Game Dev Local Podcast

This week, Oscar continues his Podquest to learn everything you wanted to know about gamedev but never dared to ask. In this episode, he talks to Jack Harker from Game Talent Wales about the official Welsh indie game talent programme.  Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more! Join Our Discord - gamedev.london/join Follow Us On Twitch - twitch.tv/gam...

Oscar is joined by the legendary Des Gayle on his podquest to learn everything you wanted to know about gamedev, but never dared to ask. In this episode, they talk about the upcoming Kickstarter for Altered Gene's "The Analyst: Redacted".  Check out The Analyst: Redacted on Kickstarter: https://bit.ly/GameDevLondon Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and...

In this episode, GDL host Adam chats to Freya from Anything World about the upcoming Global Game Jam 23. They discuss the importance of creativity, how to tackle a game jam, and the importance of sleep! Game Dev London is once again hosting a GGJ site, following running the 8th largest site in the world last year. This year, Anything World is sponsoring the GDL site to help us bring it to more peo...

In this episode, Nichola and Karim explore the question "What is gameplay engineering?" whilst deep diving into the skills, requirements and advice for aspiring engineers.  Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more! Join Our Discord - gamedev.london/join Follow Us On Twitch - twitch.tv/gamedevlondon

In this episode, Stuart De Ville speaks to Niall Crabtree, a game designer at Sigtrap (during the time of recording) and lecturer at The University of Huddersfield, to discuss game dev education, their path into lecturing, and provide top tips for both prospective students and lecturers. Learn more about our own community education initiative on Twitter @gdledu . Visit Our Website - gamedev.london...

In this episode,  Marek chats with Jeremy from Audio Creatures about what it's like to be a freelance music composer.  Visit Our Website - https://www.gamedev.london/ - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more!  Join Our Discord - https://discord.gg/Mx7Sh2G  Follow Us On Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/gamedevlondon

Anna, Diana and James talk about the unique challenges of writing never-ending narratives for long running games such as MMOs, live service games and even roguelikes. Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more!  Join Our Discord - gamedev.london/join Follow Us On Twitch - twitch.tv/gamedevlondon

Oscar continues his Podquest to learn everything you wanted to know about gamedev but never dared to ask. This time he is joined by fellow host Mafalda Duarte from @GameDevLisbon and @Nerd_Monkeys to explore making games across the world.  Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more!  Join Our Discord - gamedev.london/join Follow Us On Twitch - twi...

Nichola, Marek and Mafalda dive into the topic of game dev events, listing international game dev events, how to network within them why attending these events can be both fun and beneficial.   Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more!  Join Our Discord - gamedev.london/join  Follow Us On Twitch - twitch.tv/gamedevlondon

Nichola and Jack explore the hypercasual space within mobile games and the process in which these games are designed, made and advertised. Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more! Join Our Discord - gamedev.london/join Follow Us On Twitch - twitch.tv/gamedevlondon

In this episode, Oscar continues his podquest to learn everything you wanted to know about game dev but never dared to ask by talking to GDL Co-founder Adam about the ups and downs of game development, their studio management experience and what it means to be a resilient game dev. Visit Our Website - https://www.gamedev.london/ - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more!  Join Our Disc...

In this episode, fellow Game Dev London host, Chris Payne, joins Oscar in his quest to understand the Metaverse and find out if something potentially useful is going on with the ambitions of Meta and other hype-generators.     Visit Our Website - https://www.gamedev.london/ - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more! Join Our Discord - https://discord.gg/Mx7Sh2G Follow Us On T...

Nichola Humphreys interviews Steffie Garcia about the power of UI in video games, covering topics such as technology platform differences, diegetic vs non-diegetic, accessibility and getting into UI as a beginner.   Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more!  Join Our Discord - gamedev.london/join Follow Us On Twitch - twitch.tv/gamedevlondon

In this episode, we talk to developers from Squingle Studios and Labrador Games on the EGX 2022 studio floor about the games they're showcasing, their route into the industry and their journey to showcasing at one of the UK's leading games industry events.   Check out Squingle - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1439040/Squingle/ Check out Live by the Sword: Tactics - https://store.steampowe...

