Game Dev Advice: The Game Developer's Podcast

How to Successfully Pitch to Publishers, Learning to Script, the Importance of Sound Design, Chance Encounters, Doing Great Work, Being Calm, FMOD and More with Jeff Linville of Ritual Studios

Jul 24, 2023

54:05

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

Ritual Studios Co-Founder Jeff Lindbel on How to Get in the Game Industry and Dealing With Setbacks

2min

How I Got Started in the Game Industry

3min

How to Get Your First Job Now in the Sound Design Industry

2min

How to Apply to Any Job Today

3min

Rob Scallen's YouTube Channel

2min

How to Advance Your Career and Sound Design

2min

The Power of Ambient Music in Cardio Games

2min

The Most Important Quality or Skill for Other Sound Designers to Have

2min

10.

How to Develop Interpersonal Skills

2min

11.

The Importance of Being Calm

2min

12.

The Importance of Sound Design in Audio Production

2min

13.

The Best Game I've Ever Worked On

2min

14.

The Future of Indie Gaming

2min

15.

The Future of Gaming

2min

16.

The Future of Unity

2min

17.

AR VR XR: A Combination of AR and VR

2min

18.

Apple's AR Headset

2min

19.

The Future of Gaming

4min

20.

How to Make a Great Pitch Deck

2min

21.

How to Pitch a Game to a Publisher

4min

22.

How to Be a Successful Freelancer in the Game Industry

2min

23.

How to Get Into the Industry

3min

24.

How to Be a Successful Bartender

2min

25.

The Importance of Connecting With People

2min

26.

How to Be a Good Game Developer

2min

I welcome Jeff Linville, the Co-Founder and Sound Designer at Ritual Studios to this episode. We discuss topics like sound design, pitching your game to publishers, and the future of AR and VR. Jeff shares about the importance of your personal network, learning how to script and work in-engine, and maintaining a healthy mindset with the ups and downs of the industry.

We then go into the importance of sound design, highlighting the transformative power of sound that enhances player experiences. Hear about the challenges faced by sound designers, such as time constraints and file size limitations, plus having content cut.

Jeff shares why he’s bullish on VR and thoughts around AR possibly replacing smartphones through spatial computing. We then get into the concerns about AI's impact on game development and copyright issues, along with ideas around the benefits.

Hear how the team pivoted their game pitch to get better results by focusing on bite-sized call-to-action prompts, plus using gifs and game audio to create the game experience. Learn the importance for sound designers to be able to work in-engine and script, plus having an engineer connection to help implement ideas and tech.

Jeff and I then talk about the importance of seizing opportunities, networking with peers, and maintaining a positive attitude through setbacks. We then wrap up discussing chance encounters, the abundance of good people in the industry, and the power of doing great work.

Bio:

Jeff Linville is Co-Founder of Ritual Studios, a Chicago based indie studio working on their first title, Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson. Jeff has been in the game industry for over 6 years as a Sound Designer and Composer working on various titles, including Fretless and Cardio Ex.

Show Links:

* Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson Reveal Trailer YouTube

* Cardio Ex Game Soundtrack on Spotify

* FMOD website

* Apple’s Vision Pro spatial computing Apple website

* Guild Wars 2 website

* Alien: Isolation App Store

* The 2023 Hollywood Strike for Dummies Vulture

Connect With Links:

* Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson Steam page

* Ritual Studios Twitter

* Jeff Linville Twitter