House of Games #9 - Culture

How does culture influence the visual style of games? Is it reasonable that some video games should be censored? What is the difference between developing a game for a Japanese audience vs. a Swedish one?

Join us as we discuss how culture relates to gameplay, censorship, UX, style, and work culture in the video games industry.

Your Hosts and Their Games
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.

Read the full description for this episode, including games and articles mentioned in the episode here:
https://medium.com/@ottowretling/house-of-games-episode-9-culture-65cfcff0ac78