Zero to Play Podcast

Listen to my conversation with John Podlasek, Director of Talent Acquisition at Level Ex & Creator of The Game Dev Advice Podcast

Guest Links:

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpodlasek/

- https://twitter.com/JohnPodlasek

- https://twitter.com/gamedev_advice

- https://www.gamedevadvice.com/

 

SEASON 6 Sponsor - Prismatic Studios:

- https://www.prismaticstudios.co.nz/

 

Zero To Play Links:

Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/zerotoplay

Website - https://www.zerotoplay.com

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Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/zerotoplay

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In this episode, Jonny speaks to Damien Crawford about his fascinating and peculiar indie dev journey. They speak about some of his titles including 'My Older Sister Left The Computer So I Got On & Found Myself Trying To Coordinate A Raid In A Game & I Don't Play MMO's' or 'It's Six Random Characters and a Single Floor Dungeon, That's the Whole Game' and more. They discuss his indie dev journey, what inspires him, how he's survived, table-top vs digital games, game jams, and more!Mentioned Links:- https://twitter.com/TheWorstRPGDev- https://cannibalinteractive.itch.io/Host Links:- https://twitter.com/JonnyJ17SEASON 6 Sponsor - Prismatic Studios:- https://www.prismaticstudios.co.nz/Zero To Play Links:Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/zerotoplayWebsite - https://www.zerotoplay.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/zerotoplayigFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/zerotoplaySpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/13V48s0adPvEQRHHKPUU13?si=37suNPd4RaKtj8x0syZb-wRSS Feed - https://feed.podbean.com/zerotoplay/feed.xmlYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOtarAj6sVJvv0GnSPtAVJQ

Sam and Kostia are making a game called Copycat, a game where you play as a cat and learn what a home is and what causes you to develop a sense of belonging. They are a couple that split the responsibilities of game dev between then, and work on what they are passionate about, together, after hours. In this episode we talk about their indie dev journey so far, what it's been like learning and using Unity to make the game, the challenges they have faced, and more.

Mentioned Links:

- https://twitter.com/GameCopycat

- https://store.steampowered.com/app/1622350/Copycat/?utm_source=cat

 

Host Links:

- https://twitter.com/CarlsContent

 

SEASON 6 Sponsor

- Prismatic Studios: - https://www.prismaticstudios.co.nz/

 

Zero To Play Links:

Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/zerotoplay

Website - https://www.zerotoplay.com

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zerotoplayig

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/zerotoplay

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/13V48s0adPvEQRHHKPUU13?si=37suNPd4RaKtj8x0syZb-w

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In this conversation Carl speaks to Dan Pos about his role as a Product Marketing Manager and how he got to this position, his journey making Gamedev tutorials on YouTube and how he makes content around his indie projects, advice and insight into the life of a game developer and more. Enjoy the show!Mentioned Links:- https://twitter.com/danpos_- https://www.patreon.com/danpos- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6TdcrIbYP0irnOtDN9qI9AHost Links:- https://twitter.com/CarlsContentSEASON 6 Sponsor - Prismatic Studios:- https://www.prismaticstudios.co.nz/Zero To Play Links:Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/zerotoplayWebsite - https://www.zerotoplay.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/zerotoplayigFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/zerotoplaySpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/13V48s0adPvEQRHHKPUU13?si=37suNPd4RaKtj8x0syZb-wRSS Feed - https://feed.podbean.com/zerotoplay/feed.xmlYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOtarAj6sVJvv0GnSPtAVJQ

In this conversation, join Sam Yam, GameDev YouTube Tutorial Maker to more than 25 thousand subscribers talks to Carl about her process for making her videos, why she loves doing what she does and what she feels her point of difference is. We'll hear her about her journey into the games industry, what her experience working in corporate was like and what she plans to spend her time and energy on in the future. Thanks for listening!

Mentioned Links:

- https://twitter.com/samyam_youtube- https://www.youtube.com/c/samyam- https://www.patreon.com/samyg- https://anza.academy/Host Links:- https://twitter.com/CarlsContentZero To Play Links:Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/zerotoplayWebsite - https://www.zerotoplay.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/zerotoplayigFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/zerotoplaySpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/13V48s0adPvEQRHHKPUU13?si=37suNPd4RaKtj8x0syZb-wRSS Feed - https://feed.podbean.com/zerotoplay/feed.xmlYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOtarAj6sVJvv0GnSPtAVJQ

In this conversation, Narrative designer Kerrie Maguire talks to Sorcha about Serious games, Storytelling, Sexuality & Mental health.

