When you were a kid, did you ever think that making video games could be a career? Turns out, a lot of us didn’t… but some of us found our way to it anyway. Tune in to hear Jarory de Jesus, Technical Designer at Elodie Games, talk about his nontraditional path to the industry, the challenges that are unique to aspiring game devs of color, and how game studios can evolve to be more inclusive.

01:20 -- Meet Jarory!

13:28 -- A nontraditional way in

21:43 -- Barriers to entry

36:30 -- Advice for aspiring game devs

41:00 -- Advancing devs of color

54:54 -- How can we be better?

Rust -- https://rust.facepunch.com/

Duck Hunt (NES) -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Hunt

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order -- https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/jedi-fallen-order

Persona 5 -- https://atlus.com/p5r/

Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) -- https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/home

Madden NFL -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden_NFL

Unity (game engine) -- https://unity.com/

Extra Credits -- https://www.youtube.com/user/ExtraCreditz

Game Maker’s Toolkit -- https://www.youtube.com/user/McBacon1337

Blacks in Gaming (Facebook) -- https://bit.ly/3oG25nJ

Blacks in Gaming (Discord) -- https://discord.com/invite/eSrZ476ecj

Latinx in Gaming -- https://www.latinxingaming.com/

Games Industry Gathering -- https://games.industrygathering.com/home.html

International Game Developers Association (IGDA) -- https://igda.org/

Don’t forget to check out our friends at the Quit The Build podcast! https://www.quitthebuild.com/

Guest -- Jarory de Jesus, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarory-de-jesus/

Production by Victor Media Group, Inc. -- https://victormediagroup.co/

Original Music by Byson -- https://spoti.fi/3eoC47l

Creator / Host -- Clara Mount

Executive Producers -- J.B. Adams and Gerard Mitchell

Sound Editing -- Aaron Trnka