Why It Took Jonathan Blow 10 Years to Build His Most Ambitious Game Ever

Jonathan Blow has spent 10 Years building his most ambitious game ever... and the demo is finally out! From creating a brand-new programming language from designing the a game with over 1000 puzzles, this interview covers why Order of the Sinking Star took a decade to make. Wishlist Order of the Sinking Star: https://store.steampowered.com/app/45... Follow Jonanthan: https://x.com/Jonathan_Blow https://x.com/SinkingStarGame Timestamps: 0:00 - Order of the Sinking Star Demo is Out Now 5:11 - The Demo has 105 Levels 7:08 - Releasing the Demo after 10 Years of Development 8:05 - Voice Acting and Cast of Order of the Sinking Star 13:39 - Writing and Game Ideas 15:54 - Trailer 2 and the Troubles of making a Game Trailer 18:53 - New Key Art and Problems with the Trailer 25:04 - The Different kinds of Game Trailers 26:51 - Demos are Marketing and not for Feedback? 28:52 - Is the Game coming out in 2026? 30:35 - What’s left to do for completion of the game? 31:54 - Level Design and Characters 35:54 - Worlds Connecting, Gameplay and Puzzle Design 41:56 - What’s different about this Puzzle Game? 44:00 - Were some characters harder to design puzzles for? 45:42 - The Elden Ring of Puzzle Games 49:11 - When the Game finally comes together at the end of development 50:50 - Music for Order of the Sinking Star 54:28 - Jon has been thanked in the credits of 60+ Games 57:09 - Will Jon Retire? 57:53 - Jon’s next game will be a lot quicker to make 59:34 - Indie Games Success, Mewgenics and Edmund McMillen 1:03:44 - Price for Order of the Sinking Star and GTA 6 1:10:18 - The Hardest Puzzle in Order of the Sinking Star 1:11:32 - Working with Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo 1:13:50 - Optimization for Switch 2 and PC 1:15:36 - Switch 2 vs PS3 Optimization 1:18:25 - Dan loves Order of the Sinking Star 1:19:00 - Achievements/Trophies for Order of the Sinking Star 1:20:28 - 10 Years of Hard Work, Blood, Sweat and Tears 🔴Subscribe:    / @danallengaming   🎙️Dan Allen Gaming Podcast:    • Dan Allen Interviews | Dan Allen Gaming Po...   🎮 Follow Dan here: Instagram:   / danallengaming   Podcast Instagram:   / danallengamingpodcast   Twitter:   / danallengaming   TikTok:   / danallengaming   Facebook:   / danallengaming   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #gamedev #gamedesign