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| Yume Nikki + Outer Wilds | Cafe Booleans | 22-DEC-23 | 22 Dec 2023 | 01:09:33 | |
Join SA video game developers John Oestmann, Susie Emery and Jackson Michael as they hang out at Cafe Booleans and chat about culturally innovative games they’ve discovered and the development stories behind them ☕🎮 -- For our final episode of the year, Alex and Kosta have sent in a heartfelt reflection on the history of Booleans, and now pass on the torch to John, Susie and Jacko. We also use this episode to launch our new format, focusing on innovative and culturally interesting games as a springboard for conversation, rather than the current news cycle.
Timestamps --------------------------------- [01:13] Special Message from Alex and Kosta [13:11] Yume Nikki - 2004 Surreal RPG Maker Proto-Walking-Sim developed by Kikiyama [40:04] Community Messages [44:04] Outer Wilds - 2019 Time-Loop Space Adventure developed by Mobius Digital --------------------------------- Game Information Adapted From --------------------------------- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yume_Nikki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Wilds https://www.gamesradar.com/the-making-of-outer-wilds/ --------------------------------- Community Messages --------------------------------- GameMaker is now free for non-commercial projects: https://gamemaker.io/en/blog/gamemaker-free-platforms SAGE Game Exhibition happening on 16/17 February 2024: https://www.sagameexhibition.com/ --------------------------------- Other Mentions --------------------------------- Toby Fox interviews Kikiyama (English Translation): https://chartcarr.neocities.org/secretbase_4 Hokkikomori (syndrome): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4912003/ Welcome to the NHK (anime): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_the_N.H.K. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (novel): https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/58784475 Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (game): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Majora%27s_Mask Twelve Minutes (Netflix game): https://help.netflix.com/en/node/126637 Geocaching (activity): https://www.geocaching.com/play The Infinite Game (book): https://simonsinek.com/books/the-infinite-game/ Slow TV (tv show genre): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_television | |||
| Cafe Booleans Re-opens! | Cafe Booleans | 20-NOV-23 | 20 Nov 2023 | 00:44:23 | |
Cafe Booleans is back! ☕🎮 Alex Ferrabetta and John Oestmann are joined by Jacko to re-open the Cafe doors. Old friends join in spirit 👻 We discuss Sega's steps towards AI-powered User Generated Content tools, and the current state of Video-Game-to-Film Adaptations. We also had planned to play through the Slam Jam 3 entries, however due to technical issues and the realization it really isn't that fun to listen to without visuals, we decided to give all entries a shout-out instead! --- Links from this episode: --- Slam Jam 3 Entries: https://itch.io/jam/slam-jam-3/entries Sega teams up with AI startup Eques on voxel-based generation tool so players can generate content: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/sega-teams-with-ai-startup-eques-on-voxel-generation-tool Nintendo Is Teaming Up With Sony To Create A Live-Action The Legend Of Zelda Movie: GTA Company Take-Two Will Be "Very Selective, And Very Careful" With Film Adaptations: Wikipedia list of Video Game Film Adaptations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_video_games SIFTR - Aussie Games Published List: https://www.sifter.com.au/add-my-game-to-sifters-australian-made-games-list Global Game Jam site applications now open: https://globalgamejam.org/ UniSA Research into how AI / Automation is affecting Workflows/Feelings/Products in Video Game Audio: | |||
| What makes a good horror game? | Cafe Booleans 7-11-2022 | 07 Nov 2022 | 01:04:07 | |
The lights are off in the spooky Cafe this week for this Halloween special, join us as we chat about what makes a good horror game? More specifically: 🤔 What are some key elements of horror games? 🧟♂️ What are some of the best horror games? 🎃 Why are horror games important? 🧡 Why do people love horror games? 📗 What are some key narrative themes in successful horror games? SUPPORT ARTICLES: - Nothing to Fear? An Analysis of College Students' Fear Experiences With Video Games - Why are Horror Games so Appealing? - What makes a good horror game? Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord LIVE BOOLEANS LINKS Hosts: Alex Ferrabetta @amferrabetta | Susie Emery @susannahkemery | John Oestmann @john_oestmann | Kosta Canatselis @kostacana Guests: Chantal (darkwebSTREAMER) @thoughtrise | Michael Fischetti (Blue Moon Games) (written response) @BlueMoonGames Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans Email us at livebooleanspodcast@gmail.com ⭐ Want to help support Live Booleans? Review us on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen! | |||
| darkwebSTREAMER with Chantal Ryan | 27 Oct 2022 | 01:21:46 | |
