Scottish Games Network Podcast

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Links:

Ally on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wallmasterr

Ally on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wallmasterr?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1

LowTek: http://lowtek.co.uk/

On the podcast this week is Gary MacCarten, the CEO of Dundee-based AR and VR specialists Pocket Sized Hands. This chat with Gary was another of the terrific conversations put together by Sebastian MacKay of The Scottish Business Podcast earlier this year. Seb’s kindly let us re-air all of his videogame interviews, including one-to-ones with Maxwell Scot-Slade of Glitchers (makers of Drive Buy) and Marc Williamson from Tag Games.

Gary gives Seb a younger games company’s perspective on the industry and Scotland as well as an insight into how an indie studio can use consistent client work as a launch pad for developing their own original titles. Originally from Ireland, Gary also explains how Abertay University attracted him to Dundee in the first place and the important role that the university and its links with local veterans has played in fostering a healthy industry.

If you've have any feedback or questions, leave a comment below or send us an email. You can also get in touch with the show via the hashtage #SGNpod​ on Twitter or message us directly @ScottishGames.

Links:

• Gary McCarten on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zecbmo
• Pocket Sized Hands: https://pocketsizedhands.com/

Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
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We’ve got another brilliant archive interview for you this week with Maxwell Scott-Slade, the director of the BAFTA-nominated, Edinburgh-based developer Glitchers. The conversation was conducted by Sebastian McKay of The Scottish Business Podcast and follows his similarly enlightening chats with Marc Williamson from Tag and Colin Mcdonald from Rivet Games that we’ve previously featured on SGN.

Seb caught Maxwell just a few weeks before Glitchers launched their fantastic "delivery car combat" game Drive Buy. The pair chatted about the business side of preparing to release a game and a whole swathe of other interesting topics in this tangent-happy episode, including: the value of the Switch and the Nintendo eShop as a platform for indies; the difference between being doing client work and being a collaborator; building a sustainable studio in a title-focused industry; Maxwell's eye-opening trip to Tokyo; and even Maxwell and Seb’s strategies for surviving a zombie apocalypse. (Seb’s is ingenious btw)

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Links:

• Maxwell Scott-Slade on Twitter: https://twitter.com/maxscottslade
• Glitchers: https://glitchers.com/
• Drive Buy: https://glitchers.com/drive-buy/

Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
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This conversation is another achive episode courtesy of Seb McKay of The Scottish Business Podcast.  Marc tells Seb about operating as business-facing game developer in a consumer-facing industry and how that dynamic shapes the public profile Scottish games industry.

The pair also touch upon the benefits of working in Dundee, the advantages of growing your company gradually and why playing buggy games like Cyberpunk 2077 can be especialy frustrating for game devs.

If you've have any feedback or questions, leave a comment below or send us an email. You can also get in touch with the show via the hashtage #SGNpod
on Twitter or message us directly @ScottishGames.

Links:

• Marc on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mungry
• Tag Games: https://www.tag-games.com/

Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/kindness
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With the console versions of Before I Forget released earlier this week, we took the opportunity to have an extended chat with Claire Morwood, who co-developed the game alongside narrative designer Chella Ramanan. Before I Forget is the first release from 3-Fold Games, the studio the pair formed together.

Previously based in Bristol (which was where she met Ramanan), Morwood has recently relocated to Dundee and is now also a member of Biome Collective.

In this podcast, Morwood tells us about how 3-Fold Games got started, the logistics of making a game like Before I Forget, how she went from a geology graduate to a celebrated game designer and what it feels like to be nominated for BAFTA.

You can listen to this podcast interview with Claire Morwood of 3-Fold-Games via our usual podcast feed, or via the YouTube video embedded below.

If you've have any feedback or questions, leave a comment below or send us an email. You can also get in touch with the show via the hashtage #SGNpod​ on Twitter or message us directly @ScottishGames.

