Jonathan Blow talks Larian AI Debate, New Game Order of the Sinking Star, Jai & Game Design

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Jonathan opens up about the long road behind Order of the Sinking Star, from building his own engine and programming language to self-funding and navigating the modern games industry. We talk game design, trailers, trophies, The Game Awards, plus some honest takes on good vs bad developers. Follow Jonanthan: https://x.com/Jonathan_Blow https://x.com/SinkingStarGame Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:13 – How is Jonathan Feeling after revealing his new Game 2:10 – Creating the Trailer for Order of the Sinking Star 5:58 – Jonathan is at an interesting time of development 8:19 – Design Choices Jonathan made 11:55 – A Good Developer vs a Bad Developer 15:59 – $1M for a 3 min slot of The Game Awards? 18:06 – Working with Geoff Keighley 18:44 – 10 Year Development for Order of the Sinking Star 21:07 – Self Funding, Running the Studio and working with a Publisher 22:34 – Marketing an Indie Game in 2025/2026 25:25 – 500 Hours of Content in Order of the Sinking Star 28:03 – Creating his own Custom Engine 29:58 – Jonathan created his own Programming Language called Jai 30:46 – Working with different Game Engines 34:55 – Trophies and Achievements 36:43 – Platinum for Order of the Sinking Star and Fake Puzzles 39:55 – Is Order of the Sinking Star coming out in 2026 41:01 – The Story of Order of the Sinking Star 45:31 – Gen AI Larian Studios Discussion 55:13 – Twitter AI Game Videos and AI Hype Men 56:59 – Future of LLMs and AI 1:00:06 – VR in Games hasn't taken off 1:04:00 – Jonathan’s hot take on VR 1:06:52 – PS5 Haptics on Controller 1:08:04 – Hollow Knight Silksong at $20 thoughts 1:12:26 – Will GTA 6 have a huge impact on the industry? 1:13:29 – Wishlist Order of the Sinking Star! 🔴Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@DanAllenGaming?sub_confirmation=1 💪 Support the Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcTa20zpKM6CkcvocFXVe6A/join 🎙️Dan Allen Gaming Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp-XS7Tadj5JC6KstAqXKFrCC-jLuQAd9 🎮 Follow Dan here: 📸 https://www.instagram.com/DanAllenGaming 🐦 https://www.twitter.com/DanAllenGaming 📱 https://www.tiktok.com/@danallengaming 📘 https://www.facebook.com/DanAllenGaming --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #thegameawards #gameawards2025 #fluteguy