We chat and struggle to play Phasmaphobia with Chantal Ryan, Founder of We Have Always Lived in the Forest - developers of darkwebSTREAMER about: 🎃 The origins of RPG streamer simulation game, darkwebSTREAMER 🎨 Art style and story inspirations for the upcoming occult horror 🎉 Experiences and feedback from taking darkwebSTREAMER to PAX and Gamescom 🔀 Procedurally generating unique narrative and an entire 'internet' in-game ✈️ Chantal's insane childhood experience on a plane that shaped her 👨👩👦👦 Procedurally generating NPCs - what does it mean to be a person and have an identity? GUEST LINKS: Chantal Ryan: darkwebSTREAMER Twitter | darkWEBSTREAMER website | Chantal's Twitter Hosts: @amferrabetta | @kcanatselis Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans Email us at livebooleanspodcast@gmail.com ⭐ Want to help support Live Booleans? Review us on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen! | |||
| What's the future role of AI in Video Games? | Cafe Booleans 20-10-2022 | 19 Oct 2022 | 01:14:44 | |
Join us at the cafe this week as we deep dive and chat about Artificial Intelligence in video games, more specifically: 🤔 What is AI in gaming and how is it used? 🧑🏻💻 Why does AI matter in gaming? 🤖 Can an AI make video games? 🧐 What kind of bias exists in AI? What impact does this have on using it and results? 📕 Glaive - an AI tool for narrative design 🏓 A mini-brain in Petri dish learns how to play Pong 🛠 GPT3, DALL E 2, and other tools being used in the game development pipeline SUPPORT ARTICLES: - Think, fight, feel: how video game artificial intelligence is evolving - Mini-brain in Petri dish learns how to play Pong - AI in Gaming | 5 Innovations Changing The Future of Gaming Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord LIVE BOOLEANS LINKS Hosts: Alex Ferrabetta @amferrabetta | Susie Emery @susannahkemery | John Oestmann @john_oestmann | Kosta Canatselis @kostacana Guests: Jacko @papercactusgames Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans Email us at livebooleanspodcast@gmail.com ⭐ Want to help support Live Booleans? Review us on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen! | |||
| Open Source, Remixing and Copyright in Video Games | Cafe Booleans 13-10-22 | 12 Oct 2022 | 00:56:46 | |
Join us at the cafe this week as we deep dive and chat about open-source, more specifically: 🖥️ Open-sourced programs used to create video games 🎮 The moral argument of including and remixing copyrighted content in games ⚖️ The moral and legal dilemma of of modding in games. SUPPORT ARTICLES: Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord LIVE BOOLEANS LINKS Hosts: Alex Ferrabetta @amferrabetta | Susie Emery @susannahkemery | John Oestmann @john_oestmann Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans Email us at livebooleanspodcast@gmail.com ⭐ Want to help support Live Booleans? Review us on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen! | |||
| GCAP Recap III 2022 | 05 Oct 2022 | 00:21:53 | |
Live from Melbourne... it's GCAP Recap. In this limited series we Recap our day by day at GCAP. In our third GCAP Recap for 2022 we're talking about: Talks ⚙️ Game Production for Indie Teams (Reuben Moorhouse) 🧐 Understanding your players better through user research (even on an indie budget) (Dr Megan Pusey) 🎨 A newcomers guide to adding interactivity for Artists and Designers (Chris Murphy) 👫 Strapped for Cash Not Style - Building a Strong Art Direction with a tiny team (Cyrian Guillaume, Callum Williams) LIVE BOOLEANS LINKS Hosts: @amferrabetta | @kcanatselis Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans Email us at livebooleanspodcast@gmail.com ⭐ Want to help support Live Booleans? Review us on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen! | |||
| GCAP Recap II 2022 | 04 Oct 2022 | 00:37:53 | |
Live from Melbourne... it's GCAP Recap II. In this limited series we Recap our day by day at GCAP. In our second GCAP Recap for 2022 we're talking about our takeaways from: Talks 🤖 Keynote: Voltrons Will Save Us--Flexible Collaboration Structures in the Information Age 🤘PROG ROCK ODYSSEY: Designing the Artful Escape (Johnny Galvatron) 🗣 A series of quiet conversations (Alexander Swords) 📚 Data-driven narrative and narrative analytics (Emma Losin, Rebekah Little) 🎨 State of the (technical) Art - A Tech Artists Panel (Teja Godson, Chris Murphy, Dan Elliot, Hannah Grace) 🏃♂️UI Animation: The Art of making Buttons Move (Emmanuel Jr Vasquez) ✅ UE5 to 10: Easy techniques to make your scene look Unreal (Chris Murphy) 🙏 Building a Better Industry - Australia’s First Union for Game Workers (Tim Colwill, Jill McCabe) 👩💻 Don't quit your day job: How to survive making games on the side (Brendan Keogh) 💃 Throwing Shade: How to Yassify Your Game (Teja Godson) 👾 1001 ways to draw an object: An isometric pixel art tutorial (Angus Doolan) 🧶 Logos for Games (Ben Harmon) LIVE BOOLEANS LINKS Hosts: @amferrabetta | @kcanatselis Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans Email us at livebooleanspodcast@gmail.com ⭐ Want to help support Live Booleans? Review us on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen! | |||
| GCAP Recap I 2022 | 03 Oct 2022 | 00:32:03 | |
Live from Melbourne... it's GCAP Recap. In this limited series we Recap our day by day at GCAP. In our first GCAP Recap for 2022 we're talking about: Talks 🎨 Show Don't Tell - The intricacies of metaphors in visual media 💰 Max Art - Winning $250k in 30 days a prototype retrospective 🧑🏻💻 BeginPlay: The Dos, Don’ts and Key Concepts in Switching to Unreal Engine Booths 🌐 AWS for Games 🎮 Playside Studios 🗝 Mighty Games (Keyword Studios) LIVE BOOLEANS LINKS Hosts: @amferrabetta | @kcanatselis Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans Email us at livebooleanspodcast@gmail.com ⭐ Want to help support Live Booleans? Review us on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen! | |||
