In this episode I speak with Oscar Brittain, one of the developers at  Henry's House, currently working on the storefront management game  Kardboard King's.

In this conversation, we discuss what kind of game Kardboard King's is  and what the intentions behind it were, and how they were trying to  recapture the feeling of going to the card shop as a kid and getting to  enjoy that feeling.

We discuss how a surgery lead to him discovering video games, and then  how getting laid off from his job lead him down a path of going back to  school and then inevitably to him deciding to just go for it and take  the plunge to try and make a video game.

Oscar also had a unique approach to learning to make games by focusing  more on learning good design principles before trying to make something.

We also talk about how Oscar enjoys games can be completely unique and  deliver a new and surprising experience, and how games, such as Ubisoft  games, can deliver exactly what you expect and how those can create a  juxtaposition to entirely different games and help you appreciate new  and different elements all the more. With Oscar also not playing a lot  of games when he was younger, he shares how playing older games is  always surprising to see what great ideas older games were able to  deliver on, and what older game ideas are still present today.

You can find more information about Henrys House and their projects below:

Kardboard King's on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1298480/Kardboard_Kings/

Nanomon Virtual Pet on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1498060/Nanomon_Virtual_Pet/

Henry's House Twitter @HenrysHouseAU

Oscar Brittain's Twitter @moomoomang