Game Dev Unchained

Game Dev Unchained
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Apr 17, 2018 • 1h 25min

0134: Cecil Kim and A Life of Art

Cecil Kim gives us one of the best interviews on concept art and a career of breathing life into games through his craft. We follow a young man working in Hawaii for Square, working on FFIX, moving on to develop God of War as the Visual Divelopment Lead in the early days and then finally finding home with a studio (Section Studios) of his very own. https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecil-kim-ba4985/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sectionstudios.rival&hl=en_US https://www.youtube.com/channel/
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Apr 10, 2018 • 1h 6min

0133: PR And Event Managing With Roman Goroshkin

Roman Goroshkin currently resides as the frontman for Epic Games' PR and Event Manager in Europe and gave us an hour of his time to talk about getting in kahoots with him to attend future Epic events, how to get your software noticed and promoted the right way. Lastly, we have a good time discussing some entry level career tips for anyone seeking to go into Journalism or PR! https://www.linkedin.com/in/goroshkin/ https://twitter.com/goroshkin Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/gamedevunchained Check u
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Apr 4, 2018 • 1h 8min

0132: Designing Games for Mobile with Lucas Gonzalez

We really needed an expert to talk to us about game design for mobile and console and give us the best career advice on that subject. So we found him! This week’s guest, Lucas Gonzalez sits with us to go over a career of mobile game design after a career of console game design, he tells us how kids can accelerate your career climb and what’s most important about being a good designer that can create for any platform. Lucas Gonzalez is currently the Product Manager for Zeptolab, creators of Cut the Rope
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Mar 27, 2018 • 1h 14min

0131: GDC Recap And Micro Dev Interviews

Another great year at GDC 2018 as we wrap things up in this episode about what we saw and what to look forward to. Also, we introduce our first live on-the-floor interviews with indie developers. Akuto Mad World from Hut 90 featuring Lovepreet Singh http://hut90.com/press/akuto-mad-world/ Dreams from Media Molecule featuring Abbie Heppie http://dreams.mediamolecule.com/ Can't Drive This from Pixel Maniacs featuring Valerij Muller https://pixel-maniacs.com/ Remothered from Darril Arts featuring Chris Dar
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Mar 20, 2018 • 1h 10min

0130: Roundtable News- Fortnite Dominates, Toys R Us Bye, Trump Summit, Crytek, Lumberyard Forever

In this episode, we cover the biggest topics of last month. We discuss how Fortnite is dominating the charts, our childhood dying along with Toys r US stores, Trump fake meeting with big hitters in the game industry at the game summit after the school shootings, Crytek CEO stepping down, and finally Amazon chugging along with their 'game engine' that doesn't produce games. Thanks for our Patrons for support: Paul Miller Jr., Jarvis Mcgee, Habib Khan, Jan Tverdik, Kelvin Reid, Garrett Gustafson Support us
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Mar 13, 2018 • 56min

0129: GDC 2018 Edition

Click this podcast to hear everything you need to know about getting into all the best GDC parties this year. Yea, that and an extensive list of do's don'ts and definitely don'ts for over an hour as Brandon and Larry share their clutch advice on making the biggest impact at GDC. This is a cant miss episode for anyone who wants to go to this or any future GDC. We also share one last secret you have to listen to this podcast and go to GDC to take advantage of! http://www.gdconf.com/ http://schedule.gdconf.c
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Mar 6, 2018 • 1h 15min

0128: Deep Dive Into Hearthstone With Phil Maurer

Welcome travelers, gather round for another deep dive podcast as we discuss the design and success of Hearthstone! We talk about how Blizzard was able to refine and release this game and continue to support it for the last 6 years with fresh cards and creative PVE content. Join us on this adventure is Phil Mauer, a seasoned Hearthstone player and professional game developer! Thanks for our Patrons for support: Paul Miller Jr., Jarvis Mcgee, Habib Khan, Jan Tverdik, Kelvin Reid, Garrett Gustafson Support u
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Feb 27, 2018 • 1h 15min

0127: Glassdoor Confessions on Spark Unlimited

Our second episode of Glassdoor Confessions hits very close to home as we tell the tragic tale of Spark Unlimited. See how the company came to be and end, through the first hand trials and tribulations we endured as we worked on Lost Planet 3 and narrowly escaped that project with our careers intact. hanks for our Patrons for support: Paul Miller Jr., Jarvis Mcgee, Habib Khan, Jan Tverdik, Kelvin Reid, Garrett Gustafson Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/gamedevunchained Check us out on our website ww
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Feb 20, 2018 • 1h 1min

0126: Flash Games Then and Now with Joey Betz!

An amazing and unbelievable story to share this week as we sit with Joey Betz, Lead Engineer to talk about his early days as a flash game developer, working on 1 game a week for 5 weeks and coming up with the game that was "referenced" to create Angry Birds. To top it all off, he left all kinds of good advice on starting small :) Thanks for our Patrons for support: Paul Miller Jr., Jarvis Mcgee, Habib Khan, Jan Tverdik, Kelvin Reid, Garrett Gustafson Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/gamedevunchaine
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Feb 13, 2018 • 1h 16min

0125: A Decade In Review With Veara Suon

10 years have passed as our long time friend, Veara Suon, reminisce about how things were with us. We take a look at what our achievements are now compared to our aspirations back when we were students and discuss how it all lines up. Most importantly, we go over the tropes and trappings entering the industry and look forward to the next ten years of our career. Thanks for our Patrons for support: Paul Miller Jr., Jarvis Mcgee, Habib Khan, Jan Tverdik, Kelvin Reid, Garrett Gustafson Support us on Patreon:

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