Links:

• Claire on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shimmerwitch
• 3-Fold Games: https://www.3foldgames.uk/
• Teenage Blob: https://teamlazerbeam.itch.io/teenage-blob
• Bitsy: https://bitsy.org/
• Flat Jam 2017: https://itch.io/jam/flatgame-annual-2017
• This System (by Claire Morwood): https://shimmerwitch.itch.io/this-system
• flatpack: https://candle.itch.io/flatpack
• Mycorrhiza (by Claire Morwood): https://shimmerwitch.itch.io/mycorrhiza
• Suzanne Simard TED Talk on mycorrhizal networks: https://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_simard_how_trees_talk_to_each_other/

Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/kindness
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In this episode Seb chats with Rivet Games' commercial director, Games Jobs Live head honcho and SGN bestie Colin Macdonald about the advantages of serving a niche audience and the importance of app store search optimisation. Colin also talks about how the industry has changed over the course of his career and reveals how he once succesfully used Brexit to market a game while working at Channel 4.

If you've have any feedback or questions, leave a comment below or send us an email. You can also get in touch with the show via the hashtage #SGNpod​ on Twitter or message us directly @ScottishGames.

Links:

• Colin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottishcolin
• Rivet Games: https://www.rivet-games.com/

Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/kindness
License code: PQTTVBC9YOWGLEV3

If you want to get in touch with the show you can use #SGNpod
on Twitter or message us directly @ScottishGames.

Links:

• The Scottish Business Podcast: https://anchor.fm/scottish-business-podcast
• Drive Buy: https://glitchers.com/drive-buy/
• Young Enterprise Scotland Articel: https://scottishgames.net/2021/04/12/young-enterprise-scotland-glasgow-university-gamify-enterprise-skills/
• Dundee Article: https://scottishgames.net/2021/04/12/dundee-in-21-places-of-the-future-report/
• Raise Your Game Article: https://scottishgames.net/2021/04/13/raise-your-game-creative-edinburgh-2021/
• Remote Control Production Case Study: https://scottishgames.net/2021/04/14/case-study-remote-control-productions/
• Bonus Podcast With Gaberiel Elvery: https://scottishgames.net/2021/02/16/play-away-gabriel-elvery/
• Dislectek Article: https://scottishgames.net/2021/04/15/make-your-game-more-accessible-with-dislectek/
• A Familiar Fairytale: https://store.steampowered.com/app/929570/A_Familiar_Fairytale_Dyslexic_Text_Based_Adventure/
• "Stay In" - Late Fees: https://ffm.to/stayin

Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

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SGN Website: https://scottishgames.net/

Ally's Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wallmasterr/video/6945957292546247942?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1

Eltanin Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUQTl7GY9CY

Ryan's video with Zork: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I7fiWSFnqM

Team Junkfish: https://www.teamjunkfish.com/

Junkfush on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeamJunkfish

Patch Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vQaEG9LS3wFpjOk7AGwTI9OvcnT9U2Qwo3_GQI7wvluVMF5ZCpc4px8DJmnN582W-FJFOwl-JRIQHib/pub

Monstrum 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1093170/Monstrum_2/

Attack of the Earthlings: https://store.steampowered.com/app/621930/Attack_of_the_Earthlings/  

Junkfish Discord: https://discord.gg/junkfish

SGN Discord: https://discord.gg/RecfNDT

Scottish Games Network: https://scottishgames.net/

Play Away Article: https://scottishgames.net/2021/03/15/play-away-festival-2021-review/

5 Game Studios in Aberdeen: https://scottishgames.net/2021/03/16/5-games-studios-in-aberdeen/

Pure4D: https://scottishgames.net/2021/03/16/di4d-launches-pure4d/

Case Study: Hyper Luminal Games: https://scottishgames.net/2021/03/17/case-study-hyper-luminal-games/

Games Jobs Live report: https://scottishgames.net/2021/03/17/games-jobs-live-shares-optimistic-report/

Scotland's New Digital Strategy: https://scottishgames.net/2021/03/18/a-changing-nation-scotlands-new-digital-strategy/

Ally Low on Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wallmasterr?lang=en

British eSports: https://britishesports.org/  

British eSports on Twitter: https://twitter.com/British_Esports 

Mark on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkMcCreadyUK

Scottish Games Network: https://scottishgames.net/

Island Saver: https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/island-saver/

The Computer Games Journal Ceases Publication: https://scottishgames.net/2021/03/08/the-computer-games-journal-ceases-publication/

