Game Dev Local Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode, Ioana from Mojiworks joins Oscar on his Podquest to learn everything about game development to explore how to design games meant for sharing, which is also the topic of her new book with CRC press.

This week I am joined by my friend, Nicholas, who is a narrative designer, artist, and founder of Essay Games. His artwork and games have been featured in Kotaku, Rock Paper Shotgun, Game Developer, Critical Distance, Unwinnable, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. His games are interesting, thoughtful, and delve deeply into human stories. While his last two games relied on his skill for research, his current undertaking, Bundle of Joy, draws on his recent experience of becoming a parent during the pandemic. We speak at length about creativity as a practice and what his personal go-to tools are to tell stories and create games Wishlist Bundle of Joy: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/Bundle_of_Joy/ https://bsky.app/profile/essaygames.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-o-brien-essaygames/ https://essaygames.itch.io/

It is the very first episode of Structured Creativity with Najmah Salam (but you can call her Naj). In this show, we'll be exploring that space between process and play and how leading figures in games and otherwise nurture and harness creativity.

In this episode,Our guest is Jason Thai-Kennedy, Senior Communications Manager at Electronic Arts. We discuss underrated skills for game devs, Jason's adrenaline-junkie antics and a brilliant theme park idea.

In this episode, Game Dev London host Chris talks to our newest podcast host Niall, a longtime games designer, and they discuss creating games both physically (board games) and digitally.  

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In this episode, Amy talks with Christopher about whether he has found his master's degree helpful within the games industry.  

They discuss the pros and cons of taking a master's, and whether it's a good idea to go straight into a job after your undergraduate degree.

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In this episode, Chris and Oscar discuss ad-based game monetisation and Riccitello's controversial comments about it.  

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In this episode, Adam and Anna try to make a games with Katie and Jayden from Into Games in 30 minutes! Will they succeed? Watch and find out!

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In this episode, Game Dev London Host Anna and Pauline discuss Narrative Designer careers and the differences between Design paths in game development  

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In this episode, new host Gianluca and GDL Co-Founder Stuart De Ville talk about mentoring, directing industry events, leveraging your network, organising game jams and networking events, portfolio consultations and support other initiatives in the game development industry.  

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In this episode, Nichola Humphreys speaks to Ravina Sahota and Amber-Leigh Blake, co-founders of Game Dev Roller Club, about the recreational activity of skating and how it intertwines with video games and people in the games industry.

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