The Puzzle Game Where a Minotaur Starts a Union
46Hoard's LLC: Limited Labyrinth Corporation is a block puzzle game about a minotaur who wants to unionize his workplace, a corporate dungeon. I sat down with Cephalopod Ink, the developer of Hoard's LLC, to learn just what kind of team makes a game like that.
Hoard's LLC on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3590180/Hoards_LLC_Limited_Labyrinth_Corporation/
0:00 - NO BENEFITS
2:09 - Meet Cephalopod Ink
6:10 - A corporate dungeon???
7:47 - The inspiration for the game
8:59 - The games industry is a nightmare for workers
11:23 - Cephalopod's experience with unions
15:43 - Scoping down to find success
19:13 - Keeping it light
21:56 - The art is great!
23:23 - How do you market a game like Hoard's LLC?
25:54 - Can games actually make change?
27:28 - How will Cephalopod Ink be better?
31:21 - They said the name of the show
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14614448211014213
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/01/power-profits-and-labor-practices-in-the-video-game-industry
https://aftermath.site/video-game-industry-layoffs
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