In this episode, we talk to developers from Kid Onion Games and innoloop on the EGX 2022 studio floor about the games they're showcasing, their route into the industry and their journey to showcasing at one of the UK's leading games industry events.   Check out River Tails: Stronger Together - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1851610/River_Tails_Stronger_Together/ Check out Rhythm Towers -h...

In this episode, we return to EGX 2022 with a panel discussing networking and building connections in the games industry.   Hosting this panel is Stuart De Ville (GDL Co-Founder), with guests Jade Leamcharaskul ('OG' GDL Founder), Nichola Humphreys (Podcast Host) and Gianluca Montaque (Marketing Manager).   Visit our website - https://www.gamedev.london/ - for meet ups, game jams, compet...

Game Dev London gave several talks at EGX 2022. In this special episode, our panel discusses why representation is so important in video games. Hosting this panel is Bex Trista AKA TristaBytes, with guests Marta Camilo (SEGA), Dean Shanghanoo (Mediatonic) and Quang Nguyen (Asobitech). Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more!  Join Our Discord - game...

Game Dev London gave several talks at the EGX games expo 2022. In this special episode, our panel discusses how we design computer games.  With GDL founder Jade Leamcharaskul hosting and guests, Quang Nguyen, Nichola Humphreys, Anna Latchman and Ben Sherratt.  Ready to learn game design?  Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more!  Join...

This weekend, Game Dev London went to EGX games expo and gave at least one talk or panel discussion each day! In this panel discussion hosted by GDL host, Amy Elliott, we discuss writing or narrative in games, with guest panellists Stuart De Ville, Becky Saunders, Alice Bowman and Harun Ali, enjoy! Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more! Join Our Discor...

Toxicity is a huge problem in games but game developers have a lot of tools in their arsenal to foster positivity through fundamental game mechanics. In this episode, Anna and Oscar discuss how exactly game mechanics can create one or another behaviour, the responsibility both developers and players have in reinforcing community rules and the fact that competitive doesn't equal toxic. Visit Our We...

In this episode, Oscar continues his podquest to learn everything you wanted to know about #gamedev but never dared to ask by talking to Joakim Achrén from Elite Game Developers about his origins and the challenges surrounding games investment. Visit Our Website - https://www.gamedev.london/ - for meet ups, game jams, competitions and more!  Join Our Discord - https://discord.gg/Mx7Sh2G ...

Nichola & Amy discuss body art within video games - do digital tattoos influence real-life tattoos, does there have to be meaning behind characters with tattoos/body art and could there be a way to better showcase tattoos in video games?   Visit Our Website - www.gamedev.london - for meet-ups, game jams, competitions and more!  Join Our Discord - gamedev.london/join Follow Us On Twit...

We talk to Matt Pennington of Profound Decisions, one of the world's largest LRP event organisers - delving into the design and logistics of running weekend events for over 2500 players.   Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet-ups, game jams, competitions, and more!  Join Our Discord - gamedev.london/join Follow Us On Twitch - twitch.tv/gamedevlondon

In this episode, Oscar continues his podquest to learn everything you wanted to know about #gamedev but never dared to ask by talking to Nina Roussakoff from Lovewish Games about female representation in video games and why it's important.   You can find the full audio version of this episode by visiting: https://anchor.fm/game-dev-london  Visit Our Website - https://www.gamedev.london/...

In this episode, hosts Nichola and Adam discuss the rise of video game viewing, across YouTube, Twitch, and public Esports events!  Visit Our Website - gamedev.london - for meet-ups, game jams, competitions and more! Join Our Discord - gamedev.london/join Follow Us On Twitch - twitch.tv/gamedevlondon