Game Dev London Podcast

Join hosts Stuart De Ville and Chris Payne in this insightful episode of the Game Dev London podcast as they dive into the fascinating world of game development.

In this episode, they explore the five stages of game development, offering a comprehensive overview of the entire process from conception to release.

Drawing from their extensive knowledge and experience in the industry, Stuart and Chris provide valuable insights, practical tips, and real-world examples for each stage.

Whether you're a seasoned game developer or simply interested in the behind-the-scenes of game creation, this episode is a must-listen.

In this episode, Roxanne explores the fusion of game and film in new title "The Gallery". We're joined by Director, Paul Raschid, to talk about filming full motion video, his inspirations, and the complexity of a game with 18 endings.

In this episode, Oscar continues his Podquest to learn "everything you wanted to know about gamedev but never dared to ask" by talking to freelance community manager Ffion Woolway about her experience entering the games industry.

In this episode, Gaymers iNC. joins Roxanne to talk about what it takes to grow a 5000 member gaming community - IRL.

In this episode, Marek speaks with Simran Witham, Founder of FORMAT - The Ultimate Gaming Social, about FORMAT's unique approach to Games Industry events, as well as a wider conversation about UK Games Events and steps that can be taken to better represent the North's thriving game dev scene.

In this episode, Oscar continues his Podquest to learn everything you wanted to know about game dev but never dared to ask. This week, he is joined by Brandon Cole of Into Games talking about... well... getting into games.

In this episode, Oscar continues his podquest to understand everything you wanted to know about game dev, but never dared to ask. This time he is joined by Pete Goodwin (Cloud Imperium Games) talking about his life in code from writing audio card drivers to working on Star Citizen... and even some time outside of games!

Join us at GDLX 2023 on 29th March 2023 for an indie-focused games expo where you can meet developers and publishers, listen to industry talks, play upcoming indie games, or even come and showcase your own work!

In this episode, Anna talks to Valentyn Minytskyi, a Lead VFX Artist at Playground Games, about his role and VFX in games. Valentyn shares some great advice on how to get into this role and design the best visual effects in games.  

Join us at GDLX 2023 on 29th March 2023 for an indie-focused games expo where you can meet developers and publishers, listen to industry talks, play upcoming indie games, or even come and showcase your own work!

In this episode, Roxanne interviews voice actor Leonie Schliesing (Assassin's Creed Valhalla, GODS) on all things voice acting, from working with game developers and directors, to finding a character's voice and getting started in the industry.

Join us at GDLX 2023 on 29th March 2023 for an indie-focused games expo where you can meet developers and publishers, listen to industry talks, play upcoming indie games, or even come and showcase your own work!   

In this episode, host Marek and guest Lucia discuss the importance of social media marketing for freelancers and composers, especially in the games industry.  

Join us at GDLX 2023 on 29th March 2023 for an indie-focused games expo where you can meet developers and publishers, listen to industry talks, play upcoming indie games, or even come and showcase your own work!   

Oscar continues his podquest to learn everything you wanted to know about game dev but never dared to ask. In this episode, he talks to Harún Ali, Embedded Environment Art Tester at Cloud Imperium Games about game testing and quality assurance.

Join us at GDLX on 29th March 2023 for an indie-focused games expo where you can meet developers and publishers, listen to industry talks, play upcoming indie games, or even come and showcase your own work!  

This week, Oscar continues his Podquest to learn everything you wanted to know about gamedev but never dared to ask. In this episode, he talks to Jack Harker from Game Talent Wales about the official Welsh indie game talent programme. 

Oscar is joined by the legendary Des Gayle on his podquest to learn everything you wanted to know about gamedev, but never dared to ask. In this episode, they talk about the upcoming Kickstarter for Altered Gene's "The Analyst: Redacted". 

