August 10, 2023

Divya Dias on Creating Moments of Fun

40 minutes

For Divya Dias, chasing the dream of making games for a living meant leaving her home in India and coming to Canada - but she'll be the first to tell you it was worth it. She now is a Narrative Designer at Amazon Games, working on the hit MMO New World.

In this episode, we dig into, amongst other things:

Her journey into game design and playing games,

Cutting her teeth in the game industry in India,

Coming to North America to work in the game industry,

Advice to people immigrating to chase their dream job,

The challenges of breaking in,

Tips on writing for games and narrative design,

Matching the writing to the mechanics of a game, and

Finding the fun in the little moments of life!

Give it a listen

Divya's Links:

-> ⁠New World

-> LinkedIn

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