We talk to Henrik Fåhraeus about his leadership at Paradox Interactive, including the game design of Stellaris and the Crusader Kings series. Henrik explains how artificial intelligence can bring a game world to life, and how The Ur-Quan Masters influenced the story and universe of Stellaris.
0:00 - Theme music
0:14 - Introductions
1:18 - Henrik and UQM
3:07 - Influence of UQM
6:40 - Science fiction and Stellaris
12:54 - What is creativity
16:05 - Games with living worlds
21:23 - Storytelling in games
27:17 - Artificial intelligence
29:19 - UQM as a living world
33:33 - Producing meaning with AI
45:58 - Future of games
50:28 - Replayability at Paradox
55:14 - Crusader Kings
58:04 - Emergent storytelling
1:01:58 - Playing games you made
1:06:35 - UQM alien races
1:11:05 - Sandbox vs. story
1:17:50 - RPGs with systemic worlds
1:24:02 - UQM2
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