#129 - Joe Houston Interview (Bluepoint Games, SOTC, Titanfall, Uncharted, Localisation, Coding etc.)

Joe Houston is a programmer/engineer who is most well known for
his tenure at Bluepoint Games working on games such as Shadow Of
The Colossus, Titanfall, Uncharted, Demon Souls etc.


#bluepointgames #shadowofthecolossus #uncharted


 


SOCIAL MEDIA


TWITTER - @pandamittens


 


TIMESTAMPS


00:00 - Intro


00:00 - Joe Hasn’t Been To Houston Despite His Surname


01:20 - Bluepoint Games Like Hard Problems


03:13 - Memory Stomp Bug On Titanfall 


04:50 - Code Drops On Titanfall/Co-Development With Respawn
Titanfall


06:40 - Optimisation Problems With Titanfall


09:10 - Bluepoint Games Reputation, Professionalism &
Transparency 


11:40 - Bluepoint Engine


12:20 - Extracting Data From Older Games/Process Of Making
Remakes


14:14 - Joe’s Skillset/Workflow & Bug Tracking For SOTC


17:25 - Parity Issues Were A Problem On SOTC/Japanese Source Code


20:40 - Japanese Source  Code Issues That Ended Up
Accumulating Over Time


22:17 - Joe Knows Basic Japanese/Localization


23:30 - Maintaining Culture In Localisation/Arabic Compared To
English


27:00 - The Problems With The Original SOTC/Dishonored Being
Compared To Thief


30:40 - Modernising Uncharted 1 For PS4


34:40 - Getting Uncharted Collection To Maintain 60FPS


36:40 - Working On Uncharted Games Simultaneously/Bluepoints QA


37:45 - Uncharted 2 Was The Starting Point For Development Of The
Collection/Keeping Bugs


40:20 - Remakes & Remasters Vs Original IP


42:17 - Playing Uncharted 3 To Prepare For Development On The
Remake


43:25 - Joe Never Played SOTC Until He Started Developing The
Remake/Studying SOTC


45:33 - How Japanese Coders Operate/Birds In SOTC


47:00 - Working With Andy O’Neil


49:03 - Bluepoint Games Motto”Working Smarter,Not
Harder”/Avoiding Crunch


51:07 - Bluepoint Is A Great Studio For Engineers


51:58 - Pros & Cons Of Bluepoint Games


53:45 - Breaking Into The Game Industry/Artistry/Flexing His
Other Skillset/Working At Discord


56:49 - Where To Follow Joe Houston