Zero to Play Podcast

Niva Kay is the Co-Founder of Pakaraka Permaculture, Documentary Filmmaker at The Rebel Film Collective and Creator of the Upcoming Regenerate GameJam happening virtually across Aotearoa & Globally. In this conversation we spoke about the mission behind the GameJam of developing games with attention to regenerative farming, how games educate us whether we want them to or not, and her perspective on games as a medium compared to film.

 

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- https://events.humanitix.com/regenerate-game-jam

- https://itch.io/jam/regenerate-game-jam

- Regenerate GameJam is made possible thanks to the lovely sponsors: Pakarat Permaculture, The Kerry Topp Collective, NZ Ministry of Education, Tech Futures Lab, Balancing Monkey Games, Games For Change Asia Pacific, Virtual Production Dojo

- https://twitter.com/Cardamonpods

- https://www.prodigygame.com/

- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266192/wingspan

- The Doughnut Economy: https://www.kateraworth.com/doughnut/

 

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Vee Pendergrast is the Operations Manager at CODE, with an incredible background working on government funding & grants in games. In this conversation Vee shares her insights on what different funding structures look like, advice for game devs starting out and seeking investment, what she is doing and working towards at CODE in Dunedin and much more!

 

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- https://www.dunedinnz.com/CODE

 

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Stephen Ddungu is the Solo dev behind the innovative music/combat rpg game Sword of Symphony, we had a chat to learn more about his process, passion & perspective. Over the last year he has gone viral and amassed an incredible community over on Twitter, TikTok & Instagram. We spoke about his vision for the project and where he hopes it leads, why he is staying as a solo dev and not passing on the creative vision to anyone else, and his little circle of solo devs that he is working with and helping build.

 

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

- https://www.flowcode.com/page/stephenddungu

- https://twitter.com/SWORDOFSYMPHONY

- https://www.flowcode.com/page/swordofsymphony

- https://gamerant.com/sword-of-symphony-self-taught-artist-music-narrative-story/

 

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In this conversation, Humphrey talks about his disability and goes into great detail about what creating Accessible games means and how Game Developers can best position themselves to create a game that is accessible and flexible. Below are some resources, I hope you enjoy this episode!

 

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- https://twitter.com/nohandsnoexcuse

- https://nohandsnoexcuses.com/

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3HbEPmDPNU (Ian Hamilton Accessibility Talk)

- https://support.xbox.com/en-NZ/help/account-profile/accessibility/copilot (Xbox Copilot)- https://ablegamers.org/- https://www.accessunlocked.games/Zero To Play Links:Newsletter - https://www.getrevue.co/profile/zerotoplayTwitter - https://www.twitter.com/zerotoplayInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/zerotoplayigFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/zerotoplayWebsite - https://www.zerotoplay.comSpotify - 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, Zai Ortiz speaks like a true creative entrepreneur, describing his latest projects from Voice AI games to NFTs. His passion for the craft is clear and we speak about his perspective on leadership, how to nurture the best environment to create the most innovative experiences and more. I hope you enjoy this episode!

 

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- https://twitter.com/zaiortiz_

- https://www.arcadeog.com/

- https://www.zaiortiz.com/

 

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In this conversation, Jessica talks to us about her current projects and walks us through the moments that led her to Co-Founding Beyond, a VR Studio based in Wellington, New Zealand. She describes the current collaboration with Weta Workshop, on their game Combonauts, her journey into the world of crypto, NFTs & the Metaverse with Fluf World, advice for those wanting to pursue technology and the next frontier of storytelling, and a lot more!

 

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- https://twitter.com/JessicaManins

- https://www.linkedin.com/jessicamanins

- https://beyond.fun

 

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In this conversation, Brad speaks on some of the most culturally and influential brand integrations in games over the past year and talks about some of the trends we're seeing that will continue to grow. We compare the sports industry to esports, we discuss the Metaverse and how brands might work within it in the future and touch on some of the important moments over the past year from virtual concerts, to esport sponsorships to music industry collaborations.

 

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- https://twitter.com/brad__manuel

- https://livewire.group/

 

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Masao brings over 13 years of experience working at Ubisoft to talk about his best advice, insights and perspective on the industry and what led him to want to leave that to pursue an indie journey with his new company Cut To Bits. In this podcast we speak heavily on production processes, the indie journey, Masao's journey and how he got into games, and advice he has for those wanting to follow a similar path.

 

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- https://www.linkedin.com/in/masao-kobayashi/

- https://twitter.com/MegaMasao

- https://www.cuttobits.com/

 

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In this conversation, Gemma talks about her experience working on some incredible games as a Voice-over artist, advice for getting in the industry and staying in it, and a bit about her process and how she gets ready for her jobs.

 

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- https://twitter.com/GemmaLaurelle

- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3499154/

 

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In this conversation Sam Sharma talks through his role as a Director of Product at Bungie working on Destiny 2, what that role means and he got there. We also touch on his passion for diversity in the workplace and it truly means to be diverse. Sam grew up loving comics and he makes some great points about different forms of media and how it inspired him to get into games and develop great experiences for the medium of games. All this and more in this incredible podcast with an incredible developer who has worked on some of the biggest game franchises in the world.

 

Thanks for watching Episode 7 of Season 4 of the Zero to Play Podcast!

 

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

 

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