Cafe Booleans: A Game Dev Podcast

From a game jam to an actual game - its a common trend followed by indie developers. This week we speak to Keirron from A Few Dragons, creators of The Sacred Acorn about game design trade offs, publishers, and their journey from their game jam prototype into a full fledged game.

This week we chat about a new tool and technique for film makers called Virtual Production, which takes many cues from game development including the use of the Unreal Engine. We discuss the process of Virtual Production with We Made a Thing Studios (WEMAT), creators of critically-acclaimed online web series Lucy and DiC, upcoming video game Box Knight, and upcoming virtual production short Coffee...

This week we interview... Alex and his team mates from Melonhead Games. Melonhead Games is a South Australian studio developing innovative & quirky games for PC and Console. The team joins us to speak about their upcoming action side scroller title, Rooftop Renegade, their limited time demo, experiences speaking to publishers, future projects, the community, and more.

This week we discuss Managing Expectations with the awesome Tony Lawrence, COO at Mighty Kingdom. Tony is a veteran in the industry, having worked previously at 2K Australia on critically acclaimed games like Borderlands the Pre-Sequel, and Bioshock Infinite. Tony speaks about managing practices and structures within games, facilitating collaboration and creativity, working within huge studios, an...

Kathy from Joy Everafter Stories is developing adventure video games aimed at middle grade students, and Frog's Princess is the first production her team is working on. Kathy joins us this week to talk about her journey from being a writer for 30 years into becoming a game developer, her role within the Adelaide community, recording voice for games, testing her video games, her upcoming GCAP talk,...

Darcy and Tom from TNE Productions joins us to discuss their upcoming table top game, Terragon. Terragon is a 2-6 player sci-fi strategy board game involving unit and resource management drawing inspiration from table top games and video games such as Age of Empires and Starcraft. We talk with Tom and Darcy about their workflow, prototyping, play testing, and an upcoming creative collaborative spa...

Anthony Robinson from Golden Age Studios joins us in this podcast. Anthony is the Creative Director at Golden Age Studios which is working on it's first game Tinker and Spell - a 2D animated adventure role playing game that draws inspiration from Kingdom Hearts, Pokemon, and Jak and Daxter. We talk with Anthony about his vision for Tinker and Spell, his workflow as an artist, and his journey into...

Dimitris aka Modern Vintage Gamer (MVG) creates Retro and Modern Tech related content on YouTube. He has also been an active developer in the Original Xbox, Xbox 360, PSP, Commodore Amiga and now Nintendo Switch homebrew and emulation scene. He also is a game developer at Nightdive Studios - an independent developer and publisher well known for remastering classic video games. We talk with MV...

Vee is a games consultant, advocate and relationship maker within the video game and technology industry in Australia. She has managed government funding programs for games and interactive content in Western Australia for Screenwest and most recently in South Australia for the SA Film Corporation. We talk with Vee about her journey with game development, diversity in the industry, grants, and the...

In our third Live Booleans episode we interview Daniel Freer of Pond Games. Dan is a solo indie developer, who recently released his first game, Rite. RITE is a high-speed, precision platformer where you must conquer a series of challenging trials, a rite of passage for every Nim. We talk with Dan about his journey with RITE, the awesome music in RITE, marketing on Twitter, and the Adelaide game d...

In our second Live Booleans episode we interview the fantastical Susannah Emery. Susannah is a lecturer at the University of South Australia and also is currently developing "Hannah: A Friend in Need", a game highlighting the importance of supportive friends and family for victims of domestic violence. We talk with Susannah about her journey as a game developer for social change, lecturing game de...

In our inaugural Live Booleans episode we interview the mighty Dan Thorsland from Flinders University. Dan has previously worked as a comic book writer at DC Comics, before moving to Adelaide and working for Ratbag Games, Krome Studios and most recently Mighty Kingdom. We talk with Dan about his beginnings, the South Australian game development ecosystem, the community, and Dan shares some game de...