House of Games # 15 - Game Boost

This week you can listen to a fascinating conversation with Jenny Österlund, the founder of Game Boost. In the episode, we talk about how to elevate your career, current trends in the market, and Jenny’s own story of getting into the industry.

Your Hosts and Guest
https://www.gameboost.se/ - The homepage for Game Boost.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-%C3%B6sterlund/ - Jenny’s LinkedIn profile.
https://discord.gg/vmm9zXwMgG - The Discord server for Game Boost.
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, Open-Source Projects, and Game Engines
https://www.supergiantgames.com/games/hades - The homepage for the game Hades.
https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/stellaris/about - The homepage for the game Stellaris.
https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/cities-skylines/about - The homepage for the game Cities: Skylines.
https://www.hazelight.se/games/it-takes-two/ - The homepage for the game It Takes Two.
https://www.hogwartslegacy.com/en-us - The homepage for the game Hogwarts Legacy.
https://www.ea.com/games/unravel - The homepage for the Unravel franchise.
https://www.crusaderkings.com/ - The homepage for the Crusader Kings franchise.
https://www.callofduty.com/ - The homepage for the Call of Duty franchise.
https://embark.dev/ - A page for the game studio Embark’s Open-Source projects using the rust language.
https://www.ea.com/frostbite - The homepage for the Frostbite engine, used and developed by the game studio DICE.
https://unity.com/ - The homepage for the Unity game engine.
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US - The homepage for the Unreal game engine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RE_Engine - The Wikipedia page for the RE Engine, used and developed by the game company Capcom.

Game Studios, Publishers, and Other Companies
https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/ - The homepage for Paradox Interactive, a game development studio, and publisher.
https://www.coldwood.com/ - The homepage of Coldwood studios, the developer of the Unravel franchise.
https://avalanchestudios.com/ - The homepage for the game company Avalanche Studios.
https://rawfury.com/ - The homepage for the publisher Raw Fury.
https://www.embark-studios.com/ - The homepage for the game studio Embark.
https://www.dice.se/ - The homepage for the game studio DICE.
https://www.valvesoftware.com/en/ - The homepage of the game company Valve Software.
https://www.aurorapunks.com/ - The homepage for Aurora Punks, a collective of indie game studios.
https://www.coldpx.com/ - The homepage for Cold Pixel, a marketing agency for video games.
https://www.caketowninteractive.com/ - The homepage for Caketown Interactive, a marketing agency for video games.
https://www.semble.gg/ - Semble, a social network for networking within the games industry.

A Podcast and Some Articles
https://rss.com/podcasts/spelfokus/ - The podcast “Spelfokus” (in Swedish), about the Swedish games industry by the Swedish Research Institute (RISE).
https://www.awn.com/news/its-done-unity-completes-weta-digital-acquisition - An article about Unity’s acquisition of Weta Digital.
https://gamerant.com/sony-spending-1-billion-bungie-employees/ - An article about Sony spending over $1 billion to keep Bungie employees after the acquisition.
https://tinyhydra.com/game-classification/ - An article about the classification of game companies, including AAA and III.
https://www.guru99.com/cpp-vs-c-sharp.html - An article comparing the C# and C++ programming languages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language) – The Wikipedia page for the C# programming language.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B – The Wikipedia page for the C++ programming language.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experiment - The Wikipedia page for the Stanford marshmallow experiment.