Check out The Analyst: Redacted on Kickstarter: https://bit.ly/GameDevLondon

In this episode, GDL host Adam chats to Freya from Anything World about the upcoming Global Game Jam 23. They discuss the importance of creativity, how to tackle a game jam, and the importance of sleep! Game Dev London is once again hosting a GGJ site, following running the 8th largest site in the world last year. This year, Anything World is sponsoring the GDL site to help us bring it to more people, as well as give them access to tools to eliminate the barriers to 3D creativity.

In this episode, Nichola and Karim explore the question "What is gameplay engineering?" whilst deep diving into the skills, requirements and advice for aspiring engineers. 

In this episode, Stuart De Ville speaks to Niall Crabtree, a game designer at Sigtrap (during the time of recording) and lecturer at The University of Huddersfield, to discuss game dev education, their path into lecturing, and provide top tips for both prospective students and lecturers.

Anna, Diana and James talk about the unique challenges of writing never-ending narratives for long running games such as MMOs, live service games and even roguelikes.

Nichola, Marek and Mafalda dive into the topic of game dev events, listing international game dev events, how to network within them why attending these events can be both fun and beneficial.  

Nichola and Jack explore the hypercasual space within mobile games and the process in which these games are designed, made and advertised.

Nichola Humphreys interviews Steffie Garcia about the power of UI in video games, covering topics such as technology platform differences, diegetic vs non-diegetic, accessibility and getting into UI as a beginner.  

In this episode, we return to EGX 2022 with a panel discussing networking and building connections in the games industry.  

Hosting this panel is Stuart De Ville (GDL Co-Founder), with guests Jade Leamcharaskul ('OG' GDL Founder), Nichola Humphreys (Podcast Host) and Gianluca Montaque (Marketing Manager).  

Game Dev London gave several talks at EGX 2022. In this special episode, our panel discusses why representation is so important in video games. Hosting this panel is Bex Trista AKA TristaBytes, with guests Marta Camilo (SEGA), Dean Shanghanoo (Mediatonic) and Quang Nguyen (Asobitech).

Game Dev London gave several talks at the EGX games expo 2022. In this special episode, our panel discusses how we design computer games.  With GDL founder Jade Leamcharaskul hosting and guests, Quang Nguyen, Nichola Humphreys, Anna Latchman and Ben Sherratt. 

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This weekend, Game Dev London went to EGX games expo and gave at least one talk or panel discussion each day!

In this panel discussion hosted by GDL host, Amy Elliott, we discuss writing or narrative in games, with guest panellists Stuart De Ville, Becky Saunders, Alice Bowman and Harun Ali, enjoy!

Toxicity is a huge problem in games but game developers have a lot of tools in their arsenal to foster positivity through fundamental game mechanics. In this episode, Anna and Oscar discuss how exactly game mechanics can create one or another behaviour, the responsibility both developers and players have in reinforcing community rules and the fact that competitive doesn't equal toxic.

Nichola & Amy discuss body art within video games - do digital tattoos influence real-life tattoos, does there have to be meaning behind characters with tattoos/body art and could there be a way to better showcase tattoos in video games?  

We talk to Matt Pennington of Profound Decisions, one of the world's largest LRP event organisers - delving into the design and logistics of running weekend events for over 2500 players.  

In this episode, hosts Nichola and Adam discuss the rise of video game viewing, across YouTube, Twitch, and public Esports events! 

In this episode Game Dev London host, Amy talks to Eden about Production in the game industry, and how she has found it! 

As well as some tips which she has to give to anyone who aspires to carve a route into production!  

In this episode, Game Dev London host Chris talks to our newest podcast host Niall, a longtime games designer, and they discuss creating games both physically (board games) and digitally.  

In this episode, Game Dev London Host Anna and Pauline discuss Narrative Designer careers and the differences between Design paths in game development  

In this episode, Nichola Humphreys speaks to Ravina Sahota and Amber-Leigh Blake, co-founders of Game Dev Roller Club, about the recreational activity of skating and how it intertwines with video games and people in the games industry.

In this episode, Oscar continues his podquest to learn everything you wanted to know about #gamedev but never dared to ask by talking to Licia Prehn about treating players (and developers) as humans.

