This is Oscar's first episode in his quest to "understand everything you wanted to know about game development but never dared to ask". He is joined by Annie Grudeva (she/her) Creative Director at Perpetual Games and founder of PixAll.org a resource for diversity and inclusion.  In this episode we talk about the player - who are we making this game for, why is it important to know and techniques anyone find useful.

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Adam and Oscar discuss trying to define and describe your game to someone else. They explore elevator pitches, defining what your game is about, and why it really matters who it is you're talking to!

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In this clip, Quang and Jackson discuss the changes in game design from past to present.

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Lorraine Ansell talks to Elaine Gomez (a Puerto Rican and Dominican game designer and developer currently at Brass Lion Entertainment) & Yesnesia Cisneros (is a veteran producer who has worked on multi-award-winning titles such as Batman: Arkham City, Minecraft, and Pokemon.) Both are behind the Latinx in Gaming organisation that connects Latines across the gaming industry worldwide to promote cultural appreciation and representation in games and related content, providing a platform for Latinx community members to elevate each other and themselves. Today we talk about how to build and have goals for your gaming community that work.

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Licensed Games are famously bad...except for the good ones. What are the pitfalls and perks of making games with a third-party IP?

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Lorraine speaks to Nele Steenput a character artist currently at Cooperative Innovations on multiplayer VR games, releasing Spaceteam VR. Nele has also worked as a freelancer as well as art directing. Nele speaks about her inspirations, art challenges and freelance work on games such as the Bradwell Conspiracy. Nele talks about how media like fabric and hair texture can be challenging but important parts of game art. We also consider the differences needed for VR vs normal games.

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Ed and Chris discuss things to AVOID that will kill the commercial success of your game.

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Lorraine Ansell and her guest Alyx Jones as they talk voice and music in games. Alyx Jones is dialogue editor at Liquid Violet and has composed music for games including her own game. She is the head writer for Sound Architect and has interviewed many music composers including Jessica Curry. Alyx was on the BAFTA audio juror panel for the 2021 BAFTA games awards. Have a listen and join us as we talk all things audio.

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It is vital to your ongoing health and well being that you strike a good work/life balance. It's something we're very keen on here at Game Dev London so we want to bring you our experience from different roles in the industry about what we do right and what we could do better. Hear from a freelancer, a studio owner, a manager, and a new hire about how we approach the subject.

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Adam and Stu explore balance in video games. Balance can affect everything from the difficulty levels, to how competitive your game is, to whether people enjoy playing it long term. Find out more about how to balance your game, when to listen to feedback, and when you should care about the house rules that people invent for your game.

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