| Odd Games with Ben Marsh | 28 Sep 2022 | 00:52:36 | |
We chat with Ben Marsh, the Managing Director of local Adelaide game studio and leaders in mud & dirt racing video games, Odd Games, about: 👶 How Odd Games began, and Ben's introduction into the games industry 🐣 The game development industry in Adelaide in 2011 🚙 Odd Game's super popular Monster Truck Destruction and Trucks Off Road on mobile 🛞 Slicing and dicing the racing genre market on mobile devices, how to find your niche 👀 The art and challenges of approaching partnerships, with Monster Truck IP owners 📊 Using the Business Model Canvas to flesh out your video game business GUEST LINKS: Ben Marsh: LinkedIn | Odd Games Website BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS 👈 Hosts: @amferrabetta | @kcanatselis Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans Email us at livebooleanspodcast@gmail.com ⭐ Want to help support Live Booleans? Review us on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen! | |||
| Why you should create Serious Games | Cafe Booleans 22-09-22 | 21 Sep 2022 | 01:01:32 | |
Join us at the diner this week as we deep dive and chat about Serious Games, more specifically: 🤔 What are serious games? ⚙️ Where are serious games used? ✅ What are the advantages of serious games and why are they important? 🌊 Examples of Serious Games including Sea Hero Quest - a game that collects data for dementia 🔮 Where will Serious Games go in the future? Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord Support articles: - Five game-changing examples of serious games Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord | |||
| Whats the best way to tell story in games? | Cafe Booleans 08-09-22 | 08 Sep 2022 | 01:00:36 | |
Join us at the diner this week as we chat about: 🎟 SAFC sponsored GCAP all-access tickets – apply now! 😍 Whats your most memorable and favourite storytelling in games? 🧐 What are the different 'types' of storytelling in games? 🤔 Is there a 'best way' of storytelling? 🎮 Some games to check out with amazing storytelling 🎬 How is storytelling in games different to movies and TV shows? 💪 What are the strengths and weaknesses of games as a storytelling medium? Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord Support articles: - SAFC sponsored GCAP all-access tickets – apply now! - The Evolution Of Storytelling In Video Games - Storytelling in Games - What Works and What Doesn't? - Video Game Storytelling Isn't Bad, It's Just Different - 10 Games with the Best Environmental Storytelling Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord | |||
| King Arthur, Game Mods and the Public Domain | 18 May 2023 | 01:00:59 | |
Dive into Episode 3 of "The Business of Indie Game Development" series for a fresh take on indie gaming. 🏰 We start with an exploration of King Arthur as the ultimate fanfiction, illuminating the power of shared storytelling. 📜 A quick history lesson on copyright and intellectual property paves the way for a deep dive into the world of mods and fan games. 🌳 Did you know that many game ideas often evolve from pre-existing ones, like ARMA and Fortnite? 🚫 The restrictions surrounding public domain works and the challenges of placing your own creations within this scope. 🕹️ We highlight examples of public domain games and free cultural works, shedding light on the potential of this approach. 🤝 Finally, we discuss the societal benefits of shared creativity. Could this approach be a viable alternative as we move into the future of indie gaming? Hosts: John Oestmann - @john_oestmann Alex Ferrabetta - @amferrabetta Kosta Canatselis - @kostacana | |||
| Trapped by a Twisted Serial Killer (feat. Joakim "Chef" Lundström) | 31 Aug 2022 | 01:11:51 | |
We chat with local indie game developer, Joakim "Chef" Lundström, of Partum Artifex and previously horror hit 'Stairs', about: 🧟 Partum Artifex, a puzzle horror game that features creative and challenging puzzles while telling a gruesome story about a failed artist 🚀 Taking Partum Artifex from a game jam entry, to a full-fledged video game release 🎃 How to terrify people with storytelling in the horror genre 🧑🤝🧑 Utilising asset packs, and other tips and tricks to excel in a small two-person team 📽 Partum Artifex reaching 200k+ views on YouTube 👀 Creating a thrilling and exciting teaser trailer for the game 🎉 Experiences working as creative lead on horror game Stairs with over 10M+ views on YouTube (including play through with Markiplier!) GUEST LINKS: Joakim "Chef" Lundström: Chef (Twitter) | Partum Artifex (Twitter) | Partum Artifex (Steam) LIVE BOOLEANS LINKS Hosts: @amferrabetta | @kcanatselis Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans Email us at livebooleanspodcast@gmail.com ⭐ Want to help support Live Booleans? Review us on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen! | |||
| Why isn't anyone playing Netflix Games? | Cafe Booleans 25-08-2022 | 24 Aug 2022 | 01:08:10 | |