In this episode, Amy spoke to Laura, who works as a Director of community safety & stability at Roblox. They discussed her role and the different issues with online safety for children and how they can be solved!

In this episode, Nichola Humphreys and Chris Payne discuss modern game consoles providing players with a choice of playing at a high resolution or a high frame rate in next-generation video games.

In this episode, Oscar returns to his PodQuest to learn "everything you wanted to know about #gamedev but never dared to ask" by talking to the Game Dev London host Anna Poliakova about Player Agency.

In this clip, Chris and Peter are having a chat about the quirks of animating for games compared to other media.

In this clip, Anna talks to GDL co-founder Adam about design pillars for games. They discuss where they come in handy, what makes a good pillar, and how we can apply them to games of all shapes and sizes.

Amy talks with Tiril (T) Schjerven (Concept Art Intern - Jagex) and Tom (Content Producer Intern - Into Games) about their journeys into the games industry and how their internships went!

It's episode 100! In this special episode, GDL co-founders Adam, Jade, and Stu discuss the last 50 episodes and the last year as a whole, including their favourite episodes, the moments that have made it special, and what's to come in the next year for Game Dev London.

Nichola Humphreys and Jack McPherson talk about their journey from studying video games to joining the games industry. Both of them discuss topics such as applications, portfolios, interviews and onboarding processes.

Ed and Stu go over all the Game Dev news from February 2022, new tools, Microsoft owning it and Stadia is on it's way to the google graveyard.

Adam launches a new series about the areas of games we just assume are the case, like are all rocks in games taken for granite? In this episode, Adam looks at health in video games and how it has changed over the years.

Adam and Stu discuss missions and quests in games; the good, the bad, and the damn train CJ! Find out what our hosts favourite quests are, what makes a good quest, and how to think about including quests in your game.

In this episode, Oscar continues his PodQuest to learn "everything you wanted to know about #gamedev but never dared to ask" by talking to the incomparable Martine Spaans@aston_martine of @TamalakiGames about the business of #GameDev.

In his ongoing 'Podquest' to discover "everything you wanted to know about #gamedev but never dared to ask" Oscar talks to Sophia Drake @SophiaADrake organiser of The Big Indie Pitch about competitive pitching.

Oscar continues his quest to learn everything you wanted to know about #gamedev but never dared to ask by talking to LiveOps design expert Nick Phipps from Ubisoft.

We start this SPECIAL double episode drop with Chris, Stuart and Tom develop a game in an hour!

Based on a prompt by the Nice Games Club game jam challenge!

It's fast and furious but shows great insight into quick prototyping.

View the rules: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iILfq9nvlVBxtfCduKo_2tragfnI7sMZ?usp=sharing

Nice Games Club: https://nicegames.club/

Join us for Global Game Jam 22: https://www.gamedev.london/ggj22

Oscar's quest to explore everything you wanted to know about #Gamedev but never dared to ask Oscar talked to Steve Bromley about the why's, hows and best practices for Games User Research.

In Oscar's quest to learn "everything you wanted to know about #gamedev but never dared to ask" talks to Mark Jawdoszak about getting started...

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In Oscar's quest to learn "Everything you wanted to know about #gamedev but never dared to ask" he talks to Lucie Prunier about the trials and joys of being a producer AKA keeping development on the rails... AKA "Getting $*it done!"

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In Oscar's search to learn "everything you wanted to know about #gamedev but never dared to ask" he is joined by Ioana, Game Designer at Mojiworks and we end up talking about 'Evil' game design and monetisation by accident.

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Ed and Chris discuss the motivation behind Unity's acquisition of WETA Digital, and what it means for the future of both.

