House of Games #6 - The Fine Arc

What do game development, medtech, youth centers and a theory to explain the lack of aliens have in common? Listen to our interview with Daniel Olofsson from The Fine Arc to find out!

Your Hosts and Guest, and Their Games
http://thefinearc.com/ — The homepage for The Fine Arc.
https://twitter.com/thefinearc — The Twitter account for The Fine Arc.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/543740/Medieval_Story/ — The Steam page for Medieval Story, one of Daniel’s first games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvlEwJw7iiQ — Gameplay footage from Rymdraket, Daniel’s first game.
http://www.oddgames.com/rymdraket/ — The homepage for Rymdraket.
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 — Rune’s Steam page.
https://ottowretling.medium.com/ — Otto’s blog.
https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP — The discord server for Game Hub Umeå.

More Games and Toys
https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/assassins-creed/odyssey — The homepage for the game Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.
https://www.nomanssky.com/ — The homepage for the game No Man’s Sky.
https://housemarque.com/games/resogun — The homepage for the game Resogun.
https://atari.com/products/atari-vcs-base — The store page for the Atari VCS, a modern console for playing Atari games.
https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/atari-2600-10306 — The store page for the Atari 2600 Lego set.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Jetman — The Wikipedia page for the game Solar Jetman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrust_(video_game) — The Wikipedia page for the game Thrust.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Invaders — The Wikipedia page for the original Space Invaders game.

Game Engines, Programming Languages, and Other Tools
https://unity.com/ — The homepage for the Unity game engine.
https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US — The homepage for the Unreal game engine.
https://www.photonengine.com/ — The homepage for Photon, an engine for creating multiplayer functionality in games.
https://www.ea.com/frostbite — The homepage for the Frostbite Engine.
https://www.rpgmakerweb.com/ — The homepage for RPG Maker, an engine for creating 2D RPG games.
https://www.blender.org/ — The homepage for Blender, a tool for 3D modeling.
https://github.com/features/copilot/ — The homepage for GitHub Copilot, an AI assistant for programming.
https://www.mysql.com/ — The homepage for the MySQL database.
https://www.php.net/ — The homepage for the PHP programming language.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens/ — The homepage for the Microsoft HoloLens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B — The Wikipedia page for the C++ programming language.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL — The Wikipedia page for OpenGL, an API for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC — The Wikipedia page for the BASIC programming language.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMOS_(programming_language) — The Wikipedia page for the AMOS programming language.

Companies
https://bufferleaf.se/ — The homepage for Bufferleaf, a Consulting firm offering development for apps, systems, and web products (in Swedish).
https://www.uminovainnovation.se/about/ — The homepage for the incubator Uminova Innovation.

Articles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter — The Wikipedia page for “Great Filter”, a theory on why we haven’t found aliens yet.
https://githubcopilotlitigation.com/ — The homepage for the lawsuit challenging GitHub Copilot.
https://www.gamegrin.com/articles/why-donkey-kong-country-was-a-technical-marvel/ — An article about the development of Donkey Kong Country, when they had to render animations overnight.
https://www.eurogamer.net/ea-admits-battlefield-2042-flopped-but-would-have-been-less-than-10-percent-of-annual-revenue-anyway — An article about why Battlefield 2042 flopped.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-aims-hobble-chinas-chip-industry-with-sweeping-new-export-rules-2022-10-07/ — An article about how the U.S. government aims to slow China’s technological progress with new export rules.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600 — The Wikipedia page for Atari 2600.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64 — The Wikipedia page for the Commodore 64.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga — The Wikipedia page for the Amiga.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_jam — The Wikipedia for game jams.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_length — The Wikipedia page for an Arc length, the type of arc used in the name “The Fine Arc”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark — The Wikipedia page for Noah’s Ark from the bible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_of_the_Covenant — The Wikipedia page for the Ark of the Covenant from the bible.