Andy Kearney Andy Kearney, a producer at a super-secret game company, came to the University of Bolton to give us a talk on his job as a producer in the gaming industry. The topic which caught my interest, was the ‘role of a producer’. As a producer, communication is a huge priority for them. Without […]
Read More →Ben Curtis – Global Prop Lead Artist at Cloud Imperium Games
Ben Curtis, a global prop lead artist at Cloud Imperium Games, came to the University of Bolton to give us a talk on many interesting topics. One of the topics mentioned in his talk that grabbed my attention was ‘open source’. Open source is a big thing with today’s gaming industry as many companies open […]
Read More →Hal Sandbach – Head of Design at d3t Ltd
Hal Sandbach, head of design at d3t Ltd, came into the University of Bolton to give us a talk on two main subjects which were very informative. The one subject which interested me the most was ‘psychology in games’. Free-to-play games on the mobile platform have created a system in which to bring people back […]
Read More →Arthur Parsons – Game Director at TT Games
Arthur Parson, a game director at TT Games, came to give us a lecture on his career and what he has learnt in the process of being in the industry. He brought up many interesting topics during this lecture but the one that caught my attention the most was ‘intellectual property’. With intellectual property, it […]
Read More →Andrew Pottage – Founder of Pixul
Andrew Pottage, founder of Pixul, visited us at the University of Bolton to give us a lecture on his experience within the industry and the types of techniques that he has picked up from this. One topic which caught my attention was ‘be creative with marketing’. This is an interesting topic because it gets you […]
Read More →Adrian Walton – Senior Games Designer at DR Studios
Adrian Walton, a senior games designer at DR Studios, visited us at the University of Bolton to give us a lecture about his experience within the industry and techniques he has learnt along the way. The topic that caught my attention the most was ‘monetization’. Microtransactions are the main way freemium and a few premium […]
Read More →Steven Brown and Christopher Stephens – Junior Programmers at Lucid Games
Chris Stevens and Steven Brown, former students at the University of Bolton and junior programmers at Lucid Games, came to give us a talk about their experience in the industry including certain tasks that they do and what tools they use in order to complete their daily jobs. Many interesting topics were brought up, but […]
Read More →Chris McCoy – Lead Designer at 360 Studios
Chris McCoy, a lead designer at 360 Studios and former student at the University of Bolton, visited to give us a talk about the topic, ‘from university to industry’. One of the points brought up in this talk which interested me the most was, ‘what mobile platform to develop for’. Chris mentioned that the Android […]
Read More →Matthew Oakley – Marketing Artist at Ubisoft Reflections
At the University of Bolton, Matthew Oakley, a marketing artist at Ubisoft Reflections, visited to give us a talk on his career as an artist and the experience he has had doing so. One of the points brought up by Matthew, which grabbed my attention was, ‘signing an NDA’. An NDA, non-disclosure agreement, is a […]
Read More →Nigel Kershaw – Freelance Game Designer
A freelance game designer, Nigel Kershaw, visited the University of Bolton to give us a talk. His presentation topic was ‘what does a game designer actually do?’ He started off by talking about his background in the industry, which was extremely interesting as he has a great amount of experience. One of the points which […]
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