Housemarque's Gregory Louden on Saros, Narrative and Game Design

[**Trent Kusters**](https://bsky.app/profile/trentkusters.bsky.social "https://bsky.app/profile/trentkusters.bsky.social") chats with [**Gregory Louden**](https://x.com/GregoryLouden "https://x.com/GregoryLouden"), Creative Director behind [**Housemarque's**](https://housemarque.com/ "https://housemarque.com/") latest dark sci-fi bullet-ballet, [**Saros**](https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/saros/ "https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/saros/"). Together they discuss his early work in film with directors such as Alfonso Cuarón and Ridley Scott; transitioning into games and his path from VFX, to narrative, and ultimately direction; creating a spiritual successor to [**Returnal**](https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/returnal/ "https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/returnal/") while developing a brand new IP; focusing on challenging but rewarding gameplay; and building a narrative around the roguelike gameplay.  This episode is supported by Xsolla **iam8bit** **Episode Host:** [**Trent Kusters**](https://bsky.app/profile/trentkusters.bsky.social "https://bsky.app/profile/trentkusters.bsky.social") **Producers:** Claudio Tapia and Josh Chu, The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing and leaving us a rating and review. Support the show and get all of our episodes early/ad-free: https://bit.ly/4kU34Lt **Follow us: linktr.ee/AIAS** Please consider supporting game dev students with: AIAS Foundation