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Wandering into Game Development (with Jamaal Sawyer-Dymski and Greg Borreson)

May 18, 2023

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Importance of Career Shifts

6min

How to Code Games in JavaScript

2min

How I Slid Into the Game Development Track

4min

The Creative Side of Technology

4min

How I Got Started in Game Development

2min

How to Be a Successful Moderator in Bungee

1min

Transitioning From a Previous Career to Games

3min

The Importance of Learning Quickly on the Fly

4min

10.

How to Parse the Unknowns Into a Solution That Works

2min

11.

The Importance of Music in Composition

3min

12.

The Secret Sauce of Game Development

3min

13.

How to Be a Successful Visual Artist

4min

14.

How to Avoid Game Breaking Issues in Your First Programming Job

5min

15.

The Numbers Matter

2min

16.

The Struggles of a Traveling Musician

1min

17.

The Importance of Continuous Conversation in Game Design

5min

18.

The Importance of Empathy in Games

5min

19.

The Funny Editing Copy Story

2min

20.

The Importance of Ambition in Game Development

2min

21.

The Importance of Values in My Career

5min

22.

Ellen's DevOps Experience

2min

23.

The Golden Rule of Video Game Promotion

4min

On this episode, we talk with two of Ellen's coworkers and the Games Agency, Jamaal Sawyer-Dymski & Greg Borreson. They talk about their career paths, from their time as young nerds, to working in very different areas of computer sciences and programming, to the fact that saying "Enhance" doesn't actually help with anything CSI style, to working with your nice host, Ellen.

Ellen has some audio problems (they get better), Stephen gets called out, and Mark calls it in from home (because Dale exposed him to Covid).

Spoilers:

Dale and Mark are recovering (slowly) from Covid.
It turns out that the secret to getting into game development is showing up to a music festival and harassing your roommate's boyfriend. Who knew?

Wandering into Game Development

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Jamaal Sawyer-Dymski

Guest

Jamaal was a professional musician (saxophone), before transitioning into game development, through learning programming in a Master's program for forensic computing. Jamaal resides outside of San Diego, CA.

Greg Borreson

Guest

Greg Borreson learned programming through website development at the University of Alberta (that's in Canada). He transitioned to game development through a contact he made at a music festival.