#18 – RISE

This week we have an interesting discussion with Gabriella Kalteneckar and Björn Flintberg from RISE GameNode, hosts of the podcast “Spelfokus”. Join us for an interesting discussion about the games industry and its future! Your Hosts and Guests, and Their Games https://www.ri.se/en - The homepage for RISE, the Research Institutes of Sweden. https://www.ri.se/en/what-we-do/test-demo/rise-gamenode - The homepage for RISE’s GameNode, a virtual test and demo environment for the gaming industry. https://rss.com/podcasts/spelfokus/ - The homepage for the Gabriella’s and Björn’s podcast, “Spelfokus” (in Swedish). https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh - The official store page for the physical release of the Red Colony trilogy. https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ - The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted. https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 - Rune’s Steam store page. https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 - Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”. https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP - The discord server for Game Hub Umeå. Games https://www.valheimgame.com/ - The homepage for Valheim. https://playvrising.com/ - The homepage for V Rising. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_2 - The Wikipedia page for Battlefield 2. Game Clusters https://arcticgame.se/ - The homepage for Arctic Game, a game cluster focused on northern Sweden. https://swedengamearena.com/en/ - The homepage for Sweden Game Arena, a game cluster focused on Västra Götaland and the city of Skövde. https://www.gamehabitat.se/ - The homepage for Game Habitat, a game cluster focused on southern Sweden. Articles and Other Links https://open.spotify.com/episode/1eenGT78QIJs17m9OLzHVQ?si=9744e30ce0eb4bfd – Our episode about The Fine Arc. https://www.gamescom-cologne.com/ - The homepage for Gamescom, a trade show for the games industry. https://dataspelsbranschen.se/news/2023/2/1/new-report-sweden-needs-25000-game-developers-next-ten-years - The industry report “Talent, Education and the Art of Making Games”, by the Swedish Games Industry. https://dataspelsbranschen.se/english - The homepage for the Swedish Games Industry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language) – The Wikipedia page for the C# programming language. Read the full description and transcription of this episode here: https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-episode-18-rise-80f91a7b4ead