Game Dev Unchained

Another month has passed and so the crew gets back together with special guest Ray Graham to discuss the hottest topics of last month. Giving a unique game developer perspective and how it may affect our industry.

Drew Smith handles Business Development at Google's game division and has an impressive resume working for Bungie and 2K among many other companies. In this episode, we discuss what he does as well as his perspective of the current and future place for gaming entertainment and the lessons he learned from his career. You can check out his blog @ https://medium.com/@drewsmith_11595 linkedin.com/in/drew-smith-701b90

Three men and a set of dice! This week we're talking the business and design of analog games with Deon Carrico of Victory Point Games! Learn a bit about the table top gaming business, and also how you can make and publish your own analog games as well! It's all here in this week's episode.

Jeff Spoonhower joins us this week to discuss his indie game Anew: The Distant Light and what the road looked like the past year for his company, Resonator. We uncover how he prepared for his kickstarter campaign and paint a picture of what he did to stand out from the indie crowd. Please support his kickstarter campaign that is live right now! Or at least go check it out! (This is the second time Jeff has been on GDU go check out episode 13 for his full journey) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/17995

This week we sit down with Mat Dickie and learn about his success from his early days of independently making PC games to modernizing them for the mobile market. We also discuss how he found his largest audience from making wrestling games to constantly experimenting with new and interesting genres. If you want to feel lazy and motivated at the same time you don't want to miss this one! http://www.mdickie.com/ https://www.facebook.com/MDickieFans https://www.youtube.com/user/MDickieDotCom

Raymond Graham sat down with us to discuss January's 2017 Roundtable News. We give our opinions on last month's biggest headlines! How much richer does Zenimax feel? New Nintendo Switch details, GameStop discouraging eschew sales, and what the Trump Ban on Immigration means for the game industry.

Chris Tilton for many years has crafted sounds for tv shows like Fringe, SimCity, and Assassin's Creed Unity. He loves scoring games but have always dream of making his own game and eventually formed Exploding Tuba. In this episode we talk about how he learned the full scope of game development and what it's like to self fund a project that is 4 years long. http://www.explodingtuba.com/

An episode we wanted to do for a while, this week we're sitting by the fireside with Lyndl Kempis as he walks us through his transition from student to employee. Find out what you need to know and be prepared for so that you can successfully cross over as well! http://www.mightyemperorgames.com/games Art Station: https://www.artstation.com/artist/lyndlk

The holidays can be tough and being laid off is something that most people in the industry has gone through. In this episode, we give tips and tell you all the early warning signs of how you might be in troubled waters and how to keep your head above waters. https://www.creativeheads.net/ http://jobs.gamasutra.com/ https://www.artstation.com/jobs https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/

The key things everyone would want to know about starting and running a small game development company from day 1. We talked about recruiting, hiring, funding and working with other startup employees to make your own game company. All of this great content thanks to our guest Johan Bernhardsson! http://www.midnighthub.com/ @jbernhardsson