In this episode we discuss advice for starting up your own games company, building a team and tips for getting company funding. We are joined by Elina Aponen CEO and co founder of Quicksave Interactive and Olesja Marjalaakso founder and CEO of Polka Dot Studios. Elina has been in the games industry since 2005 and Quicksave is her second company venture. Olesja has been working in games since 2006 and founded Polka Dot Studios in 2016 a mobile games company that blends women’s fashion with mobile games

Thanks to Harri Pulsa, Nguyễn Lê Đức Anh & Retu Hämäläinen for submitting questions.

Podcast Illustration by Alessandro Chirico

In this episode we discuss tips and tricks for learning game design and how to make sure your first job application shines out from the crowd. We are joined by game designers Arash John Sammander & Emyl Merzoud. Arash is lead designer at Rockway, game design & art teacher. Arash has also worked at Digital Chocolate as a game designer and is now a design consultant for the industry. Emyl Merzoud is lead game designer at Polko Dot Studios and has previously worked at Digital Chocolate and Rovio as a game designer on Angry Birds.

-Illustration by Rayner Alencar