Adam Orth
@adamorth.bsky.social
COO Midwest Games. Host AIAS Game Maker’s Notebook Podcast. xSony Music xMicrosoft xLucasfilm xSony Santa Monica xElectronic Arts xInterscope etc. Created ADR1FT. Musician. Guitar is life. www.adamorth.com
Hey gamedev best friends! It's time for: heat, humidity, schnitzel and videogames We have a ton going on at @midwestgames.bsky.social in 2026 and have some big announcements coming for Gamescom, so if you need publishing support or have a great game to show, let's meet up. My DM's are open!
Talked to super-bestie @allenmmurray.bsky.social of @zaumstudio.bsky.social for @official-aias.bsky.social Game Makers Notebook about his undercover game career + their amazing new game ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies! Easily one of my GOTY's. Don't miss it! Thanks, Allen 🖤 bsky.app/profile/offi...
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences@official-aias.bsky.social · 3w agoOn the #GameMakersNotebook, @adamorth.bsky.social chats w/ @allenmmurray.bsky.social of @zaumstudio.bsky.social about ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies, the pressure of following up a beloved debut in Disco Elysium, how they implemented over 700k words of dialogue, and balancing creative vision and risk!
On the #GameMakersNotebook, @adamorth.bsky.social chats w/ @allenmmurray.bsky.social of @zaumstudio.bsky.social about ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies, the pressure of following up a beloved debut in Disco Elysium, how they implemented over 700k words of dialogue, and balancing creative vision and risk!
If you haven’t played REPLACED you are missing out on a modern 2.5D classic. On my GOTY shortlist. I had a chest convo with Igor and Yura from @sadcatstudios.bsky.social. Check it out: gamemakersnotebook.libsyn.com/how-replaced...
Game Maker's Notebook: How Replaced Explores the Relationship Between Technology and the Human Condition
chats with and of about their 2.5D cinematic action-platformer, . Together they discuss developing the story as an exploration between technology and it's r...
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Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences@official-aias.bsky.social · last mo.On #GameMakersNotebook, @adamorth.bsky.social chats w/ @sadcatstudios.bsky.social Igor Gritsay & Yura Zhdanovich about REPLACED, exploring technology's relationship with the human condition through story, fitting combat into a cinematic platformer, creating a bleak yet hopeful soundtrack, and more!
Free Star Wars game idea: Set between Empire and Jedi: Boba Fett trying to take Han to Jabba while all the other bounty hunters are boss fights trying to steal Han for the bounty and it’s just a big long escort mission across the galaxy. Like Midnight Run meets Metal Gear Sold 3: Snake Eater
A brave knight. A cursed dungeon. A nightmare made just for you... Wishlist DUNGEON LURKER if you dare: store.steampowered.com/app/4669960/... #indiedev #indiegame #ScreenshotSaturday #TheMIX #SummerGameFest #DungeonLurker
On #GameMakersNotebook, @adamorth.bsky.social chats w/ Mateusz Michalak & Mateusz Lechowski of Fumi Games about their studio origins, inspirations and development of 'Mouse: P.I. For Hire', rubber-hose animation and its importance to the setting, balancing serious and comedic game elements and more!
My latest @official-aias.bsky.social Game makers Notebook episode is out. I LOVED Mouse P.I. for Hire and talked with Mateusz (X2) of Fumi Games about their Rubber Hose masterpiece. We dove deep into origin, influences and boomer shooters. Enjoy! gamemakersnotebook.libsyn.com/mouse-pi-for...
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Causeway Studios | The Haunting of Joni Evers@causewaystudios.com · 3mo agoCan you really know someone if you don't know what game has stolen more of their life than any other? In this week's #QuestionsWithCauseway, we're asking our team (and YOU) what game you've spent the most time with in your entire life. We're all ears!
Reject the discourse.
Adam Orth@adamorth.bsky.social · 3mo ago🔥 🔥 🔥 It's Mixtape Monday! 🔥 🔥 🔥 My latest @official-aias.bsky.social Game Makers Notebook episode is live today with Johnny Galvatron of Beethoven & Dinosaur. ✅ I love this game. ✅ You love this game. ✅ We got into it. Now it's your turn 🙌 gamemakersnotebook.libsyn.com/how-mixtape-...
I'm not here too much. I forgot the feeling of being inundated with "The Discourse" in games. It doesn't really exist (for me) unless I come here...
