Turn your curiosity into action before inspiration fades - Carl Leducq | S1E4

Carl is a games producer and podcaster. We talk about how learning to make short gameplay montages of Call of Duty 4 during high school set him on a squiggly path from film to social media content creation, and eventually into the games industry.


Key Topics

• Why learning how to edit gameplay montages of Call of Duty 4 as a teenager helped Carl more than anything he took from studying at school
• How Carl's passion for storytelling took him from film to being a social media content creator and eventually into the games industry
• How Carl overcame his self-doubts by taking action, following his curiosity and putting himself out there
• How Carl uses keeps himself energised by finding a community of people who share his curiosity and excitement and motivate him to keep taking action

Detours and Tangents

• What's involved in being a games producer
• Skills necessary to succeed in the games industry
• Games for education

Episode Summary
Visit the Grokkist podcast hub for a full digest of this episode including highlights and links to stuff we discussed: https://grokk.ist/stillcuriouspodcast/s1e4-carl-leducq/

Recorded 28 September 2021

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Music: Kleptotonic Swing by Tri-Tachyon