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Oscar hosts the next step in his quest to understand "everything you wanted to know about #gamedev but never dared to ask!" This time he is joined by Dan Bergin-Holly, Production Manager @Fortitude Games

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Often we talk about breaking into the industry, but we don't always focus on what it's actually like to work here. In this panel, Game Dev London co-founder Stuart De Ville speaks to three artists who have had very different career paths throughout the games industry: Sophie Knowles - Lead Artist at Robot Turtle, Sarah Ford - Freelance concept/2D/UI Artist, and Edd Coates - Principal UI Artist at Double Eleven. They will discuss what it's like working in a studio, what it's like to work freelance, and what the day to day is actually like for artists working in the industry today.

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In his ongoing quest to learn "everything you wanted to know about #gamedev but never dared to ask" Oscar talks to his non-industry friend Hanneke, a hardcore MMO player about how she engages with games.

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As important now as it ever was, the well-being of your employees is the well-being of your game and your studio. Fail to build a safe and open environment, and everything will suffer. In this panel, Game Dev London co-founder Jade Leamcharaskul speaks with Mark Drew - Director at CMD:Studio, Annie Grudeva - Creative Director at Perpetual Games, Eugenia Peruzzo - Senior Character Artist at Sharkmob, and Kat Welsford - Digital Analyst at Square Enix and Admin at London Gaymers about how they've helped to promote employee wellbeing, what they want to see more of, and how every company, from small indies to AAA, could improve their approach towards employee wellbeing.

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Game Dev London attended EGX 2021 to host a series of awesome panels. In this first panel, our host Quang moderates a discussion between four streamers about how streaming can help promote your game. Check out the informative recording of this panel here, and be sure to follow our speakers below...@TristaBytes, @Ibsatron @Aravelle @EvoluteGames

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Oscar continues his ongoing quest to "understand everything you wanted to know about #gamedev but never dared to ask" and in this episode, he talked to Chris Filip, Programme Manager at Creative England and Co-founder of GameAnglia asking whether prototypes are important or not.

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Oscar's continues his quest to learn "Everything you wanted to know about games but never dared to ask" by asking why we make games!  This time is joined by Games Industry Ambassador, Presskit creator and #indiedev luminary Rami Ismail

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Adam and Vics discuss the process of onboarding, how you get people into and playing your game. They discuss examples they've seen in the past, what makes for good onboarding, and how making a VR game changes the onboarding process.

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This is Oscar's first episode in his quest to "understand everything you wanted to know about game development but never dared to ask". He is joined by Annie Grudeva (she/her) Creative Director at Perpetual Games and founder of PixAll.org a resource for diversity and inclusion.  In this episode we talk about the player - who are we making this game for, why is it important to know and techniques anyone find useful.

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Adam and Oscar discuss trying to define and describe your game to someone else. They explore elevator pitches, defining what your game is about, and why it really matters who it is you're talking to!

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In this clip, Quang and Jackson discuss the changes in game design from past to present.

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Lorraine Ansell talks to Elaine Gomez (a Puerto Rican and Dominican game designer and developer currently at Brass Lion Entertainment) & Yesnesia Cisneros (is a veteran producer who has worked on multi-award-winning titles such as Batman: Arkham City, Minecraft, and Pokemon.) Both are behind the Latinx in Gaming organisation that connects Latines across the gaming industry worldwide to promote cultural appreciation and representation in games and related content, providing a platform for Latinx community members to elevate each other and themselves. Today we talk about how to build and have goals for your gaming community that work.

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Licensed Games are famously bad...except for the good ones. What are the pitfalls and perks of making games with a third-party IP?

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Lorraine speaks to Nele Steenput a character artist currently at Cooperative Innovations on multiplayer VR games, releasing Spaceteam VR. Nele has also worked as a freelancer as well as art directing. Nele speaks about her inspirations, art challenges and freelance work on games such as the Bradwell Conspiracy. Nele talks about how media like fabric and hair texture can be challenging but important parts of game art. We also consider the differences needed for VR vs normal games.

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Ed and Chris discuss things to AVOID that will kill the commercial success of your game.

