Game Dev Unchained

Carl Armfelt is a Portfolio Manager at Swedbank Robur with a focus on technology and the game industry. He sits with us to break down the investment side of game development. Find out what makes a game company attractive, what things an indie company should focus on if they want to get investor funding and lastly, the not so obvious do's and don'ts developers should be aware of when considering starting their own company and hoping to partner with VC funds. Some of the investment companies includes : Take-

This Roundtable News brings you discussions from game industry vets about last months biggest news. We talk about the biggest headliners from E3: Microsoft buying up studios, Sony leading the charge, Nintendo doing its own thing, Google entering the arena... How PubG and Zenimax is doing with their respective lawsuits against Epic and Occulus. Smaller studios like Telltale ditching proprietary engines for safer bets like Unity. The stubbornness of Sony with cross play. Also we round it out with how Valve is

Dating developers, the advice and trials as we came up in the industry as a husband and a boyfriend. Hear the benefits of dating in industry, and the difficulties you may be faced with when dating someone at your company or on your team. And to really spice up this episode, we get into wives having our backs against EA and what the industry developers need to do to keep history from repeating. This episode is brought to you by Quixel Megascans. Megascans is the definitive standardized content resource, wit

A true believer of the unchained life, Jonathon Holmes tells us NOTHING about making secret government military games, but everything about how his environment art career and personal ambitions allowed him to achieve his absolute dream job in the game industry working at Quixel, FROM HOME! Check out his work https://www.artstation.com/synaesthesia Night Dive Studios (Streams every Thursday) http://www.nightdivestudios.com/ https://www.twitch.tv/nightdivestudios https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNFs4mUpyf3

Danny Oakes is the Director of Operations and Marketing at SpeedTree. He is an experienced marketing manager with demonstrated history of working in the information and service industry. In this episode, we talk about his career and how he got involved in the game industry, traveling for work, and how procedural generation is changing everything. Goto https://store.speedtree.com/ and try it out! This episode is brought to you by Quixel Megascans. Megascans is the definitive standardized content resource,

Eric Valdes made all the right moves to go from Miami to LA and become a Character Artist working on God of War at Sony's Santa Monica Studios. Hear the story of how he accepted a challenge that changed his life forever. Hear how he started, and found his way and what he's looking forward to working on in his career. Lastly, he talks about sculpting his FAVORITE character model ever and the unlikely bond between that character and one of our podcast hosts! http://www.ericv3d.com/ Goto megascans.se and ent

Nina Freeman is a video game designer known for games with themes of sexuality and self-reflection. She is currently a game designer at Fullbright. She was included in Forbes 2015 list of influential video game industry figures. In this episode, we talk about ways to self-promote and stay relevant. How streaming narrative-driven games is more helpful than harmful. Follow Nina on twitter : @hentaiphd https://www.twitch.tv/hentaiphd https://www.instagram.com/hentaiphd Check out her latest game https://tacom

This Roundtable News brings you discussions from game industry vets about last months biggest news. We talk about some backlash with Total Biscuit's passing, Fortnite continuing to print money with a $295 million dollar month, Cliffy B's studio closure, Call of Duty and Battlefield having a Battle Royale mode, and finally catch up with Star Citizen and its $27,000 premiere class mode. Goto megascans.se and enter code GDU for 30% off for the first three months! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/gamede

Emma from Game Workers Unite gives us the roadmap for seeing a unionized game industry come to fruition. We find out what the importance of unions are, and what benefits and rights us developers should look forward to. Also, from the perspective of employers and companies we discuss what unionizing could mean in FAVOR of a company and how companies and corporations can co-exist with unionized game developers! Follow on Twitter: @EmmaKinema @GameWorkers https://www.gameworkersunite.org/ Goto megascans.se a

Galen Davis is a evangelist for Quixel and is afforded the ability to travel the world and help studios across the industry with tools and support using megascans. In this episode, we talk about his journey from his beginnings in the Art Institute to working on God of War PS4. How he planted his roots at Quixel and what his job entails. This episode is brought to you by Megascans and Quixel. Megascans is the definitive standardized content resource, with everything fully PBR calibrated, and all 3D scans c