Walkabout Talkabouts
by Mighty Coconut
A new series where VR luminaries come together to chat just about whatever's on their mind while playing a few rounds of Walkabout Mini Golf!
Podcast episodes
Season 1
Talkabout Episode #17: Meditate in Shangri-La with the Synth Rider
Talkabout #15: Scoring is Harder than it Sounds
Mighty Coconut's resident composer, Chris Reyman and Walkabout Mini Golf's creator Lucas Martell talk scoring while scoring on Shangri-La on the occasion of the release of the Original Soundtrack, Volume 2 as well as how they met, getting into the business of film/game composition, scoring animated shorts The OceanMaker and Pigeon Impossible, and the particular fun challenge of composing music for a social VR game.
Talkabout #14: A Rolling Ball Gathers No Moss
Walkabout Mini Golf creator Lucas Martell chills on Cherry Blossom with some of the Polyarc Games team behind the Moss duology as they talk about designing immersive interactions for various controller UI, creating a VR hit with a small team, transition from AAA studios Bungie and Rockstar Games to an independent scale, the design process, and the importance of asking "why" when developing for virtual reality.
Talkabout #13: Watch the Horizon
Walkabout Mini Golf creator Lucas Martell floats through Tethys Station with Michael Wentworth-Bell of Espire VR series to talk about designing for VR comfort, controls, optimization, and UI as tools for the best experience possible. They also get into the challenges and new unknowns of mixed reality from development and tech perspectives.
Talkabout 12: Stop, animate, and listen! Handmade motion with Kevin Parry.
In this new Walkabout Talkabout episode, Walkabout creator Lucas Martell and stop-motion animation luminary Kevin Parry play a round while discussing the value—and difference—of making motion graphics by hand in a time when things seem increasingly automated or AI-generated.