Join us at the diner this week as we chat about: ⚔️ Xbox and Sony battle it out in court over Activision Blizzard acquisition, PS4 sold twice as much as Xbox One 😰 Netflix Games not doing very well..... why isn't anyone trying it out? 👹 New Dungeons and Dragons coming in 2024, including an official virtual tabletop made in Unreal 5 💛 Pokemon Company International Pledges $25 million to philanthropic organisations over the next 5 years 🎶 A Janet Jackson song crashing computers in the 1990s Alex Ferrabetta - @amferrabetta Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord Media: - Netflix subscribers aren’t playing Netflix games - The PS4 Sold ‘Twice As Many’ Units As The Xbox One, Court Papers Show - Microsoft claims Sony is keeping games off Game Pass by paying developers 'blocking rights' - One D&D: Everything We Know About the Next 'Edition' of Dungeons and Dragons - Pokemon Company International Pledges $25 million to philantrhopic organisations over next 5 years | |||
| VR Games for Rehabilitation with Daish Malani | 17 Aug 2022 | 01:09:06 | |
We chat with Founder of Health VR company Add Life Technologies and UX/UI, Game Design Lecturer at SAE Australia, Daish Malani about: 👨🏫 Experience and journey teaching pre-school in Japan to working in VR ✏️ Teaching game design and UX/UI design at SAE 🧠 Designing cognitive, fine motor skill, and relaxation exercises for rehabilitation in the form of VR Games 🕶 Developing for The Oculus Quest 2 VR headset, and utilising hand-tracking for gameplay and menu interactions 🚀 The future of Add Life, Apple and Oculus VR - digital companions, digital homes, and much more GUEST LINKS: Daish Malani: Add Life | LinkedIn LIVE BOOLEANS LINKS Hosts: @amferrabetta | @kcanatselis Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans Email us at livebooleanspodcast@gmail.com ⭐ Want to help support Live Booleans? Review us on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen! | |||
| How to Use AI to Generate Game Art and Ideas | Cafe Booleans 12-08-2022 | 10 Aug 2022 | 01:34:02 | |
Join us at the diner this week as we chat about: 😍 Tantalus Media is opening and hiring developers in Adelaide, South Australia 🤖 Technical artist using AI image generation tool, DALL E 2 as part of their workflow for texturing models 🎨 Exploring an AI image generation tool that creates images from textual descriptions similar to DALL E 2, called Mid Journey, to generate inspiration 🪧 Uncovering a divisive unfinished video game set in South Australia, called Escape from Woomera and it's use as a tool for protest 📚 Life is Strange won't be going back to the episodic model, and the impact episodic structure has on video game narrative 🏰 Mighty Kingdom to Recapitalise and Restructure with Strategic Investment and New Directors Alex Ferrabetta - @amferrabetta Media: - Tested using #dalle for texture and filtering - Tweet - Using Mid Journey to Generate Ideas - LinkedIn - Mid Journey Official Website | |||
| How to Be a Games User Researcher with Steve Bromley | 03 Aug 2022 | 00:57:45 | |
We chat with author and experienced games user researcher Steve Bromley, previously at Playstation, about: 🥼 What is Games User Research and what does it look like in real-life? 📚 Why Steve authored his books 'How to Be A Games User Researcher' and 'Building User Research Teams' and how they're useful 🎮 Steve's experience working as a researcher at Sony Playstation on a variety of games including Horizon, Sly Cooper, and more ✅ The pros and cons of working within larger and small teams, and how to communicate insights to teams 🥽 Challenges of conducting user research in VR 📝 What type of research to conduct and when 🔮 AI play testing? What will the future of games user research hold? GUEST LINKS: Steve Bromley: stevebromley.com | LinkedIn | Twitter LIVE BOOLEANS LINKS Hosts: @amferrabetta | @kcanatselis Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans Email us at livebooleanspodcast@gmail.com ⭐ Want to help support Live Booleans? Review us on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen! | |||
| Which Games Should be in the Hall of Fame? | Cafe Booleans 28-07-2022 | 27 Jul 2022 | 01:27:34 | |
Join us at the diner this week as we chat about: 💰 GameStop launching an NFT marketplace, and $100M grant program for game developers with Immutable 🤔 Unity lets employees go and announces it's merging with a company known for malware delivery 🎬 Nintendo purchases Tokyo-based CG animation studio and renames it 'Nintendo Pictures' 🎉 Screen Australia announces over $4 million for 31 games through the 'Games: Expansion Fund' 🥇 World Video Game Hall of Fame inductees announced for 2022, what games are missing? 👷♀️ Game Workers Australia is hosting networking events all over Australia, including Adelaide Alex Ferrabetta - @amferrabetta Media: - GameStop Launches NFT Marketplace - Unity merges with company known for malware delivery - Nintendo purchases Tokyo-based CG Animation Studio Dynamo Pictures to rename it Nintendo Pictures - FUNDING APPROVALS 2021-2022 GAMES PRODUCTION - World Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees for 2022 Announced - Game Workers Australia is hosting its first networking event in Adelaide | |||
| Can You Teach Creativity? With Shane Bevin | 20 Jul 2022 | 01:28:38 | |
We chat with Alex's old game art lecturer from Flinders University, co-founder of Monkeystack and all around digital creative Shane Bevin about: 👀 A story about when Alex was Shane's student 🎨 Can you teach someone to be creative? How to exercise your creativity & what to do when the creativity "well" runs dry 📅 How to stay consistent as an artist 🔥 Coping with burnout and "bouncing back" 🙈 The origins of South Australian Studio Monkeystack 🎓 What does it mean to be an educator? What are the responsibilities? 📚 Ideation and the importance of narrative in design 🏫 The strengths of mentoring and teaching creative work within a University structure 🎮 Flinders University's new Bachelor of Creative Arts Game Production 👉 How to pivot into creative work 💻 The importance of sharing your work with others GUEST LINKS: Shane Bevin: Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter | Tardigrades & Tentacles LIVE BOOLEANS LINKS Hosts: @amferrabetta | @kcanatselis Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans Email us at livebooleanspodcast@gmail.com ⭐ Want to help support Live Booleans? Review us on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen! | |||
