Cafe Booleans: A Game Dev Podcast

We chat with Sorcha Millican-Nagle, Producer at Infinity Plus Two, about her journey in the games industry, working on 'live service' video game Puzzle Quest 3, how user experience (UX) plays a part in producing, what skills are required to be a producer, producing games remotely, applying service design principles to game development, the importance of playtesting, and so much more!!

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Join us at the diner this week, as we chat about Microsoft's HUGE Activision/Blizzard purchase for $68.7bn and what it means for devs and the industry, tips for Game Jams, working in a game jam team remotely, our experiences with game jams, tool recommendations for your game jam team, personal and professional motivation for game jams, the most successful games to come out of game jams, and so so so much more!

#AdelaideGlobalGameJam2022

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Susannah Emery - @susannahkemery

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- Notable games to start from jams

We chat with Raelene Knowles, Chief Operating Officer at IGEA, about her journey in the games industry, her transition from marketing manager at Bandai Namco into working 'for the industry', the games tax rebate in Australia, creating a thriving environment for studios, diversity in the industry, distributing demo discs through cereal boxes(!) and so much more!

IGEA is the peak industry association representing and advocating for the video games industry in Australia and New Zealand. IGEAs vision is that of a thriving and sustainable local industry along with recognition that video games are one of the most powerful entertainment mediums for enjoyment, connection, education, business, health and creativity.

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Join us at the diner for our first foray into 2022, as we chat about techniques to stay motivated in 2022, the #AdelaideGlobalGameJam2022 and why you should join the jam this year, China's push into the 'metaverse', Steam smashing records with 28m concurrent users, a hacker bringing Google Maps to the NES, and so much more!

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Susannah Emery - @susannahkemery

Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord

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- Steam Passes 28 Million Concurrent Users, Setting New Record

We chat with Jyllian Product / UX / UI Design Lead at Immutable (and her birds!), about her UX and game development journey, blockchain infrastructure for video games, working as head of research at Harmonix on games such as The Beatles: Rock Band and the Xbox Kinect, the future of NFT video games, creating meaningful experiences, conducting usability research, and so much more.

Jyllian is the Product / UX / UI Design Lead at Immutable an Australian video game development and blockchain infrastructure company. Jyllian has been working in UX since 2006, and worn the hats of researcher, designer, product manager, hardware specialist, and mentor.

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Join us at the diner one last time in 2021, as we chat about the community's game jam stories, Japan opening it's first e-sports high school, video game industry statistics for 2021, developers remaking Kojima's PT for the Oculus Quest, IGDA's new guidelines for creating inclusive games, our predictions and hopes for 2022, and so much more!

Susannah Emery - @susannahkemery

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- Japan to Open Its First Esports High School in Shibuya in April

We chat with Philip Mayes, CEO and founder of Mighty Kingdom, about his game development journey, reflecting the diversity and culture of Australia in MK, MK's graduate program, going public as a company, decision-making, his inspirations and the role of narrative in video games, the future of gaming, and so much more!

Mighty Kingdom is a studio in Adelaide, Australia with a super successful focus on developing games for big brand licenses including the likes of Disney, Lego and Conan. Their games reach tens of millions around the world and they’re one of the biggest studios in the country in terms of both head count and output.

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Join us at the diner, as we chat about video games and the empowering effects on equality, Ubisoft announcing its first foray into blockchain games, the play habits of more than 70% of mothers playing games daily, the Australian game development industry doubling revenue over the past five years, and Twitch co-founder launching an NFT gaming marketplace.

Susannah Emery - @susannahkemery

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- Half of Australia’s gamers are women, but we know very little about mothers who game

We chat with local developer David McCann from Mini Mammoth Games, about hyper casual games, game development processes, monetisation, work for hire arrangements, finding investment for a game development studio, building an advisory board, running internships, and more.

Mini Mammoth Games is an independent video game studio based in Adelaide, Australia co-founded by AIE alumni.

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Join us at the diner, as we chat about Xbox boss calling for industry wide ‘legal emulation’, the global chip shortage, how video games shape our behaviours, earning Bitcoins in an upcoming AR game, PlaySide opening a Gold Coast studio with 70 new jobs, and more!

John Oestmann - @john_oestmann

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