Ep. 93 - Ken Wong

Monument Valley lead designer Ken Wong joins us this week to discuss the current state of the video game industry and video games as an art form. We speak in depth about the process behind creating Monument Valley, and some of the challenges he and his team at UsTwo faced along the way. This eventually leads us down the rabbit hole of Ken’s creative influences, many of which are classic films. GUEST LINKS: usTwo Blog: http://ustwo.com/blog/ Ken’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/kenwongart Ken’s Website: http://www.kenart.net/ Monument Valley: http://www.monumentvalleygame.com/ ------------------------------ Subscribe on iTunes: http://www.thecollectivepodcast.com/itunes Subscribe via RSS: http://www.thecollectivepodcast.com/rss Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thecollectivepodcast Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thecpodcast ------------------------------ SHOW NOTES: Journey: http://amzn.to/18AjjZg Steam: http://www.steampowered.com GameLoading: Rise of the Indies: http://www.gameloading.tv/ Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com Ash’s Ghost in the Shell Project: http://www.gits2501.com/ Alien: http://amzn.to/14KoJ1w The Art of Alice Madness Returns: http://amzn.to/1613N7U Reddit thread: http://redd.it/2sbi17 Solaris: http://amzn.to/1liNjHF Children of Men: http://amzn.to/15Mts3i Leon the Professional: http://amzn.to/18Am1ho QUOTE People are humans, and we enjoy beauty. We enjoy the synthesis of art, and animation, and music, and what happens when you interact with that. All those details matter. -Ken Wong The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of their employers.