Game Dev Local Podcast

Licensed Games are famously bad...except for the good ones. What are the pitfalls and perks of making games with a third-party IP? Find out more in this episode You can find a video clip of this episode at: www.youtube.com/gamedevlondon More episodes can be found by visiting: anchor.fm/game-dev-london Visit Our Website - www.gamedev.london - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more! Join Our...

Lorraine speaks to Nele Steenput a character artist currently at Cooperative Innovations on multiplayer VR games, releasing Spaceteam VR. Nele has also worked as a freelancer as well as art directing. Nele speaks about her inspirations, art challenges and freelance work on games such as the Bradwell Conspiracy. Nele talks about how media like fabric and hair texture can be challenging but importan...

Ed and Chris discuss things to AVOID that will kill the commercial success of your game. Find out more in this episode You can find a video clip of this episode at: www.youtube.com/gamedevlondon More episodes can be found by visiting: anchor.fm/game-dev-london Visit Our Website - www.gamedev.london - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more! Join Our Discord - www.gamedev.london/join Follow...

Lorraine Ansell and her guest Alyx Jones as they talk voice and music in games. Alyx Jones is dialogue editor at Liquid Violet and has composed music for games including her own game. She is the head writer for Sound Architect and has interviewed many music composers including Jessica Curry. Alyx was on the BAFTA audio juror panel for the 2021 BAFTA games awards. Have a listen and join us as we ta...

It is vital to your ongoing health and well being that you strike a good work/life balance. It's something we're very keen on here at Game Dev London so we want to bring you our experience from different roles in the industry about what we do right and what we could do better. Hear from a freelancer, a studio owner, a manager, and a new hire about how we approach the subject. Find out more in this...

Adam and Stu explore balance in video games. Balance can affect everything from the difficulty levels, to how competitive your game is, to whether people enjoy playing it long term. Find out more about how to balance your game, when to listen to feedback, and when you should care about the house rules that people invent for your game. Find out more in this episodes You can find a video clip of thi...

Ahmed and Chris chat about the latest Switch, the latest Playstation State of Play & the state of indie dev and platform relations! Find out more in this episode You can find a video clip of this episode at: www.youtube.com/gamedevlondon More episode can be found by visiting: anchor.fm/game-dev-london Visit Our Website - www.gamedev.london - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more! Join...

Adam and Stu discuss emergent behaviour in video games. They explore questions like what is emergent behaviour, is it a good thing or a bad thing, and how can you design a game to allow for emergent behaviour? Find out more in this episode You can find a video clip of this episode at: www.youtube.com/gamedevlondon More episode can be found by visiting: anchor.fm/game-dev-london Visit Our Website -...

Quang with Aravelle discusses her new role at Coatsink as a Social Media and Community Manager. Aravelle will talk about her journey and what is her responsibilities being a Social Media and Community Manager. You can find a video clip of this episode at: www.youtube.com/gamedevlondon More episode can be found by visiting: anchor.fm/game-dev-london Visit Our Website - www.gamedev.london - for meet...

Lorraine Ansell talks to Claire Sharkey about marketing and comms in games. Claire is an award-winning comms & PR lead and currently at Modern Wolf releasing games such as Murder by Numbers and more. She shows off two of her fave game items that have an interesting story attached to them. What does she have? Maybe a certain item from a certain Creed. Watch to find out more. Claire goes onto ta...

Game Dev London host Lorraine chats to Lauren who is a content creator on YouTube and is the host of the podcast She Plays Games which is a show that celebrates women in the industry and offers visibility to the many different roles that are available in the games industry. She got her start in the games industry as a games journalist reviewing games and writing news stories on various gaming rela...

In this episode, Ed and Chris discuss the cutting-edge tech and features of Unreal Engine 5. You can find a video clip of this episode at: https://www.youtube.com/gamedevlondon More episode can be found by visiting: https://anchor.fm/game-dev-london   Visit Our Website - https://www.gamedev.london/ - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more!  Join Our Discord - https://discord.gg/M...

