In this episode we talk to Sagan Yee, guest speaker and Workshop host at A MAZE 2018. We cover niche corners of the internet, Vaporwave, 2D animation and to how to make weird things in Canada. Her Exploring Weird Unity for Beginners Workshop notes are also available if you missed her workshop.

This episode we sit down with Sabine Harrer to talk about grief and games. Using her research and experience in grief we cover her main methodology in making games, using Muse based design.

Back after a break, Life and Dev welcomes Zöe Jellicoe for a talk about especially about writing about games and writing in games. Zöe reveals her favourite narrative game of all time and what she really spends her time doing in open world games.

This episode of Life and Dev is a live show from the English Theater Berlin where Franziska Zeiner introduces her works on display. We talk about small games that play with love, caring and past relationships including Social me, Kiss me maybe and Single Player. This show was recorded after the performance #Instalove by Catherine Duquette.

This special event was organized by Lorenzo Pilia for Berlin Games Scene.

Shownotes

4:30 Creating content from chat

10:00 Real life game mechanics

13:00 All about awkwardness

16:00 Art games and games in different contexts

23:00 Audience questions

The second A MAZE special with George Buckenham fresh from his talk Very Quick and Very Slow. We discuss making and hosting twitter bots, terrible ways to give away business cards, fostering communities and alternative game design ideas.

Fakhra AlMansouri joins Life and Dev as part of the A MAZE special. A hyper talk presenter and guest in Berlin, we discuss trying to start a games business when the government thinks you want to start a toys business, caramel, stranger things and site-seeing through games.

Marie Claire LeBlanc and I discuss ethics and permission for real world consequences in a VR game from her work “other hands VR”. Marie reveals what she has brewing in her kitchen, literally and we discuss bacteria conspiracy theories and examine my prejudices against smell artists.

1:30 Cellulose for making games

4:00 'Other hands VR'

9:30 The performative

15:00 Ethics and harm

22:00 Different protagonists

27:00 VR Sliding Doors: it is all just data

31:00 Garnering consent

37:40 Marie's first VR experience

46:00 Bacteria conspiracy and smells

Sara Lisa Vogl joins LAD to discuss her life as a VR Shaman in her work with Thorsten Wiedermann, Dis/connected. Three VR nauts have now spend 24 hours or more in VR and we talk about the differences in the programming for Dunja Hayali´s experience as well the mental side effects of long term exposure.

The first interview with Jessica Bishopp in which she shares the progress on her game project in process Common Ground. Jessica reveals ways to recruit interested strangers for projects and we discuss collective building. We talk about games on our to play list, Nintendo Switch flu and what we are playing.

Life and Dev is a podcast where life and game development meet. Each episode a guest joins Elise Terranova to discuss the projects they are working on, current professional and or passion projects in depth. Intro music by Patricia Ziehn. Podcast production by Rico Valtin.