Author: astancill

Phew… Those YouTube Live hitches are gone!

This week Matt, Ash and Daryl take a look at our students entries into the Grads in Games competition.
(Please view on YouTube to see the Submission URL’s in the Live Chat)
This competition can lead to industry interviews, but all entrants get feedback on their submissions by current industry places. d3t Rising Star games dev challenge | Grads In Games

Happy New Year!

This week the Team look over the products derived from our “Game Jam” Module.
(Pardon the hiccups! We moved to YouTube Live and are ironing out the stutters!)

This week the team look over a range of student work produced in our Advanced 3D Module. We also discuss the success and failures of a “5-week” module structure.

This week, Ash hogs the Livestream and tells his story of being an Indie Dev.

Joined by Matt and Gary, who also had different Indie experiences!

This week the team talk about the many job roles available in the games industry, how to pivot to another role, and how disciplines are split into multiple specialties.

This week the team talk about what it takes to release a game, going gold, Team Projects and Game Jams. With special guest ‘Pete Waugh’ from Torchbearer.

To Open Source or to Open Source – The importance of learning industry standard software. Also…. the importance of learning the fundamentals and not using shortcuts (until you understand the fundamentals)