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Lorraine Ansell and her guest Alyx Jones as they talk voice and music in games. Alyx Jones is dialogue editor at Liquid Violet and has composed music for games including her own game. She is the head writer for Sound Architect and has interviewed many music composers including Jessica Curry. Alyx was on the BAFTA audio juror panel for the 2021 BAFTA games awards. Have a listen and join us as we talk all things audio.

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It is vital to your ongoing health and well being that you strike a good work/life balance. It's something we're very keen on here at Game Dev London so we want to bring you our experience from different roles in the industry about what we do right and what we could do better. Hear from a freelancer, a studio owner, a manager, and a new hire about how we approach the subject.

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Adam and Stu explore balance in video games. Balance can affect everything from the difficulty levels, to how competitive your game is, to whether people enjoy playing it long term. Find out more about how to balance your game, when to listen to feedback, and when you should care about the house rules that people invent for your game.

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Ahmed and Chris chat about the latest Switch, the latest Playstation State of Play & the state of indie dev and platform relations!

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Adam and Stu discuss emergent behaviour in video games. They explore questions like what is emergent behaviour, is it a good thing or a bad thing, and how can you design a game to allow for emergent behaviour? Find out more in this episode

Quang with Aravelle discusses her new role at Coatsink as a Social Media and Community Manager. Aravelle will talk about her journey and what is her responsibilities being a Social Media and Community Manager.

Lorraine Ansell talks to Claire Sharkey about marketing and comms in games. Claire is an award-winning comms & PR lead and currently at Modern Wolf releasing games such as Murder by Numbers and more. She shows off two of her fave game items that have an interesting story attached to them. What does she have? Maybe a certain item from a certain Creed. Watch to find out more. Claire goes onto talk about the marketing and comms discipline and what people interested in this field and gaming could do to get involved and how to show interest in this field.   

Game Dev London host Lorraine chats to Lauren who is a content creator on YouTube and is the host of the podcast She Plays Games which is a show that celebrates women in the industry and offers visibility to the many different roles that are available in the games industry. She got her start in the games industry as a games journalist reviewing games and writing news stories on various gaming related subjects. Watch and listen to us chat about the industry, film, theatre and much more.

This week Roz chatted to fellow host Lorraine Ansell about her work as a voice actor for games.

The star of Paradise Killer and numerous indie titles talks about getting into the physicality of an audio role, working under COVID, what devs can do to make voice actors lives easier, and teases some of the episodes she'll be hosting in the months to come.

Plus, how to network when you're shy, hustle with a broken foot and cosplay when you're in lockdown with nothing but a ballet costume and a garden shed to work with!

GDL host Adam and co-host Melissa discuss marketing your video game when you have no money or budget.

They explore the different tools available, how build an audience, and which aspects are the most important

In this episode, Chris kicks things off by discussing level design processes at CMD Studio with Mark Drew, before broadening into a discussion about the evolution of video games as a medium.  

On our 1 year anniversary, Adam, Jade, and Stu discuss the highs and lows of building a community via social media and digital events. 

They talk about building up the Game Dev London, the things they would have done differently, and their favourite moments from the past 12 months.

In this special episode, GDL host Lorraine talks games treasures and more importantly, Launch Day for “Before I Forget” with Chella Ramanan who is a BAFTA nominated games designer, writer and games journalist.  

She is now narrative designer for Ubisoft Massive and co-founder of POC in Play actively aiming to increase the visibility and representation of people of colour in the video games industry.  

Along with Claire Morwood as part of 3 Fold games Chella has worked on the game “Before I forget" a first person narrative game dealing with the subject of Dementia.  

Chella talks through two of her Games Treasures she’s picked up over the years as well as the inspiration for the game launching today.

“Before I Forget” comes out today April 29th on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Xbox series.

Ibrahim Bhatti, Community Marketing Manager of Sega Europe, talks with GDL host Quang about community in video game development.

Where to start, build it, maintain it, and grow.

