In this week’s episode Nathan spoke to Darren, Lead Games Designer at Pixel Toys. Pixel Toys are an independent games studio in Leamington Spa who have developed multiple award winning gaming titles. Darren previously worked at Codemasters, the UK’s leading publisher of racing games.Darren told us about the role of a games designer, what his role involves day-to-day, how the public perception of a games designer is different to what he actually does, how he first got into games development, his biggest challenges, his career path so far, advice for people who want to work in games development, the future of gaming and much more!

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