Game Dev Unchained

Ryan Ehrenberg sits with us this week to go over what it was like to work on Titanfall 2 at Respawn. Need we say more? We also look at the story of how Respawn Entertainment came to be, what it's like working on an Xbox One launch title and how awesome it is to work at Respawn.

Matthew Burns sits with us to go over Japanese game development style, practices and franchises, and ponder their place in the game industry today. What goes right, what goes wrong and what the westerners could learn from our Japanese colleagues!

Going full indie for six years straight, Jane Reed gives us the details about how she started her own game company and found success after hardships. We go over Zuul Lab's Kickstarter project, working as a game Dev on a beach and being married to your business partner. Lastly we talk about developing for a good cause. Jane Reed: https://www.behance.net/janeyface More about Tall Tales: https://www.behance.net/gallery/34940043/Tall-Tails-Play-Help-Real-Rescue-Dogs Tall Tales on App Store: https://itunes.ap

This week we had a chance to break down exactly what it is to be a games journalist, and had some of our toughest questions answered. Taking time to go into the relationships between devs and journalists and also shed lots of light on female vs game industry related topics. It's a must listen episode. Continue the conversation on our website www.gamedevunchained.com/blog/2016/10/4/0054-the-real-story-of-game-journalism-with-aj-glasser

You wouldn't believe that The Universim started out as a single developer project, that went onto become a full game, Kickstarter success and helped build a virtual game development company with crowdsourced QA testing for Alex Koshelkov, but it did. Listen to this weeks episode for the full story.

One amazing year of pod-casting comes to a crescendo with this episode. We brought back a slew of guests for one last go at the podcast before we closed shop for a week and start working on Season 2!

Asymmetrical game design is nothing new surprisingly but it's definitely at its current peak in popularity. This week, Lead Game Designer Mike Birkhead takes us through the design, balancing and issues of developing asymmetrical games for a pvp audience. We also talk about Overwatch, Dota, and drop a little love for a friend at Blizzard.

Epic Games is giving away 5 million dollars to game developers, no strings attached. This wee we talked with veteran game developer Leo Gonzalez and talk about how he applied for and won an Unreal Dev Grant for $10k. He explains the process, the requirements, the waiting time, and what's he did and what he's currently doing with the grant money.

Unchain yourself! This week we explore the true costs, benefits and best practices for pursuing your own personal interests after you 9-5 and finding the ways to ensure the success of your after hours startup.

Talking with Marcus Montgomery this week about diversity issues and solutions in the gaming industry. We share some stories, and ideas all before ending it on a very positive note as he explains his involvement in gameheadsoakland.org www.wearegamedevs.com www.gameheadsoakland.org