GDL host Adam speaks to Greg about narrative in games. Speaking from his experiences working on games such as No Man's Sky and Metro: Exodus, and drawing from his most recent work on his novel Sixteen Horses and the teaser he has developed for its release, Greg explores all facets of narrative and story telling in video games, from characters to lore and beyond.

GDL hosts Chris and Ed discuss their favourite free tools for game development.You want to know what's good out there, have a listen.

GDL hosts Ed and Chris discuss outsourcing in game development. When to outsource, what to outsource and how to get work.

GDL hosts Quang and Stu discuss the different social media platforms and community management, with some top tips and some ways to think about how to manage your content.

we've all used random numbers in our games for stats, spawning, and even name generation right, but are we using them the right way? Adam and Stu discuss the use of random in games, what random generation looks like, and the spectrum from random, to procedural, to handcrafted generation.

GDL hosts Chris and Stu discuss professional life in large and small studios, soft skills and interview technique, generally talk game dev careers and some of the pitfalls out there.

Game Dev London Hosts Adam and Stu look at four key stages of development: proof of concept, prototype, vertical slice, and MVP to define the differences between them and why those differences matter.

In Today's episode of "How much did they make?" we get romantic.

Chris and Adam go head-to-head to predict which of these weird and wonderful indie games got the most love.

GDL hosts Ahmed and Stuart talk about the exciting sizzler dropped by unreal on the new Meta Human tool, with some roaming a bit of topic...

In this episode GDL hosts Ahmed and Chris talk about the CD Projekt Red Hack. They discuss this along with other topics including games industry acquisitions, games in general and movies!

In this week's episode of the GDL podcast, I am joined by Ara Carrasco, an Environment Artist at Rebellion Games. We talk getting into games, starting a new job in a pandemic, and balancing your life when your hobby is also your job!

For many people the role of a producer is a mystery. In this episode, host Adam talks Caoimhe, a publishing producer at Chucklefish, about her time as producer, the things indie devs need to know about production, and how we can all get better at producing games.

It's a new year 2021 (but does it feel like it?)

So, four of the GDL team bang their heads together to make awesome powerful predictions on what we can expect in game development for the year ahead! With talk of VR, working practices, events and more. All guaranteed to totally, absolutely, definitely come true...

(Disclaimer, some of these things may not come true 😅)

In this episode, Jade and Ahmed look back on the games that left a mark of them in 2020 and what games they anticipate to play in 2021!

In this third and final part of the Indie Biz Dev miniseries GDL hosts Stuart De Ville and Jay Shin discuss networking,

presenting yourself and the general importance of soft skills needed to grow and develop your career.

In this second part of the Indie Biz Dev miniseries GDL hosts Stuart De Ville and Jay Shin discuss what to do when you're starting out, whether going solo, starting a studio or joining a team. How to brand your studio and set the foundations of a good company with the potential to have long term survival.

In this, the first of the Game Dev - Biz Dev miniseries, GDL hosts Stuart De Ville and Jay Shin discuss paths into indie game dev, what might be right for you, and do you do it yourself (self-employed) or for someone else (employed).

Game Dev London host Chris Payne talks with voice actor Isi Adeola about voice acting and how it works in Game Development.

It's another episode of the GameDev Game show that asks 'How much did they make?'

We pit two industry experts against each other, armed only with only the sales pitch for each game they try to guess how much money they made in sales.

This month's episode looks at some of the partiest, and weirdest games that the depth of steam has to offer.

In this episode Game Dev London hosts Adam Boyne and Stuart De Ville start to take a look at emotional design and how it can filter through every. aspect of a games design process.

The inaugural Episode of the GameDev Game show that asks 'How much did they make?'

We pit two industry experts against each other, armed only with only the sales pitch for each game they have to guess how much money they made in sales.

This month's episode looks at some of the spookiest, the weirdest game that's the depth of steam has to offer.

In this episode Game Dev London Co-Founder and Host Stuart De Ville talks with industry legend Quang Nguyen of Asobi Tech,

about his career in the industry and the importance of retro games in todays industry, the lessons we can learn and the things

that have lasted decades. 