| ACMI hits Ctrl + S to Save Games to History | Cafe Booleans 14-07-2022 | 13 Jul 2022 | 01:29:03 | |
Join us at the diner this week as we chat about: 🤿 A horrifying scientific study rom an Austrian university simulates suffocation with a special VR mask 🦆 Untitled Goose Game IP acquired by ACMI - what does this mean for the future of the games preservation? 🧠 EndeauvorRX - a video game for treating ADHD has been approved by the FDA ⚕️Games for Health, things to consider and the challenges that come with it 🙋♀️ The most wishlisted game of Steam is being made with 'volunteers', is this kind of practice okay? 📣 Community Poll: what aspects of your life would you like to see gamified Alex Ferrabetta - @amferrabetta Media: - Horrifying scientific study simulates suffocation with a special VR mask - Aussie Institutions Come Together To Preserve Untitled Goose Game - The video game prescribed by doctors to treat ADHD - ‘The Day Before’ developer defends use of unpaid “volunteers” | |||
| How to Compose Music for Games with Simon (Grand Prize Big Fuzz) | 06 Jul 2022 | 01:08:20 | |
We chat with Simon Hanna aka Grand Prize Big Fuzz, award winning Music Artist & Composer for Video Games such as RITE and Immutable's Gods Unchained about: 🎼 Simon's process of creativity and composing music for games 👾 Working on the soundtrack for retro-inspired video game RITE 🎹 Composing for Immutable's trading card game, Gods Unchained 🎸 Finding and working with unique instruments and artists from all around the world 🥵 A 15-second rapid fire quiz testing Simon's ability to come up with soundtracks to strange game concepts on the spot 🤔 Key advice for aspiring game composers Simon Hanna - Linkedin | Bandcamp Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans | |||
| Game devs speak up for abortion rights | Cafe Booleans 30-06-2022 | 29 Jun 2022 | 02:00:24 | |
Join us at the diner this week as we chat about: - Melbourne developer Lumi Interactive smashes records securing largest to date investment, for any women-led studio in Australia, of $AU9.76 million dollars in VC seed funding - Lumi's gamified mindfulness planting game, and what else could gamification be applied to? - Epic Games rolls out new cross-play tools for steam and the Epic Games Store breaking down barriers between games platforms on PC - win or bust? - Microsoft signs labor neutrality agreement with workers union ahead of Activision Blizzard deal, finally assisting users - Which platforms should you launch your video game on first? Exploring a variety of configs and seeing evidence on what works - Game developers, publishers issue statements supporting abortion rights - what's the responsibility of a game developer and game companies and how does Roe v. Wade affect game developers? Alex Ferrabetta - @amferrabetta Media: - Women-Led Melbourne Studio Secures Record Funding For Viral Wellness Game - Epic Games rolls out new cross-play tools for Steam and the Epic Games Store - Microsoft signs labor neutrality agreement with CWA ahead of Activision Blizzard deal - Which platforms should you launch your video game on first? - Game developers, publishers issue statements supporting abortion rights | |||
| Indie Biz Basics: Game Marketing & Community Building - Ep.2 | 11 May 2023 | 01:31:19 | |
Join us in this second episode of The Business of Indie Game Development series: 🎯 The importance of marketing your indie game and how it's a mindset, not just a task 📈 We discuss the marketing funnel and its importance in understanding your audience's journey 💡 Explore how to build a strong marketing mindset, and why promoting your game early is vital 👥 Learn the benefits of community building, and how it can help hype your game, improve it through feedback, and establish a sense of legitimacy 🔎 Understand how to identify your game's target audience and why it's crucial for your game's success 📚 Discuss strategies for reaching out to influencers and streamers to boost your game's visibility Join us as we demystify the world of indie game marketing, providing actionable insights to help you succeed in the business of game development. Hosts: Alex Ferrabetta @amferrabetta Susie Emery @susannahkemery John Oestmann @john_oestmann Kosta Canatselis @kostacana Join us on the Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord Listen in, and let's level up our indie game marketing together 🚀🎮 | |||
| 9 Ways to Prevent Burnout as a Game Developer | 23 Jun 2022 | 01:14:02 | |
Join us as we do a deep dive into: 🎮 Avoiding burnout and managing time as game developers 🥵 Define what burnout is and how it can affect us 🤔 Give ways to assess burnout in our lives ❗ Provide 9 steps to prevent burnout in our lives 🧰 Share our and listeners personal experiences, tools, and techniques that help us day to day Avoiding Burnout & Managing our Time - it's an issue all of us face, in such a creative field like game development. We're ALWAYS not only highly creative but also highly productive – like creativity machines, so we're bound to burn out. - 9 Ways To Prevent Burnout - LifeHack - Game Dev Burnout: How to Spot It, How to Cope Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord | |||
