Game Dev Unchained

Pete Bottomley is the co founder of White Paper Games. and has helped shipped two beloved titles: Ether One, a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. And the Occupation, A FIRST-PERSON, FIXED-TIME, INVESTIGATIVE THRILLER SET IN NORTH WEST ENGLAND ON 24TH OCTOBER 1987. For the video version, please visit https://youtu.be/3UFNxB965Ts https://twitter.com/pete_bottomley https://www.whitepapergames.com/ https://ether-game.com/ https://www.occupation-game.com/

It's really useful to know a lot of things about different areas of game dev if you're going to try to run a company. In this talk, Karla will walk through Fullbright’s development from Gone Home to Tacoma and focus on all the things she has learned as she went to be a successful indie studio.  For the video version, please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LI5YbArSl4 Follow Karla on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zusty https://fullbrig.ht/

Ewan Croft is a VFX artist who's been working in the industry for decades. With extensive experience developing production art, art pipelines, and procedural content Ewan has taken his expertise working at companies like 2K and ILM to going freelance full-time. For the video version, please visit https://youtu.be/EURzVV0ta9g http://airshipcreative.com/ To watch future GDU episodes live, go to twitch.tv/blu_champs every Tuesdays at 11 AM PST

Three important things Bekah have learned from other industries and hung onto that have helped her in business development in games..  For the video version, please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsigheyaSL4 https://finji.co/ Check out her latest game: https://finji.co/games/overland/ Follow Bekah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BexSaltsman Support us on Patreon and get Games ReCAP, our spinoff show of Roundtable News, in podcast form to hear us on your daily commute!

Kylan Coats is the founder and creative director of Crispy Creative. We talk about transitioning from AAA development to being his own boss, and how the leap of faith just needs a forced push sometimes. For the video version, please visit https://youtu.be/wSMQg7bJ4-I http://www.longjourneygame.com/ Support us on Patreon and get Games ReCAP, our spinoff show of Roundtable News, in podcast form to hear us on your daily commute!

Working in game dev can be stressful even on the best of days. But what happens to both your social circle and your work when you experience interpersonal conflict, burn out, go through a health or family crisis, or worse- lose your job? For the video version, please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHaYGsuh9JY Support us on Patreon and get Games ReCAP, our spinoff show of Roundtable News, in podcast form to hear us on your daily commute!

We are celebrating our 200th episode with our announcement of our next GduX.me. We also discuss if the game development community has gotten better than it was four years ago. For the video version, please visit https://youtu.be/KUJCwd4VMNU Support us on Patreon and get Games ReCAP, our spinoff show of Roundtable News, in podcast form to hear us on your daily commute! To watch future GDU episodes live, go to twitch.tv/blu_champs every Tuesdays at 11 AM PST

Diversity is now a checkbox on a lot of lists rather than being about inclusion and making sure everyone is included. Let's get into the nitty-gritty of why we need to actually be inclusive and stop checking off boxes and calling it a done deal. https://www.twitch.tv/cypheroftyr https://twitter.com/cypheroftyr https://www.youtube.com/cypheroftyr Watch live 10 AM PST Daily on https://www.twitch.tv/blu_champs For the video version, please visit https://youtu.be/wwaJxDP1fYI

A in depth look at how Epic Games run their studio with the onslaught success of Fortnite. Is the developer a model or a villain to other game studios. We take a look and decide. Support us on Patreon and get Games ReCAP, our spinoff show of Roundtable News, in podcast form to hear us on your daily commute! To watch future GDU episodes live, go to twitch.tv/blu_champs every Tuesdays at 11 AM PST Grab some Merch! Give us a rating on iTunes: apple.co/2IKxTmU

You've got a great idea for an indie game, but how do you go about creating it? In this talk, 17-year game developer, art director, and college professor Jeff Spoonhower will offer advice on breaking into the indie games space. https://anewthegame.com/ Follow them on Twitter https://twitter.com/AnewTheGame For the video version, please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHdO9o6aM-s Support us on www.patreon.com/bluchamps