This week Roz chatted to fellow host Lorraine Ansell about her work as a voice actor for games. The star of Paradise Killer and numerous indie titles talks about getting into the physicality of an audio role, working under COVID, what devs can do to make voice actors lives easier, and teases some of the episodes she'll be hosting in the months to come. Plus, how to network when you're shy, hustle...

GDL host Adam and co-host Melissa discuss marketing your video game when you have no money or budget. They explore the different tools available, how build an audience, and which aspects are the most important Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet-ups, game jams, competitions and more! And why not come chat with us and hundreds of other devs? Join Our Discord - discord.gg/Mx7Sh2G Also Foll...

In this episode, GDL host Stuart De Ville talks with Javier Bizcocho lead of Devtech Tools at Imagination. They cover optimisation, ray tracing and how to get the best out of your debugging to really polish your game and make for a richer player experience. Find out more about Imagination:  developer.imaginationtech.com www.imaginationtech.com Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet-ups, gam...

In this episode, Chris kicks things off by discussing level design processes at CMD Studio with Mark Drew, before broadening into a discussion about the evolution of video games as a medium.   Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet-ups, game jams, competitions and more! And why not come chat with us and hundreds of other devs? Join Our Discord - discord.gg/Mx7Sh2G Also Follow Us On Twi...

On our 1 year anniversary, Adam, Jade, and Stu discuss the highs and lows of building a community via social media and digital events.  They talk about building up the Game Dev London, the things they would have done differently, and their favourite moments from the past 12 months. Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet-ups, game jams, competitions and more! And why not come chat with...

In this special episode, GDL host Lorraine talks games treasures and more importantly, Launch Day for “Before I Forget” with Chella Ramanan who is a BAFTA nominated games designer, writer and games journalist.   She is now narrative designer for Ubisoft Massive and co-founder of POC in Play actively aiming to increase the visibility and representation of people of colour in the video games in...

Ibrahim Bhatti, Community Marketing Manager of Sega Europe, talks with GDL host Quang about community in video game development. Where to start, build it, maintain it, and grow. Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet-ups, game jams, competitions and more! And why not come chat with us and hundreds of other devs? Join Our Discord - discord.gg/Mx7Sh2G Also Follow Us On Twitch! - twitch.tv/gam...

GDL host Adam speaks to Greg about narrative in games. Speaking from his experiences working on games such as No Man's Sky and Metro: Exodus, and drawing from his most recent work on his novel Sixteen Horses and the teaser he has developed for its release, Greg explores all facets of narrative and story telling in video games, from characters to lore and beyond. Visit Our Website - gamedev.london...

GDL hosts Chris and Ed discuss their favourite free tools for game development. You want to know what's good out there, have a listen. Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet-ups, game jams, competitions and more! And why not come chat with us and hundreds of other devs? Join Our Discord - discord.gg/Mx7Sh2G Also Follow Us On Twitch! - twitch.tv/gamedevlondon

GDL hosts Ed and Chris discuss outsourcing in game development. When to outsource, what to outsource and how to get work. Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet-ups, game jams, competitions and more! And why not come chat with us and hundreds of other devs? Join Our Discord - discord.gg/Mx7Sh2G Also Follow Us On Twitch! - twitch.tv/gamedevlondon

GDL hosts Quang and Stu discuss the different social media platforms and community management, with some top tips and some ways to think about how to manage your content. Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet-ups, game jams, competitions and more! And why not come chat with us and hundreds of other devs? Join Our Discord - discord.gg/Mx7Sh2G Also Follow Us On Twitch! - twitch.tv/gamedevlon...

we've all used random numbers in our games for stats, spawning, and even name generation right, but are we using them the right way? Adam and Stu discuss the use of random in games, what random generation looks like, and the spectrum from random, to procedural, to handcrafted generation. Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet-ups, game jams, competitions and more! And why not come chat with...

GDL hosts Chris and Stu discuss professional life in large and small studios, soft skills and interview technique, generally talk game dev careers and some of the pitfalls out there. Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet-ups, game jams, competitions and more! And why not come chat with us and hundreds of other devs? Join Our Discord - discord.gg/Mx7Sh2G Also Follow Us On Twitch! - twitch.t...