Listen "Interview with Hooded Horse's CEO, Tim Bender"
Episode Synopsis
Rob, Drexy, and Ben sit down with the CEO of the upstart publisher signing all the indie strategy games lately, Hooded Horse.
Outro music by White Bat Audio. Used with permission.
Times are not exact:
00:43 Intro
02:35 Publishing Philosophy
05:14 Tim's interest in strategy games
09:34 Terra Invicta
13:18 Disrupting the publishing industry
24:04 Pushing the strategy game genre
35:23 In search of developers
38:05 Release roadmap
42:14 Why Hooded Horse?
46:12 The Silmarillion and other scenarios
51:20 Wrap up
Outro music by White Bat Audio. Used with permission.
Times are not exact:
00:43 Intro
02:35 Publishing Philosophy
05:14 Tim's interest in strategy games
09:34 Terra Invicta
13:18 Disrupting the publishing industry
24:04 Pushing the strategy game genre
35:23 In search of developers
38:05 Release roadmap
42:14 Why Hooded Horse?
46:12 The Silmarillion and other scenarios
51:20 Wrap up
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