studios

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