| AI vs. Video Games: A moral dilemma | Cafe Booleans 15-06-2022 | 15 Jun 2022 | 01:44:10 | |
Join us at the diner this week as we chat about: - Xbox Game Pass coming directly to Samsung TVs - how this might open up distribution of games to new audiences - New research showing that making video games enables new forms of self-awareness for people struggling with their mental health - Exploring different types of social experiences in games and how games enhance the social experience of players - Roblox hosting a month-long virtual development conference for creators - a Google engineer put on leave after saying that an AI chatbot has become sentient - We take a look at the best demonstration of AI in video games - Virtual children in the 'metaverse' ?! Alex Ferrabetta - @amferrabetta Media: - Xbox Game Pass Is Coming Directly To Certain Samsung TVs - Making video games can help support addiction recovery - How games enhance the social experience of players? - Roblox is rolling out an all-virtual creator conference - Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient (Thanks Adrian!) - Tamagotchi kids: could the future of parenthood be having virtual children in the metaverse? (Thanks Adrian!) | |||
| Happy two years of Live Booleans! | 09 Jun 2022 | 00:06:49 | |
John takes us through a journey of two years of laughs, interviews, jokes, and most importantly, friends and family of this game development podcast. We would like to thank you all so much for joining us in the studio and the cafe week after week. Your continued support has meant the world to us and we hope we can continue to bring the good times into your mornings, afternoons, evenings and nights. Onward to the next two years of Live Booleans! We have some exciting things planned, and as always, some amazing people to talk to across this industry. ♥ John Oestmann - @john_oestmann Susie Emmery - @susannahkemery Kosta Canatselis - @kostacana Alex Ferrabetta - @amferrabetta Join the conversation over on Live Booleans Twitter | |||
| Three steps to be a better game designer | Cafe Booleans 02-06-2022 | 01 Jun 2022 | 01:55:35 | |
Join us at the diner this week as we chat about: - Tennis legend John McEnroe plays against an AI version of himself via ESPN's Augmented Reality tennis match - what kind of opportunities does this open up in the future? - AI system DALLE2 which creates art from natural language descriptions, what does this kind of AI open up in game development - will it disrupt or impact workflows? - The French culture ministry banning English gamer jargon like 'streamer' from being used in government correspondence - 3 things you can do right now to become a better game designer, and the broader process of improving and honing your skills - Where did you get your start in the games industry and what did you need to do 'get in'? - Is video games modding beneficial to developers? Alex Ferrabetta - @amferrabetta Media: - 3 Things You Can Do Right Now To Become A Better Game Designer - Six key tools to help break into the game industry - Gaming the System: Modding is a great thing for games, even if some developers disagree | |||
| Zero to Play with Carl Leducq | 25 May 2022 | 00:58:34 | |
We chat with Carl Leducq NZ Games Advocate, Host of the Zero to Play game development podcast, and experienced Games Producer about: - His journey into games and game development Carl Leducq - Twitter Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans | |||
| What player type are you? | Cafe Booleans 19-05-2022 | 18 May 2022 | 01:50:59 | |
Join us at the diner this week as we chat about: - Batman, Superman, Mickey Mouse, Wizard of Oz, 1984 and other huge IPs are going to, or are currently in, the public domain. What opportunities does this open up for new artistic direction and games for these iconic IPs? What would you like to see enter public domain? - 9-day Adelaide Game Developers SA Slam Jam coming 17th June!!! (Sean explains) - Exploring Melbourne's ACMI (formerly Australian Centre for the Moving Image) exhibition setup celebrating and preserving Australian game development history - A new video game study that suggests they boost intelligence in children - What are some great non-violent video games? and how does no violence impact game design, environment and narrative - A dive into player types and bartles taxonomy of player types Alex Ferrabetta - @amferrabetta UPCOMING ADELAIDE GAME DEVELOPERS SA SLAM JAM Media: - 9News Melbourne ACMI News Snippet - Video games: our study suggests they boost intelligence in children - BATMAN AND SUPERMAN WILL BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN 10-ISH YEARS - George Orwell is out of copyright. What happens now? - Republicans took away Disney’s special status in Florida. Now they’re gunning for Mickey himself | |||
| Making Parselings a tabletop RPG with Leo Cheung | 12 May 2022 | 00:58:21 | |
We chat with Leo Cheung aka BlueTwoDays, Artist and Design lead of Paper Cactus Games about: - Developing, play-testing and launching the super unique and super fun tabletop RPG, Parselings - a game about tattoos and collaborative word magic Paper Cactus Games (Leo Cheung) - Twitter Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans | |||
