Matt T. Wood is a video game developer who is best known for his tenure working at Valve on some of its most prestigious franchises, he is currently working on his own indie open-world title Little Kitty Big City.

#csgo #halflife #portal2

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TWITTER - @matttwood

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro/Matt Being A Common Name

02:10 - Matt Doesnt Like Cellphones

04:40 - Choreography/Scripted Scenes In Half Life 2

07:30 - Crafting Out The Scripted Sequences

08:50 - Episode 2 Scenes/Most Challenging Scenes To Choreograph

13:30 - Privilege Of Working On Half Life 2/Working At Valve

15:00 - Interactions With Gabe Newell

16:00 - Working On Portal 2 Co-Op

19:20 - Co-Op Team Never Referred To The Campaign Well Designing It

21:17 - Mapping Out Designs On The Whiteboard

24:00 - Balancing The Difficulty Of A Puzzle/Puzzles In Portal 2 Co-Op

28:45 - How Counter Strike:Go Came About

31:40 - Evolution Of First Person Shooters/FPS Influences On CS:GO

37:30 - Borrowing Game Ideas Subconsciously

41:40 - How Little Kitty Big City Game Idea Came About

46:30 - Little Kitty Big City Will Be Open World

48:20.- Open World Influences

49:28 - Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Is Influencing Little Kitty Big City

50:35 - How Matt Finds Time To Play Games Despite Not Having Time

53:15 - Matt Is Overly Motivated And A Workaholic

54:40 - Matt Cant Shut His Brain Off And Always Having Ideas/Sleeping

57:20 - Where To Follow Matt & Little Kitty Big City

#142 - Matt T. Wood Interview (Half Life 2, Portal 2, CS:GO, Valve, Little Kitty Big City etc.)

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#142 - Matt T. Wood Interview (Half Life 2, Portal 2, CS:GO, Valve, Little Kitty Big City etc.)