The Puzzle Game Where a Minotaur Starts a Union

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Hoard'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.

• (00:00) - - NO BENEFITS
• (02:09) - - Meet Cephalopod Ink
• (06:10) - - A corporate dungeon???
• (07:47) - - The inspiration for the game
• (08:59) - - 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

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