Game Dev Unchained

Naughty Dog has been under the spotlight lately about its crunch culture practices and forcing the Co-President to respond to how the company is looking to mitigate the issues internally. Is it enough or just damage control? Find out in today's Games ReCAP!

China bans gaming for minors, or at least set regulations with some enforceability. Find out more in today's Games ReCaP, daily game news for game developers. 

This episode is brought to you by AppFigures! Head to https://appfigures.com/on/gamedevunchained.com to try App figures for free. If you like it, use our special code GDU3030 to get 30% off for the next 3 months. Please view the show notes for further details on this episode: https://wp.me/pcB0ew-Q6 Damon Woods is a talented Character Artist in the industry being in many leadership roles at countless studios. He is currently a Principal Character Artist at Respawn and spent this GduX.me session taking me behind the scenes on his latest personal art project. The remastering of the MonStars villians in Space Jam. With the new release of Space Jam 2 and something to compare to the decided direction of the new monstars, we can easily say that Damon killed it. 

This episode is sponsored by Autodesk. Check out Autodesk Maya and 3ds Max Indie, which provides access to pro tools at an affordable price for recent graduates, freelancers, hobbyists, and 3D artists just starting out here: https://makeanything.autodesk.com/me-indie/ Feel free to drop into the community website AREA https://area.autodesk.com/ Read the shownotes (https://gamedevunchained.com/2021/08/05/art-director-aspirations-with-reika-yoshino/) Reika Yoshino is a Art Production Manager at ThatGameCompany and is currently working on Sky: The Children of Light. https://twitter.com/heartbreika https://ryoshino.artstation.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/reikayoshino/

 Rade Prokopovich is the CEO of Sozap, an emerging and successful mobile company, stopped by the show to discuss his general outlook on the industry and the new challenges coming out of the pandemic.  https://www.sozap.com/ This episode is sponsored by Game School Online

This episode is sponsored by GamesBoost42.   https://gamesboost42.com/  Valve is doubling down on hardware and answering with a more hardcore "Switch" of their own. What is this all about? Listen in and catch up!  Connect with Ray!  ● https://twitter.com/Wadarass  This episode is brought to you by www.gameschoolonline.com!

This episode is sponsored by GamesBoost42.  https://gamesboost42.com/ In this episode I update the latest status of the podcast and the reason for my unexpected short absence. I also share a recent conversation with a colleague about him approaching a career crossroad and share the advice that I gave him.

This episode is sponsored by GamesBoost42.  https://gamesboost42.com/ Breakthroughs and breakdowns on the journey of game art. Check out other talks at https://gamedevunchained.com/gdux/ Connect with Miklos Bencz: https://www.artstation.com/mikibencz/profile

This episode is sponsored by GamesBoost42.  https://gamesboost42.com/ Larry Kuperman, a 20-year veteran of the game industry, will explain how a business-mindset can help you be more successful. This presentation is about more than making wise business choices, it is about developing a framework for financial decisions. Check out other talks at https://gamedevunchained.com/gdux/ Connect with Larry Kuperman: https://twitter.com/LarryNightDive https://twitter.com/Scottthelighter

Who would've thought that this would last as long with Epic actually having a chance to humble Apple in any way?  Check out the show notes: https://wp.me/pcB0ew-Pk Connect with Ray! ● https://twitter.com/Wadarass This episode is brought to you by www.gameschoolonline.com!