Alien: Isolation - The Retrospective | AI and Games

AI and Games is a fan-funded series, support our work at: http://www.aiandgames.com On October 7th 2014, British games studio @CreativeAssembly released @AlienIsolation a tight, claustrophobic, and exhilarating first-person horror game based on the classic movie franchise. It's a game that has captured the imagination of players around the world courtesy of its reverence for its source material, and the intelligent and seemingly unstoppable xenomorph. To celebrate over 10 years since its initial release, we welcome a collection of people from across the games industry who to discuss its development, and its broader impact - including several members of the Alien: Isolation development team, as we explore the AI of Alien: Isolation one last time. [00:00:00] One Last Time [00:03:05] Early Beginnings [00:20:37] The Perfect Organism [00:38:53] Designing Sevastapol [00:50:50] The Working Joes [00:59:22] Bringing it to a Close [01:19:02] Cracking it Open [01:25:38] Legacy [01:38:09] The Future [01:40:55] Anecdotes/Credits -- Script, Narration, & Editing: Tommy Thompson Editing and Production Support: Shraddha Gupta Interview Guests: Alastair Hope Andy Bray Andy Kelly Christiaan Jones Matt Filer Simon Ridge Tobias Kleanthous Special Thanks to: Lucy Boxall Kieran Rooney Will Overgard -- Sources that appear throughout this video: - @otherplaces Alien: Isolation - USCSS Nostromo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1AGWXNmLZQ - Footage of Spartan Total Warrior by @xTimelessGaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H20RxRaa8_I - Footage of Viking: Battle for Asgard from a review by @Gamingpastime64 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIp0chcez60 - Uncharted 2 E3 Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlkkceDkT88 - Alien: Isolation Greenlight Demo (2009) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmxJD67Pr2k - Footage of Bolaji Badejo in Alien from @Valaquin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpKi41a1rJI - Alien Isolation Third Person Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ7xtDvUxEc