#29 - Rob Anderson | Co-creator of Moonstone and Video Game Developer

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#29 - Rob Anderson | Co-creator of Moonstone and Video Game Developer | Mean Machine Talks

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Rob Anderson, a video game developer with in-depth background as software engineer, artist, animator, designer, and project manager. Completed 28 published projects in sports, arcade, action, and platform-style games.
History of successful working relationships with Sega, Electronic Arts, Sony, Microsoft, Mindscape, and Acclaim.
His main claim to fame is the co-creation of the game Moonstone 'A Hard Days Knight'. Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight is an action role-playing video game published by Mindscape for the Amiga in 1991 and one year later converted to DOS with different sound and music.
Rob and I discuss his journey to 'cult' fame and his journey through the games industry.
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Twitter: / mrtrogg
LinkedIn: / pesty2011
Website: agamestudio.net/
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@mkmot530 Жыл бұрын

amesome

@mininovaq 4 ай бұрын

I love this game, playing it regularly with my son. What a great idea.

@TheSflite Жыл бұрын

Moonstone is unquestionably in my top 5 list of the best and most tightly designed games of all time. The fact that Rob was juggling illustrations, animation pipeline, and 68k assembly more or less on his own boggles my mind. I'm so grateful for Unity, and I cannot fathom the amount of talent and hard-earned skills required to create a good game back then. One interesting fact from this interview is when Rob explains that the caption "A hard day's knight" was forced upon him by Mindscape. I always felt it was oddly out of place in an otherwise perfect game. That, and maybe the cover art, struck a tone that felt too light for the dark humor of the gameplay itself, which stood great on its own without any exposition, in my opinion. I'm excited about the new iteration of Moonstone! Streets of Rage 4 proved that you don't need to cater to the hardcore retro crowd to be successful with an old franchise, so I hope Rob will try out a new art style.

@MeanMachineDean Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Me too, I have always had a soft spot for the game. Was a true honour to be able to speak to Rob, and super excited to see a new version revive the game into the modern era!