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Kip Katsarelis from Magic Fuel Games talked about his career journey from being an Executive Producer on SimCity at Electronic Arts to building his own games with a smaller team of dedicated developers. We also talked about hiring, retaining, and growing talent.

Magic Fuel Games Website: https://www.magicfuelgames.com/

Kip Katsarelis is a Chief Product Officer at Magic Fuel Games
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kip-katsarelis-2039363/ 

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Former CD Projekt Art Manager Len de Gracia talked about her experience working in big-budget games. We discussed work in Europe, the outsourcing market, and the challenges of game production, and shared some advice for artists on what they can improve to land a great job.

Len de Gracia is an Associate Art Director at Build A Rocket Boy
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lendegracia/

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We've talked with the CEO of Plask AI Junho Lee about changing traditional animation workflows with modern neural network solutions. Plask is an all-in-one browser-based AI motion capture tool and animation editor.

Plask Website: https://plask.ai/
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Junho Lee is the Founder & CEO of Plask
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/junho-lee-a20419162/

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Animator, and department coordinator at SAE Creative Media Institute, Reza Sarkamari talked with 80 Level about his work on YouTube, discussed ways to engage with students, and shared some advice for beginners, who want to make games and film.

Reza Sarkamari is an Animation Department Coordinator at SAE Institute Australia
SARKAMARI YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Sarkamari 
Twitter: @Sarkamari1
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarkamari/

SAE Institute Website: https://sae.edu.au/ 

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Xsolla's Slava Lukyanenka talked about his experienceing crafting big blockbusters in Poland and helping smaller indie teams find their way in today's saturated market.

Slava Lukyanenka is a Director of Products at Xsolla
(Formerly - Senior Producer at CD Projekt Red)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/viachaslaulukyanenka/

Xsolla Website: https://xsolla.pro/main
Xsolla Funding Club: https://xsolla.pro/fc 

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Physical game sales are still going strong. Together with Limited Run Games Marketing Director Alena Alambeigi we've discussed the need for owning your own copy in the game community and talked about modern ways of game distribution.

Limited Run Games Website: https://limitedrungames.com/  

Alena Alambeigi is the Marketing Director of Limited Run Games
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alena-alambeigi-5a42a378/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thatonegirltv 

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Perception leaders Danny Gonzalez and Jeremy Lasky share how the company creates visions of the future for some of the world's biggest film studios. We've talked about their work with Marvel, production, design, inspiration, and also projects, where sci-fi film know-how helps improve real-world businesses.

Perception Website: https://www.experienceperception.com/
Film Case Studies: https://www.experienceperception.com/filmwork.html 
Perception YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Perceptionnyc/featured   

Danny Gonzalez is the Co-Founder of Perception
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-gonzalez-9090522/
Jeremy Lasky is the Co-Founder of Perception
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremylasky/

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Sharkmob London Managing Director James Dobrowski and Art Director Benjamin Penrose talked about games made in Great Britain and shared their thoughts on helping people grow in their new studio.

Sharkmob Website: https://www.sharkmob.com/
Sharkmob Job Openings: https://career.sharkmob.com/

James Dobrowski is the Managing Director of Sharkmob London
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-dobrowski-57b03311/
Benjamin Penrose is the Art Director at Sharkmob London
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Beyond-FX CEO Keith Guerrette joined 80 Level Round Table to discuss the studio's apprenticeship program. We also talked about VFX in games, the power of community, and the amazing stuff happening with RealtimeVFX forums.

Beyond-FX Website: https://www.beyond-fx.com/
Apprenticeship program: https://www.beyond-fx.com/apprenticeship-program
Real-Time VFX Forum: https://realtimevfx.com/

Keith Guerrette is CEO & Studio Head at Beyond-FX
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithguerrette/

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In the new episode of 80 Level Round Table, the CEO of Feardemic Scott Millard joined Kirill Tokarev to tell us why the company decided to focus on publishing horror games, explain why people choose to develop horrors, speak about the advantages of having a publisher for your projects, and share some important piece of advice to aspiring Game Developers.

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Scott Millard is the CEO of Feardemic

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/scottmillard1

Feardemic Website: https://www.feardemic-games.com/ 
Feardemic Facebook: http://facebook.com/feardemic 
Feardemic Twitter: https://twitter.com/feardemic 
Feardemic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/feardemic/

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