On our 1 year anniversary, Adam, Jade, and Stu discuss the highs and lows of building a community via social media and digital events. 

They talk about building up the Game Dev London, the things they would have done differently, and their favourite moments from the past 12 months.

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In this special episode, GDL host Lorraine talks games treasures and more importantly, Launch Day for “Before I Forget” with Chella Ramanan who is a BAFTA nominated games designer, writer and games journalist.  

She is now narrative designer for Ubisoft Massive and co-founder of POC in Play actively aiming to increase the visibility and representation of people of colour in the video games industry.  

Along with Claire Morwood as part of 3 Fold games Chella has worked on the game “Before I forget" a first person narrative game dealing with the subject of Dementia.  

Chella talks through two of her Games Treasures she’s picked up over the years as well as the inspiration for the game launching today.

“Before I Forget” comes out today April 29th on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Xbox series.

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Ibrahim Bhatti, Community Marketing Manager of Sega Europe, talks with GDL host Quang about community in video game development.

Where to start, build it, maintain it, and grow.

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GDL host Adam speaks to Greg about narrative in games. Speaking from his experiences working on games such as No Man's Sky and Metro: Exodus, and drawing from his most recent work on his novel Sixteen Horses and the teaser he has developed for its release, Greg explores all facets of narrative and story telling in video games, from characters to lore and beyond.

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Pre-order Sixteen Horses here: amazon.co.uk/Sixteen-Horses-Greg-Buchanan/dp/1529027160

Find the Sixteen Horses teaser here: gregbuchanan.itch.io/sixteenhorses

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GDL hosts Chris and Ed discuss their favourite free tools for game development.You want to know what's good out there, have a listen.

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GDL hosts Ed and Chris discuss outsourcing in game development. When to outsource, what to outsource and how to get work.

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GDL hosts Quang and Stu discuss the different social media platforms and community management, with some top tips and some ways to think about how to manage your content.

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we've all used random numbers in our games for stats, spawning, and even name generation right, but are we using them the right way? Adam and Stu discuss the use of random in games, what random generation looks like, and the spectrum from random, to procedural, to handcrafted generation.

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GDL hosts Chris and Stu discuss professional life in large and small studios, soft skills and interview technique, generally talk game dev careers and some of the pitfalls out there.

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Game Dev London Hosts Adam and Stu look at four key stages of development: proof of concept, prototype, vertical slice, and MVP to define the differences between them and why those differences matter.

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