Cafe Booleans: A Game Dev Podcast

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 Milli...

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...

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 associatio...

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 -...

We chat with Jyllian Product / UX / UI Design Lead at Immutable (and her birds!), about her UX and game development journey, blockchain infrastructure for video games, working as head of research at Harmonix on games such as The Beatles: Rock Band and the Xbox Kinect, the future of NFT video games, creating meaningful experiences, conducting usability research, and so much more. Jyllian is the Pro...

Join us at the diner one last time in 2021, as we chat about the community's game jam stories, Japan opening it's first e-sports high school, video game industry statistics for 2021, developers remaking Kojima's PT for the Oculus Quest, IGDA's new guidelines for creating inclusive games, our predictions and hopes for 2022, and so much more! Susannah Emery - @susannahkemery John Oestmann - @john_oe...

We chat with Philip Mayes, CEO and founder of Mighty Kingdom, about his game development journey, reflecting the diversity and culture of Australia in MK, MK's graduate program, going public as a company, decision-making, his inspirations and the role of narrative in video games, the future of gaming, and so much more! Mighty Kingdom is a studio in Adelaide, Australia with a super successful focus...

Join us at the diner, as we chat about video games and the empowering effects on equality, Ubisoft announcing its first foray into blockchain games, the play habits of more than 70% of mothers playing games daily, the Australian game development industry doubling revenue over the past five years, and Twitch co-founder launching an NFT gaming marketplace. Susannah Emery - @susannahkemery John Oestm...

We chat with local developer David McCann from Mini Mammoth Games, about hyper casual games, game development processes, monetisation, work for hire arrangements, finding investment for a game development studio, building an advisory board, running internships, and more. Mini Mammoth Games is an independent video game studio based in Adelaide, Australia co-founded by AIE alumni. Mini Mammoth Games...

Join us at the diner, as we chat about Xbox boss calling for industry wide ‘legal emulation’, the global chip shortage, how video games shape our behaviours, earning Bitcoins in an upcoming AR game, PlaySide opening a Gold Coast studio with 70 new jobs, and more! John Oestmann - @john_oestmann Kosta Canatselis - @kostacana Alex Ferrabetta - @LowPolyPizza Chantal - @thoughtrise Articles: Adventure...

Join us at the diner, as we chat about Luigis Mansion tracking players dust, Netflix launching video games on Android and iOS, Take Two cancelling a $53 million video game, local SASA nominations, the rise of Australian NFT video game companies, Unity buying Weta over Zoom, and an Ed Sheeran concert in Pokemon Go! Susannah Emery - @susannahkemery John Oestmann - @john_oestmann Kosta Canatselis - @...

We chat with local developers Jason and Michael from Blue Moon Games, about their recently released game jam concept ‘Lure’, their upcoming character-led horror game Howling Point, their inspiration, development process, and more. Blue Moon Games is an independent video game studio based in Adelaide, Australia featuring Michael Fischetti and Jason Di Benedetto. Blue Moon - Twitter Lure on itch.io...

< SEGA! > Former CEO of Sega of America, Mattel and Matchbox; Tom Kalinske, grew Sega's value from $75 million to $1.5bn during his tenure as CEO. He was extremely influential in the market success of the Sega Genesis. Tom joins us this episode to discuss his journey to Sega, his experiences battling Nintendo, marketing techniques, tensions with Sega of Japan,  his role in the creation...

We chat with the 'Godfather of Game Dev' Dan Thorsland about a brand new Games Production course at Flinders University, game development education, the future of video games, and more. Dan is a Senior Manager, Business Development at Flinders University and an industry leader, with a focus on creating a thriving creative export industry here in South Australia. Dan has previously worked as a comi...

Join us at the diner, as we chat about video games being more popular than Free-to-air TV in Australia, Facebooks name change to 'Meta' and how it impacts game developers, Fortnite China shutting down in November, and a Quiet Place getting a video game adaptation. Susannah Emery - @susannahkemery John Oestmann - @john_oestmann Kosta Canatselis - @kostacana Alex Ferrabetta - @LowPolyPizza

We chat with James Marshall about the future of NFT gaming, his career across creative roles and government including the role government plays in game development in South Australia and so much more. James Marshall is currently balancing his roles as Managing Director of Golden Age Studios and Head of Studio at CDW Animation, as well as sitting on various advisory panels including IGEA and others...

Join us this week at the diner as we chat about dystopian vs utopian games, Valve removing NFT games from steam, game developers being left out of game credits, Apple making more profit on gaming than Microsoft, Activision, and Sony combined, and Nintendo Switch's new online expansion pack. Susannah Emery - @susannahkemery John Oestmann - @john_oestmann Kosta Canatselis - @kostacana Alex Ferrabett...

In this episode of Live Booleans we chat with the Adelaide indie game developer behind the indie classic, Hacknet and recently released game Wrestledunk Sports , Matt Trobbiani. Together we discuss Matt's transition to game development and success with Hacknet; game testing and the Hacknet community; the challenges of games certification; Wrestledunk Sports and so so much more! Guest: Matt Trobbia...

A Super Mario Movie? Netflix jumping into video games? An epic partnership with a local university? Australian Game Development Awards!? Join us in our very first Café Booleans with our friends John Oestmann and Susannah Emery. In this new format we chat about what's new in game development news, and other interesting stories, just like we're at the diner having a cuppa. Susannah Emery - twitter @...

This week we're joined by our friends, Dakota Sauve, and John Oestmann. Dakota Sauve is an Adelaide based game composer, and game developer; and John Oestmann is also a video game composer, and host of the Raccoon Media Cafe radio show. We chat in the virtual studio about general game dev, soundtracks, and more.

The simplest way to describe what a game producer does is that they get sh*t done; they are the people who are responsible for making sure that a product gets made. This week we speak to Wargaming Sydney producer, Ashley van Wyngaard who gets sh*t done. Ashley is currently working on various AAA projects at Wargaming with multiple teams. We speak to Ashley about her experiences with managing teams...

'DK. Donkey Kong!' If you've heard these words while playing Donkey Kong 64, or have played hours of Goldeneye or Perfect Dark on Nintendo 64 with friends, then you've listened to the genius that is Grant Kirkhope. This week we speak to Grant, a BAFTA nominated composer who has created iconic soundtracks to critically acclaimed and fan favourite video games such as Goldeneye 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Per...

SMG Studio is an independent studio from Sydney that says makes games using it's own D.A.F.U.Z system, for those who don't know this means games that are DYNAMIC, ADDICTIVE, FUN, UNIQUE, ZANY. This week we speak to Ashley Ringrose, Founder of SMG Studio, the team behind the widely popular and zany physics-based couch co-op game, Moving Out. We speak to Ash about his experiences making small and fu...

Adelaide is host to so many interesting indie game companies. This week we speak to Anna, Ben, Morgan, and Richard from Split Symmetry, developers of Tech Hunter, an upcoming science-fiction treasure hunting puzzle game. The team talks about technical decisions they've had to make on the game, iterating on design, lessons from play testing, and the South Australian dev community.

What do horses, dinosaurs, and wolves have in common? Millions of them exist in massive virtual worlds crafted by Adelaide-based Foxie Games. This episode we interview Dineth Abeynayake, Founder and Director of Foxie Games. We speak about his journey from the defence industry into developing games, the company's culture, and discuss how Foxie Games keeps its 2+ million monthly players entertained...