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Great game. I loved it. Definitely check this out when you can.
Eka | Dosa Divas@ekanaut.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe made a pretty good coming of age story game but most players won’t even give it a chance because it’s got too much color. We’re not all that different in love, relationships, and generational issues. I promise you can relate to these characters. store.steampowered.com/app/1617220/...
This week on #GameMakersNotebook, @adamorth.bsky.social chats with Johnny Galvatron about his new game, 'Mixtape' including the origins of the idea, how they selected the music first and built the story around the soundtrack, building a "horizontal slice" rather than a "vertical slice", and more!
🔥 🔥 🔥 It's Mixtape Monday! 🔥 🔥 🔥 My latest @official-aias.bsky.social Game Makers Notebook episode is live today with Johnny Galvatron of Beethoven & Dinosaur. ✅ I love this game. ✅ You love this game. ✅ We got into it. Now it's your turn 🙌 gamemakersnotebook.libsyn.com/how-mixtape-...
@midwestgames.bsky.social launched Tombwater from Moth Atlas last week and we are loving the critical response. Great review from Newsweek here👇 "Overall, by the end of "Tombwater," I knew that I had just played one of my favorite soulslikes of all time." www.newsweek.com/entertainmen...
My latest @official-aias.bsky.social Game Maker’s Notebook episode is live. Had a great time speaking with Virgil Watkins of @embark-studios.com about his game dev career and the unexpected journey of the amazing Arc Raiders. Enjoy! gamemakersnotebook.libsyn.com/arc-raiders-...
This week on the #GameMakersNotebook podcast, @adamorth.bsky.social chats with ARC Raiders Design Director, Virgil Watkins about his journey from modding to Embark Studios, how internal testing shaped the PVPVE game experience, ways they're seeking to improve the game post-launch, and more!
My latest @official-aias.bsky.social Game Maker’s Notebook episode is live. Had a great time speaking with Virgil Watkins of @embark-studios.com about his game dev career and the unexpected journey of the amazing Arc Raiders. Enjoy! gamemakersnotebook.libsyn.com/arc-raiders-...
Professional update today: I’ve joined Midwest Games as COO. www.forbes.com/sites/mattga...
Midwest Games Taps Microsoft, EA And LucasArts Veteran For COO
Midwest Games, which is based just one block away from Lambeau Field, has announced three major hires ahead of a global push.
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Marathon: 2 hours in - Tough UI/UX experience that is sacrificing usability for aesthetics - Floaty camera/locomotion - Everything in the world looks important enough to feel like you need to investigate. - Player inventory actions/controls are very confusing. - Many fonts Still playing…
On the #GameMakersNotebook, @adamorth.bsky.social chats w/ Cory Davis (Spec Ops: the Line) and Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails) about their distinct career paths and how they found each other, the audio-first approach they took with SLEEP AWAKE, the game's psychedelic dreamlike horror themes, and more!
To the Raider that came out of the shadows, whispered “Gotcha” and executed me a split-second before the elevator doors closed while I was crawling on the ground dying with an absolute motherlode of rare and unbelievable loot I scavenged in my backpack: RESPECT.
My latest @official-aias.bsky.social Game Makers Notebook episode with @obsidianent.bsky.social on the excellent Outer Worlds 2 is live…just in time for that long holiday drive or an escape from fixing your parents computers 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences@official-aias.bsky.social · 8mo agoOn #GameMakersNotebook, Adam chats with Brandon Adler and Kyle Koenig of @obsidianent.bsky.social about The Outer Worlds 2, lessons learned from the first game, how they implemented comedic and narrative elements into gameplay, ideas left on the cutting room floor, and what's coming next for them:
Really tired of apocalypse entertainment (in all mediums). There’s only 5% new things left to mine in these stories. They are all the same.
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 8mo agoRidley Scott’s ‘THE DOG STARS’ has been delayed to August 28, 2026 • Described as a post-apocalyptic thriller that follows a pilot living with a dog & a ex-marine after a pandemic has decimated America • Starring Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin & Guy Pearce
As a professional musician I was hired to create music for a 007 PS1 game. Over the course of 6 months, I started hanging around the dev studio learning. I turned the music in and they were like “ooops we hired somebody else to do it.” They threw me a temp QA gig as a bone. I never left.
Recurse Center@recurse.com · 9mo agoWhat’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