Ubisoft Dunoon vacancies story: https://scottishgames.net/2021/03/10/do-ubisoft-dunoon-vacancies-hint-at-assassins-creed-highlander/

Skills Development Scotland Survey: https://wh1.snapsurveys.com/s.asp?k=161374870523

Stronghold Warlords: https://www.strongholdwarlords.com/

GTA V Remaster: https://scottishgames.net/2021/03/11/new-version-of-gta-v-will-be-a-remaster/

Scottish Games Network: https://scottishgames.net/

Cairngorms in Minecraft: https://scottishgames.net/2021/03/01/cairngorms-recreated-in-minecraft/

The Crew Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NeRaCsf6Jk

Zoe on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jaffacakexd

Play Away Programme: https://tinderboxcollective.org/playaway-full-programme/

Jane McGonigal Keynote: Fireside Conversation & Q&A: https://tinderboxcollective.org/2020/02/22/playaway-welcome-and-keynote/

Game Design Panel with Shay Thompson: https://tinderboxcollective.org/2020/02/22/playaway-game-design-panel/

Gaming for Health, Education & Wellbeing: https://tinderboxcollective.org/2020/02/23/playaway-games-education/

Games Research with University of Glasgow Games & Gaming Lab: https://tinderboxcollective.org/2020/02/25/games-studies-university-of-glasgow-games-gaming-lab/

Careers in Games – Games Jobs Live with Into Games: https://tinderboxcollective.org/2020/02/25/playaway-careers-in-games/

CI Lab 15: Just the ticket – Performance, Payment and Data: https://tinderboxcollective.org/2020/02/25/ci-lab-15/

Beyond Parasocial Interaction: Speed Dating with Ghosts: https://tinderboxcollective.org/2020/02/25/speed-dating-with-ghosts-workshop/

Background music:  Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/kick...​License code: EX1VAMCYAZ0NDQ6F  

Links!  

Play Away Festival: https://tinderboxcollective.org/playa​... 

Games and Empathy Mini Talks: https://tinderboxcollective.org/2020/...​

Ally on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wallmasterr

​LowTek Games: http://lowtek.co.uk/

​Ally's Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/wallmasterr

​Ally on Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wallmasterr?l...

If you want to get in touch with the show you can use #SGNpod on Twitter or message us directly @ScottishGames.

Links to everything we spoke about :

The Website: Scottishgames.net

Games Master: https://www.4sales.com/latest/2021-02/news/gamesmaster-returns-seeking-brand-partner

GTA hits new high: https://scottishgames.net/2021/02/09/gta-online-has-biggest-year-yet/

Games Jobs Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grE43bjeWwg

Dwerg Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dwergsaga

Dwerg Itch.Io: https://haikuinteractive.itch.io/dwerg-saga

Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/scottishgames

Play Away Website: https://tinderboxcollective.org/playaway/

Scottish Edge website: https://www.scottishedge.com/

Application: https://portal.scottishedge.com/apply-select/

If you want to get in touch with the show you can use #SGNpod on Twitter or message us directly @ScottishGames.

Links to the wonderful people we spoke about:

Cloud Jumper: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1504820/Cloud_Jumper/#:~:text=Cloud%20Jumper%20is%20a%20chill,colourful%20characters%20and%20ancient%20secrets.

Dwerg Saga: http://dwergsaga.com/

Tentacle Zone: https://tentacle.zone/incubator/

Henderson Loggie: https://hlca.co.uk/

Play Away: https://tinderboxcollective.org/playaway/

Glasgow Creative Accelerator: https://www.elevatoruk.com/accelerators/glasgow-creative-accelerator/register/

Final Directive: https://store.steampowered.com/app/777790/Final_Directive/

If you want to get in touch with the show you can use #SGNpod on Twitter or message us directly @ScottishGames.

Links to the wonderful people we spoke about:

Team Junkfish: https://www.teamjunkfish.com/ 

Amicable Animal: http://www.amicableanimal.com/

Queer Me: https://www.queergameslibrary.com/

Dwerg Saga: http://dwergsaga.com/

Background music: 

Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):

https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/kick-backfindo

License code: EX1VAMCYAZ0NDQ6F