Firewatch: The Story of Jane Ng and Campo Santo
Channel: Video Game Story Time
Date: 2018-07-27

The story of Firewatch is the story of a small team of veteran indie developers who wanted to try the impossible.

Sean Vanaman and Jake Rodkin, the creators of The Walking Dead video game for Telltale, wanted to instead make a game that was all their own. So they set up Campo Santo, a brand new studio that existed to create a single game, about the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming.

Joining them on this adventure was Jane Ng, a senior artist who had worked for both EA and Double Fine in the past. She was at the top of her game, and yet she risked everything on the promise of two game developers who wanted her to share in their big dream.

Jane Ng is an incredibly talented artist and game developer, who has spoken prolifically about her experiences working on Firewatch. She's been very candid about how, a lot of the time, things seemed like a big mess until finally, they clicked. Hearing her stories are fascinating to anyone who's every wanted to know more about making an indie game from scratch, and hopefully if you've ever wanted to make a game, Jane Ng's tales of rushed production will help you to feel that even you can build a game if you're willing to work hard (and smart) enough.

Firewatch is one of our favourite games that we've played together this year. BretonStripes took the controller, while Kotor watched, and we spent several glorious hours together getting lost and bumping into trees.

The mystery surrounding Firewatch is fascinating, and if you haven't played this game, you should definitely give it a try!

Thanks for watching. Sorry if the microphone quality is a bit sketchy, but we've finally invested in something a little more professional, so hopefully some videos in the near future will start sounding a little cleaner!

Lots of love,
BretonStripes (http://twitter.com/bretonstriped) and Kotor (http://twitter.com/kotorcomics).

Title music by Tee Lopes (http://twitter.com/teelopesmusic)

Incidental music: Revival by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Sources:
https://youtu.be/3yWIoRuwpm0?list=WL
https://youtu.be/cIIROyeTlbs?list=WL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTqmk1Zs_1I