Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Will Overgard, aka the Viking Blonde joins Tommy for a chat about his career as a Twitch streamer supporting game developers, and the current state of the industry going into GDC 2024. The conversation covers everything from good indie games to monetisation models, surviving as a game developer, being a content creator, generative AI, crypto and Web3, EA' project 10 dollar, good dogs, British civility and much more besides!
Catch up with what Will's up to over at: twitch.tv/viking_blonde
PLUS!
Right after this episode of Branching Factor was recorded, I jumped over to Will's Twitch channel to play Sea of Thieves and answer questions from his community.
youtube.com/watch?v=YYz4BjF4Z6o&ab_channel=VikingBlonde
The Branching Factor podcast is sponsored by modl.ai (@modl_AI): unleash an army of AI and ML bots that play, grow, and learn― all inside your game. With millions of players’ to your aid, game testing will never be the same again.
Chapters
[00:00] Welcome!
[03:47] Our Hilarious GDC'23 Interaction
[13:15] Introducing the Viking Blonde
[15:40] The ex-industry Twitch streamer
[32:07] Unpacking AI's Image Problem
[01:01:42] GDC 2024 / Industry Layoffs / Sustainable Indies
[01:26:22] Closing
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Substack with Written Content: aiandgames.com
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Will Overgard, aka the Viking Blonde joins Tommy for a chat about his career as a Twitch streamer supporting game developers, and the current state of the industry going into GDC 2024. The conversation covers everything from good indie games to monetisation models, surviving as a game developer, being a content creator, generative AI, crypto and Web3, EA' project 10 dollar, good dogs, British civility and much more besides!
Catch up with what Will's up to over at: twitch.tv/viking_blonde
PLUS!
Right after this episode of Branching Factor was recorded, I jumped over to Will's Twitch channel to play Sea of Thieves and answer questions from his community.
youtube.com/watch?v=YYz4BjF4Z6o&ab_channel=VikingBlonde
The Branching Factor podcast is sponsored by modl.ai (@modl_AI): unleash an army of AI and ML bots that play, grow, and learn― all inside your game. With millions of players’ to your aid, game testing will never be the same again.
Chapters
[00:00] Welcome!
[03:47] Our Hilarious GDC'23 Interaction
[13:15] Introducing the Viking Blonde
[15:40] The ex-industry Twitch streamer
[32:07] Unpacking AI's Image Problem
[01:01:42] GDC 2024 / Industry Layoffs / Sustainable Indies
[01:26:22] Closing
--
'AI and Games Plus' is our second channel dedicated to Artificial Intelligence in video games.
Check out all of our content:
AI and Games: youtube.com/@AIandGames
AI and Games Plus: youtube.com/@AIandGamesPlus
Branching Factor Podcast: shows.acast.com/branchingfactor
Livestreams on Twitch: twitch.tv/aiandgames
Substack with Written Content: aiandgames.com
--
Join our Discord Community: discord.aiandgames.com
Buy our Merch: store.aiandgames.com
--
You can support 'AI and Games' via Patreon, YouTube memberships, and Substack In return, you get bonus rewards!
patreon.com/aiandgames
youtube.com/@AIandGames/join
aiandgames.substack.com
--
Follow 'AI and Games' on social media.
Twitter: twitter.com/AIandGames
Mastodon: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@AIandGames
TikTok: tiktok.com/@aiandgames
Instagram: instagram.com/aiandgames
Threads: threads.net/@aiandgames
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/aiandgames.bsky.social
--
If you're interested in working with us, check out the following:
Sponsorship Enquiries: passionfroot.me/aiandgames
Business Enquiries: aiandgames.com/p/professional-services