| Australian video game developers finally have a union | Cafe Booleans 05-05-2022 | 04 May 2022 | 01:34:19 | |
Join us at the diner this week as we chat about: - The launch of Game Workers Australia (GWA); the new national union for Australian game workers and the Australian Chapter of Game Workers Unite (GWU) and what this means for indie devs and studio devs - Examples of educational games and the merit of teaching with games as opposed to the traditional teaching methods - Twitch to supposedly changing their revenue split with streamers to 50/50 instead of the current 70/30 - Congrats to Sydney-based SMG Studios for Moving Out reaching 1,000,000 sales Alex Ferrabetta - @amferrabetta Susie Emmery - @susannahkemery John Oestmann - @john_oestmann Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord Media: - Twitch is reportedly planning major cuts to creator revenue | |||
| Empowering women and minorities to code with Sarah Brown | 27 Apr 2022 | 00:58:16 | |
Sarah Brown is the Lead Technologist at Code Like a Girl - a social enterprise providing girls, women and minorities with the confidence, tools, knowledge and support to enter and flourish in the world of code. With John and Susannah in the interviewer chairs this episode, we discuss: - The difference between equality and equity and why it is important - Why initiatives like 'Code like a Girl' are necessary for our society - The power of having visible role models - Great entry points for starting your programming career. Follow Live Booleans on Twitter | |||
| Features to check out in Unreal Engine 5 | Cafe Booleans 21-04-22 | 20 Apr 2022 | 01:44:36 | |
Join us at the diner this week, as we chat about: - Meta planning to take a nearly 50% cut on virtual asset sales in its 'metaverse' game Horizon Worlds Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord Media: - Meta plans to take a nearly 50% cut on virtual asset sales in its metaverse | |||
| Indie Biz Basics: Legal, Contracts, & Rev Share - Ep.1 | 13 Apr 2023 | 00:49:12 | |
Join us for the first episode of The Business of Indie Game Development series, where we delve into: 🎯 Navigating legal structures for indie game devs 💼 Understanding budgeting, finance, and payment structure in the gaming industry 🤝 Assembling a solid team and tip on working with contractors 🔐 Protecting your intellectual property and dealing with challenges 🎮 Sharing our and other game developers' experiences, tools, and insights in game development business Legal Structures, Budgeting & Finance - crucial elements for indie game developers to succeed in the gaming world. We'll help you understand the basics and set a strong foundation for your game development journey. Stay tuned and level up your indie dev business skills 🧡 Alex Ferrabetta - @amferrabetta Kosta Canatselis - @kostacana Check out:
Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord | |||
| Nurturing game developer communities with Ceri Hutton | 13 Apr 2022 | 01:00:59 | |
We chat with Ceri Hutton, the Director of Operations & Projects at the Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (IGEA) about: - Ceri’s journey into the games industry Ceri Hutton - Twitter Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans | |||
| Kirby wins the GRAMMYs (Café Booleans 08-04-2022) | 07 Apr 2022 | 01:48:33 | |
Join us at the diner this week, as we chat about: - PAX Australia announced! & AVCon's approach to in-person events this year Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord Media: - Apple rumoured to be exploring the idea of a game console - and it could be in the form of Apple TV | |||
| Protecting your video game's IP with Cam Rogers | 30 Mar 2022 | 00:51:48 | |
We chat with Cam Rogers, a digital entertainment lawyer having worked on over 100 shipped titles on platforms across PS5, Xbox, Steam, Switch, VR, and mobile platforms about: - Common legal issues game developers and creatives run into early on and how to prevent them Cam Rogers - Twitter | Website Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans | |||
| Emotional abuse in indie studios (Café Booleans 24-02-2022) | 23 Mar 2022 | 01:49:13 | |
Join us at the diner this week, as we chat about: - VicScreen allocating funds to support the Victorian game development ecosystem Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord Media: - Screen Victoria Is Now VicScreen, Pushing Hard For Games Funding | |||
| The Psychology of Video Games with Celia Hodent | 16 Mar 2022 | 01:06:52 | |
We chat with Celia Hodent, expert in game UX (user experience) and cognitive psychology previously on games such as Fortnite, Star Wars 1313, and at Ubisoft about: - What is 'UX'? And the history of UX Celia Hodent - Twitter Celia Hodent, PhD is an expert in game UX (user experience) and cognitive psychology. She is a consultant, speaker, and acclaimed author of The Gamer’s Brain: How Neuroscience and UX can Impact Video Game Design & The Psychology of Video Games. Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans | |||
| Game developers everywhere supporting Ukraine (Café Booleans 10-03-22) | 09 Mar 2022 | 01:41:22 | |
Join us at the diner this week, as we chat about: - Game development studios hiring practices, workplace culture and employee benefits Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord Media: - Here’s How Game Developers Are Helping Ukraine, And How You Can Too | |||
