Meet The Players Podcast #6 – Hi, How Are You Pete Franco

The “Meet the Players” podcast is the mid-week interview session with today’s movers and shakers within the video game industry.  Each week Daniel interviews professors, artists, programmers and critics, inquiring on the latest trends in the industry and shedding light on the topics of this ever changing form of media.

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THE PETER FRANCO INTERVIEW

Peter Franco is in charge of the art within Hi, How Are You from Apples App Store.  He has carefully crafted the aesthetic of Daniel Johnston’s art into an innovative platformer.  Franco is a classically trained artist who graduated from the University of Michigan.  He later found himself traveling to Austin, Texas and a career in creating art for video games.  He has been through three major console generations with creating art for the N64, PS2/XBox and PS3/XBox 360.  Now, he has partnered up with Stephen Broumley to form Dr. Fun Fun and Smashing Studios to take step back to a simpler time of gaming with Apple’s iPhone.

HI, HOW ARE YOU IPHONE/IPOD TOUCH GAME

Hi, How Are You is an iPhone/iPod Touch game based on the works and mythology of indie legend Daniel Johnston.  The game is full of classic gaming references, sweet tilt-based gameplay and surreal art that will please the eye.  The game is available on the iTunes App store for only 99 cents, so give it a look and support your indie developers.

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