Lorne Lanning 2 of 2: Hacking Kickstarter & What's Next for the Maverick Designer

Lorne Lanning is an American game designer, director, writer and voice actor. He is also co-founder of Oddworld Inhabitants. He is best known for creating the Oddworld series including Abe's Abe's Exoddus, Munch's Oddysee, Stranger's Wrath and Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! He is currently working on Oddworld: Soulstorm.

In part 2 of our 2 part interview, Lorne discusses further into Kickstarter campaigns and crowdfunding.

 
"To have a really lasting fan culture, you need to have more depth in your content to really make people connect to it." - Lorne Lanning

"To have a really lasting fan culture, you need to have more depth in your content to really make people connect to it." - Lorne Lanning

 
 
 

Connect with Lorne

Twitter: @lorne_lanning
Web: Oddworld

Selected Links from this Episode

2001: A Space Odyssey
Red Dawn
Star Wars
The Twilight Zone
Exploding Kittens Game
Cuphead
It's a Wonderful Life
No Man's Sky
Pokemon Go
New-n-Tasty!
Nintendo
Playstation
Atari
The Mission of Art by Alex Grey
Find a Tree - by Daniel Armstrong
An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood

Featured Show Highlights

  • An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood was a minority that started to shape motion pictures. Identified a country people would like to see as opposed to what reality is like with It's a Wonderful Life. [48:00]

  • Let’s talk about Kickstarter campaigns and crowdfunding. [54:25]

  • In closing, let’s talk about your commitment to deliver excellent games and what’s in the works. [1:20:00]

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