#003: Does Business Hamper Creativity?

01/18/24 • 51 min

In the third episode of the AnsweRED Podcast, our hosts, Sebastian Kalemba and Paweł Burza, are joined by Comic Book and Animation Narrative Director Bartosz Sztybor and VP of Business Development Jan Rosner to venture into the land of business development and franchises! This episode is packed with inspiring thoughts on collaborations of all kinds. Hear about how we choose who we want to partner up with and how dream collaborations, like with Dawid Podsiadło, turn into a reality. This episode also draws from our work on Cyberpunk: Edgerunners to explore the role of business development in game dev — and why taking risks is so important. And last but not least, get to know all about what it feels like to win a prestigious Hugo Award!

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#002: What Makes a Great Quest Great?

In the second episode of the AnsweRED Podcast, our hosts Sebastian Kalemba and Paweł Burza are joined by Lead Quest Designer Błażej Augustynek and Narrative Director Philipp Weber to talk about great quests and how to make them! Tune into an insightful discussion about designing morally gray choices, the process of iterating a quest from pen-and-paper into the game engine, whether our devs think of male or female V as the “real” V, and much more!

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#004: How Voice Actors Bring Characters to Life?

In the fourth episode of the AnsweRED Podcast, our hosts Sebastian Kalemba and Paweł Burza are joined by two special guests: Jane Perry, the voice of Rogue, and Minji Chang, who brings Songbird to life in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. Our hosts sat down with Jane and Minji to discover how they got their start in the industry, what makes voice acting for games different from acting in other projects, and which characters they feel the most connected to. Our guests also shared insights into their time recording lines for Cyberpunk 2077, how they developed the characters, and much more!