You may dream of working on big games with big studios, but what about tiny games and tiny teams?

In this episode Adam and Programmer and Shader Developer Hannah Rose of Bithell Games discuss the freedom of making a tiny game, how to be a programmer in a small team, and the important skills required for both.

In this episode GDL host Chris chats to Rich Hebblewhite of Wrexham Glyndwr University about teaching game development and running the Global Game Jam events.

In this episode GDL Host, Adam interviews Christian Facey of AudioMob about his journey from working with Google and Facebook to now building the next step in advertising in games. They discuss why non-intrusive ads are the best kind of ads, how advertising has changed over time, and how you can make the most of advertising in your game.

In this episode Game Dev London Host Roz Tuplin talks with Ranjani Natarajan of Robot Teddy (And UKIE Board Member)

about her journey from newbie intern to Producer, industry decision-maker and mentor to the next generation of game creators.

Game Dev London Host Quang Nguyen talks with Indie Games Journalist Jupiter Hadley about best practices for contacting games journalists, how to get into games journalism as a career, as well as game jams (Because Jupiter is responsible for the game jam calendar!) and games engines that don't rely on you needing to know coding!  

This week, join our host Ahmed El-Badawi in conversation with Edd Coates, as they discuss how he got into UI and advice for those interested in the discipline.

Ever wondered what it’s like to be a motion capture actor?

What is motion capture anyway? 

This week, join our host Xoe in conversation with Neil Newbon, a mocap performer with over a decade of experience.

They talk mocap, collaboration, and games in general, including Neil’s tips for anyone thinking of getting into Motion Capture.  

In this extra special episode, GDL Hosts/Panellists Roz Tuplin, Jade Leamcharaskul, Stuart De Ville and Ahmed El-Badawi from Game Dev London discuss how developers working across different disciplines can make it easier for each other while working together. Recorded for the EGX/PAX Digital Event September 18th 2020.

In this episode GDL host Chris interviews Co-Host Roz Tuplin about running B2B events in the age of COVID, (something she deals with in her work at games.london), the developing cross-pollination of games/TV/film, and their shared love of historical game settings.

In this episode, Ben and Dan talk with GDL host, Chris Payne about the ten-year development of their latest platform/adventure hybrid, the technical complexity of adventures, the struggle for media recognition, the difference between critical and commercial success, and exactly how many swimming pools that represents.

In this episode GDL Host, Stuart De Ville talks all things marketing, PR, and self-promotion for indies and solo devs, with PR and Marketing specialist Thomas Reisenegger.  

Thomas is the founder of the UK-based indie games promo & publishing services company Future Friends Games.   

Before starting Future Friends, Thomas worked on the promotion of dozens of titles from big titles like League of Legends to indie hits like Northgard. Future Friends Games is fully focused on indie titles and Thomas recently helped to promote games like Cloudpunk, What the Golf?, Heaven's Vault, Frog Detective 2, ScourgeBringer, Orwell: Ignorance is Strength, Omno, Nimbatus, Recompile and more. 

GDL host Chris Payne talks to Matt Hall and Chris Jeffrey of Made By Titans about their family-friendly couch co-op game Squishy Sports, exhibiting at shows, and bootstrapping a studio.

In this episode, GDL Hosts,  Adam and Ahmed discuss the value of pre-production on a project. Without pre-production, projects are liable to lose focus and/or spiral out of control, and our hosts discuss the dangers of not planning out your development ahead of time. They also discuss how to going about scoping your project, as well as the mentalities involved in making a game efficiently.

GDL's Roz Tuplin catches up with Jimmy Dance, co-owner and founder of Loading Bar and founds out how the games bars in London and Brighton have faced the coronavirus crisis, which saw all bars shut down at the end of March.   They discuss what support is available for small businesses, how they’re getting back on their feet and plans for the future.

