Word on The Street, with Greg Street & Scott Johnson

WORD on THE STREET 20: Rolling Dice

On what well might be the last Word on The Street, we talk about FPC having their funding pulled, going after new partners and investment, and where things could go from

WORD on THE STREET 19: Get Classy

Time for a look at the latest classes they are working on at FPC, and we have Holinka with us to help break down the Tempest, Songbird, and Sphinx Guard. Plus a lot of gr

Word on The Street 18: Audio Direction

Scott Johnson and Greg Street with guest James Ackley, Audio Director for Ghost at Fantastic Pixel Castle. They discuss audio design in MMOs, especially challenges with a

Word on The Street 17: Let’s See Some Art!

Greg and Scott are joined today by Kube and BirD, and we go wild with the art drop! Everything from concept sketches to animated models in engine, and lots in-between. An

Word on The Street 16: Graham on Game

Graham joins us, a veteren of MMO design, and the man with the plan when it comes to building the blue zone systems in Ghost. Scott and Greg and Graham are here to talk a

Word on The Street 15: The Year Ahead

Let’s talk production! And let’s do that with Juno, production head for all things Ghost! And of course Greg is here with Scott as well this week to look at where 2025 mi

WORD on THE STREET 14: Big Progress Episode!

Scott and Greg are joined again this week by Kristina and Shanti! We have a LOT to bring you in this last episode of 2024, and we hope this gives you a LOT to chew on til

Word on The Street 13: Biomes and Playtests

Greg and Scott are back to talk about the ever-growing playtests of Ghost, and all the latest from said test, and a BIG discussion today on choosing biomes in the game an

Word on The Street 12: Play-Testing!

Today it’s all about play testing here on the podcast! Joining Scott and Greg we have the return of Kristina Swanenburg, VP of product on Ghost! What does it take to pull

Word on The Street 11: Milestones

Time for a one-on-one with Greg and Scott, as they discuss core philosophies and the state of Ghost’s development. Play tests and all! Lots of your questions answered tod

Word on The Street 10: Community!

Let's get down and deep into what community means to the MMO market, and specifically what Fantastic Pixel Castle is doing differently in 2024 with such an open developme

WORD on THE STREET 09: Art Direction

Let's talk about art direction in Ghost, and MMO's in general. How does one get started? How does a team like this stay unified on the look and feel of a game in the long

WORD on THE STREET 08: The User Experience

Greg and Scott are back for June's episode, and with us is Ed Altorfer, user experience director at FPC! He has some really great perspectives on what's coming in Ghost,

WORD on THE STREET 07: You've Questions, We've Answers

A nice big juicy Q & A with Greg and John! Your questions, their answers, and lots of other stuff in-between. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor

WORD on THE STREET 06: Combat with Holinka

Brian Holinka joins the show and goes deep on combat and pvp plans in Ghost. Holinka is a legend in the MMO world, and you're going to want to hear his plans with the tea

Word on The Street 05: Ghost Under The Hood

Let's talk tech! What's under the hood of this MMO, including all the challenges and advantages! The company engineering leads Cam and James join Scott and Greg this mont

Word on The Street 04: The Earthbergs

We're joined this month by Content Design Director on Ghost, Candace Thomas, and we get a very healthy helping of what blue and red shards are, and what the design philos

Word on The Street 03: Story and World Building in Ghost

We get to have a great guest with us today, Shanti Blees, the VP of IP in the studio, talking all about the challenges and fun of creating an MMO story and lore from the

WORD on THE STREET 02: Prototyped

Back with episode two, talking the latest state of things with Greg, Lisa and Kristina! And we dive pretty hard into what the prototyping phase is, why Greg hates it, and

Word on The Street 01: Ghosted

Our first episode, with Scott and Greg. Lots of stuff here including the groundwork for the new studio, the driving principles behind the game, and what you can expect fr