 

Guest Links:

- https://sites.google.com/view/kerrie-maguire-portfolio

- https://twitter.com/apothekerrie

 

Host Links:

- Sorcha Millican-Nagle

- https://twitter.com/Cyrup_

 

Zero To Play Links:

Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/zerotoplay

Website - https://www.zerotoplay.com

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zerotoplayig

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/zerotoplay

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/13V48s0adPvEQRHHKPUU13?si=37suNPd4RaKtj8x0syZb-w

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Mafalda is the managing director and producer at Nerd Monkeys games, the founder of the Game developer collective , Game dev Lisbon, and the ambassador coordinator of the not for profit organization Women In Games.

Learn how Mafalda broke into the industry and wahat running a game dev studio is like, The power and meaning of community, the importance of short games, and much more.

 

SEASON 6 Sponsor

- Prismatic Studios: https://www.prismaticstudios.co.nz/

 

Guest Links:

- https://twitter.com/somewhatmeri

- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOOnm_yEMHYmwdkocnt2o9A

- https://mobile.twitter.com/nerd_monkeys

- https://nerdmonkeys.pt/

- https://gamedevlisbon.com/

 

Host links:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/JonnyJ17

 

Zero To Play Links:

Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/zerotoplay

Website - https://www.zerotoplay.com

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zerotoplayig

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/zerotoplay

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In this conversation, Ryan Langley, Senior Game Designer at PikPok speaks to Carl about what it's like being a Game Designer and what some of the roles are that a Game Designer can do. We speak about Ryans journey into games, and his passion for creating blogs, most notably retro gaming ones and Sonic the Hedgeblog, a place for all things Sonic the Hedgehog.

 

Mentioned Links:

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rlan2

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rlan2/

- Sonic Hedgeblog Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sonic_Hedgeblog

- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Rlan

- Website: http://www.makesvideogames.com/

 

Host Links:

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarlsContent

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlleducq/

 

Zero To Play Links:

Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/zerotoplay

Website - https://www.zerotoplay.com

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zerotoplayig

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/zerotoplay

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/13V48s0adPvEQRHHKPUU13?si=37suNPd4RaKtj8x0syZb-w

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Bria Sullivan is a Mobile game entrepreneur, CTO & Founder of HoneyB games which is currently behind multiple games including Milk Tea Mania , Boba Barista Idle, and the popular public mobile game beta Boba Story which has over 1.4 million users to date.

Today we’ll be talking about Transitioning from some of the worlds largest Tech organizations into an indie game startup, Building a cozy game for large numbers of people, and discussing the gradual evolution of Bria as a game developer and some of the skills and knowledge she’s picked up along the course of her journey!

 

Guest Links:

- https://twitter.com/bria_sullivan?lang=en

- https://www.bubbleteagame.com/

- https://www.tiktok.com/@bobabria

Host Links:

- https://twitter.com/JonnyJ17

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jjennings3/

 

Zero To Play Links: Twitter

- https://www.twitter.com/zerotoplay

Website - https://www.zerotoplay.com

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zerotoplayig

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/zerotoplay

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/13V48s0adPvEQRHHKPUU13?si=37suNPd4RaKtj8x0syZb-w

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Marc Burrage is the Production Director at Creative Assembly, creators of the Total War Games. In this conversation they talk about building a studio towards success, the new challenges remote work presents compared to being in person and how CA Games continues to win best place to work in the UK for the 5th year in a row.

 

Guest Links:

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcBurrage

- CA Games Website: https://www.creative-assembly.com/

 

Host Links:

- John Diaz's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElKingpin

 

Zero To Play Links:

Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/zerotoplay

Website - https://www.zerotoplay.com

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zerotoplayig

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/zerotoplay

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/13V48s0adPvEQRHHKPUU13?si=37suNPd4RaKtj8x0syZb-w

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YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOtarAj6sVJvv0GnSPtAVJQ