Ziz Simoens Interviews Phoenix Perry an artist and activist who often uses culture as a medium. She's interested in how organisational structures can impact social change. And experiments with different forms of social engagement through conceptual ideas, such as graph theory, emergent systems, and mesh networks.   She can be found at contact at phoenixperry.com.

Have you ever play-tested your game? 

Do you think you can do all the testing you need?

Learn from Zigantic about the trials and tribulations related to play-testing games of all shapes and sizes, and how you can make the most of your testing time!

Also hear more about what Zigantic can offer the Game Dev London community and how you can get access to valuable testing feedback from your home.

Preparing for Unreal Engine 5

With the breathtaking teaser footage of the Unreal Engine 5 being released onto the internet. Ed Bennett talks with Arty McLabin, from www.gameready.co.il about how game developers can prepare for the future.

We cover what you no longer need to study, what packages are going to be in demand and talk about general advice for people looking to get into the industry.

If you are interested in learning game development and studying with Game Ready Drop Arty an email at GDL@gameready.co.il

In this episode GDL host, Adam Boyne talks with Chris Filip of the Tentacle Collective, and they discuss all things Game Jam!  Chris helps manage the Tentacle Zone coworking space created by Payload Studio and is managing their programme of events for residents. Chris is also the co-founder of Game Anglia, a not for profit for game students, and an avid game jammer!

Chris Payne talks to Ian & Rachel Thomas about the design and execution of their live-action events, and what video games can learn from these intensely social experiences. Show Notes: Photos by Rachel Thomas, Laura Mitchell and Tom Garnett (https://tgarnett.com/) Rachel's blog (https://medium.com/@rachel.wildwinter) Ian's blog (https://medium.com/@wildwinter) Crooked House webpage (http://crookedhouse.org/) Senza Peso VR footage by Kit & Lightning (http://kiteandlightning.la/)

Host Roz Tuplin interviews Muse en Lystrala - A classical musician who founded Queenship Game Studio out of a Ludum Dare event and is tackling complex topics through games including anxiety, agoraphobia and depression.

In this episode GDL host Chris Payne talks to Follow the Feathers co-founder Sebastian Rangger about starting their company and kickstarting their first commercial game - sew-'em-up Weaving Tides.

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In this episode Adam interviews Gwe Limpalaer (@gwendle), developer of Unspottable, about balancing working a full-time job while making a game, taking a game from concept to release, and making sure your game feels fresh whilst staying consistent.

We also take a look at Gwe's upcoming release "UNSPOTTABLE" 

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In this weeks episode you meet Ziz (Elizabeth Simoens) who is one of GDL's hosts, she's interviewed by our GDL host Stuart De Ville, and to be honest, all forms of joy and madness ensue!  Ziz talks about how to design games that bridge the gap between digital and the real world, the rules you need to keep players from jumping on a plane to win the game, valentines games with naked museum statues, snails favourite water types, and she talks LARP-ing (Live Action Role Playing), we also get a visit from a goblin friend, or should that be fiend!  Excited? Us too, don't miss it...

Roz Tuplin interviews Jade Leamcharaskul, who was the organiser of the original GameDevLunch which has since transformed into GameDevLondon.  

She gives her insights on running games events and growing a community, as well as how to stay creative and motivated while avoiding burnout.

In this episode, Adam interviews Dan Hawkins, a Recruitment Specialist at Aardvark Swift, to get his perspective on the game industry at this time. Find out more about setting yourself up to get a job in the industry, and hear from Adam and Dan about how they think the industry will change.

In this our first Game Dev London Podcast episode, you meet hosts Stuart De Ville and Adam Boyne, and they discuss starting your own indie dev studio and some of the things you should consider! Also available in video form on our YouTube channel!

Welcome to the Game Dev London Podcast!

We aim to support the UK games industry with knowledge and stories from those at its core.

We want to help everyone interested in game development, from those who are just starting out, to those looking to learn to hone their skills.

Join us each week to hear about what's happening in the UK game development scene, hear interviews from many talented individuals, and learn about how you too can join the UK games industry.