| Making Music for Hollow Knight with Chris Larkin | 02 Mar 2022 | 01:12:33 | |
We chat with Chris Larkin, composer for video games such as Hollow Knight, Hollow Knight: Silksong, TOHU, Hacknet, and more about: - His journey into composing music and inspirations Chris Larkin - Twitter Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans | |||
| Crowd-funding game development (Café Booleans 24-02-22) | 23 Feb 2022 | 01:27:59 | |
Join us at the diner this week, as we chat about: - Mighty Kingdom's new tie-in video game called 'Carnifex' Susannah Emery - @susannahkemery Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord Articles: - Developer cancels crowdfunded MMO and disappears amid fraud allegations | |||
| Oculus and the Future of Virtual Reality in Games with Gayan Ediriweera | 16 Feb 2022 | 01:08:50 | |
We chat with Gayan Ediriweera, AR/VR developer formerly at Facebook/Oculus, about: - His journey into game development on franchises such as Star Wars at Krome Studios Gayan Ediriweera - Twitter Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans | |||
| The challenges of pricing your game (Café Booleans 10-02-22) | 09 Feb 2022 | 01:43:56 | |
Join us at the diner this week, as we chat about the changing 'value' of games and the costs of distribution for game developers, players habits and game design choices in the newly released in Pokemon Legends: Arceus, a new game for Sega Dreamcast - 23 years after console launch, a huge Kaws art exhibit in Fortnite, the upcoming games user research summit, Sony buying Bungie, and so much more! Susannah Emery - @susannahkemery Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord Articles: - How digital distribution and game prices are costing developers | |||
| From The Sims to The Oregon Trail: Hannah Crosby's Artistic Journey | 28 Dec 2022 | 00:55:12 | |
In this last episode for 2022 we chat with Hannah Crosby, multi-disciplinary Artist currently a Senior 3D Artist at Gameloft Brisbane, about: ❇️ How 'The Sims' kicked off Hannah's journey as a professional artist 🎬 Working in games and film for 16 years 🧊 Designing in 3D while being limited by technology of a given time 🤔 Process and working with technical artists at Gameloft 😍 Designing environments that capture certain feelings 🏞️ Bringing The Oregon Trail environments to life 🔍 GCAP panel discussing metaphors in visual media 👩🎨 Advice for aspiring artists GUEST LINKS: Hannah Crosby: Website | LinkedIn Hosts: @amferrabetta | @kcanatselis Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans Email us at livebooleanspodcast@gmail.com ⭐ Want to help support Live Booleans? Review us on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen! | |||
| Producing Live Service Games with Sorcha Millican-Nagle | 02 Feb 2022 | 00:47:16 | |
We chat with Sorcha Millican-Nagle, Producer at Infinity Plus Two, about her journey in the games industry, working on 'live service' video game Puzzle Quest 3, how user experience (UX) plays a part in producing, what skills are required to be a producer, producing games remotely, applying service design principles to game development, the importance of playtesting, and so much more!! Sorcha Millican-Nagle - Twitter Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans | |||
| Why do we 'Game Jam'? (Café Booleans 27-01-22) | 26 Jan 2022 | 02:04:30 | |
Join us at the diner this week, as we chat about Microsoft's HUGE Activision/Blizzard purchase for $68.7bn and what it means for devs and the industry, tips for Game Jams, working in a game jam team remotely, our experiences with game jams, tool recommendations for your game jam team, personal and professional motivation for game jams, the most successful games to come out of game jams, and so so so much more! #AdelaideGlobalGameJam2022 CLICK HERE TO JOIN ADELAIDES GLOBAL GAME JAM 2022 DISCORD Susannah Emery - @susannahkemery Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord Articles: - Notable games to start from jams | |||
| Advocating for Game Development with Raelene Knowles | 19 Jan 2022 | 01:01:23 | |
We chat with Raelene Knowles, Chief Operating Officer at IGEA, about her journey in the games industry, her transition from marketing manager at Bandai Namco into working 'for the industry', the games tax rebate in Australia, creating a thriving environment for studios, diversity in the industry, distributing demo discs through cereal boxes(!) and so much more! IGEA is the peak industry association representing and advocating for the video games industry in Australia and New Zealand. IGEAs vision is that of a thriving and sustainable local industry along with recognition that video games are one of the most powerful entertainment mediums for enjoyment, connection, education, business, health and creativity. Follow us on Twitter @LiveBooleans | |||
| Staying motivated as a game developer in 2022 (Café Booleans 13-01-22) | 12 Jan 2022 | 01:43:36 | |
Join us at the diner for our first foray into 2022, as we chat about techniques to stay motivated in 2022, the #AdelaideGlobalGameJam2022 and why you should join the jam this year, China's push into the 'metaverse', Steam smashing records with 28m concurrent users, a hacker bringing Google Maps to the NES, and so much more! CLICK HERE TO JOIN ADELAIDES GLOBAL GAME JAM 2022 DISCORD Susannah Emery - @susannahkemery Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord Articles: - Steam Passes 28 Million Concurrent Users, Setting New Record | |||