Grinding

When to Market Your Game

This may be a bit off the ‘how to get a games job’ topic, however, from my experience in the industry, many of those trying to get into the industry are also trying to get into it to eventually make their own games. And after two years of working for a company that markets indie games for all sorts of different studios, one question that always comes up is ‘When should I start marketing my game?’…

Game Spotlight: Device 6

Had the opportunity to play Device 6 over the weekend and it was so amazing I thought I’d share. It’s a text/story experience filled with puzzles of various intensities and you need to check it out. I think it’s a great example of how innovative some indie tablet games can be.

  To check out the website, go here!

And you should, you really really should!

Developis coming to Brighton very soon! July 8th-10th to be exact. I am definitely a bit sad that I’ll be missing out on it this year, as in the past I have really enjoyed volunteering for it. It’s definitely a lot of hard work, but it’s very rewarding and I’ve always been with a great group of people. Of course, it’s also great if you’re trying to network and make connections with game devs.…

The term “indie,” similar to films and music, translates directly to “independent games,” however the definition these days is a bit hard to pin down. Originally, indie games were simple to differentiate, because the games market predominantly consisted of very large development studios who were owned by even larger publishing companies. Therefore, anyone publishing games on their own, in very…

The Blog: Alright! I’m getting committed. I’m going to write up a schedule and stick to it this summer!

Personal: I’ve gotten back into my internship for the summer so I am very excited about being back at work! Nothing compares to being involved in game creation. There are so many things you can’t learn from a book.

Funding http://wp.me/s3iHYG-funding

I’ve come across some interesting programmes and funding for a uni assignment I’m researching and thought that I would share them here. If I come across any more I shall update this or perhaps make it into a page of its own!

University Programmes:

Falmouth University

Alacrity Falmouth Games Incubator, £16,000 awarded, and MA Entrepreneurship on completion

Bournemouth University

DProf Digital Media

Innovation and the Games Industry

After you read the title of this article, I’m sure that you felt confident in knowing exactly what the word ‘innovation’ means. Yet, if someone asked you to define it, you might have a hard time pinpointing what innovation really is. Peter F. Druckerexplains that, “Entrepreneurs innovate. Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. It is the act that endows resources with a new…

College Humor – Getting a Job

Meet Ups

So today I had the pleasure of meeting up with an associate producer from a London games studio. As I’ve said before, if you want some advice, games people are the nicest people in the world. Constantly, I am surprised at how they go out of their way to meet up with me for a chat over coffee where I can pick their brains with a few questions.

I’m definitely glad I had this opportunity, as I was…

Update http://wp.me/s3iHYG-update

I have two (rather large) assignments left to finish up this semester, but then I will be back updating and better than ever!

Topics I want to discuss when I get back: personal goals about figuring a way to find a job, recent monetization trends,…

Caught this article ( Embracing the Millennials’ Mind-Set at Work ) on the NYT site.

The article claims that millennials enjoy transparency and connection at work through the use of technology and social media, and I think that games companies attract a…

Contemplating the amount of money that goes into games and comes out of games is absolutely mind blowing. With the release this year of Grand Theft Auto V and Call of Duty: Ghosts, video games have blow the other creative industries out of the water in…

Today is my first day at my games internship. I am very excited and slightly nervous, but I really think this is going to be absolutely amazing and a great start to my second try at finding a games job in the UK. Wish me luck!

Since I will be moving back to London to start my MBA in Creative Industries and Art Management, I decided I would get in touch with a few of my contacts in the industry to see if they had anything available. Much to my excitement, one of them did! I will…

So I know this have been a little sparse here lately– apologies! It should kick into gear again very soon. I’m in the process of heading back to London for round two of “get into the games industry” and therefore I should have plenty of tales to recount…

For those of you who might be starting uni, or in an undergraduate games program,  Edge Magazine had a great article on some summer tips (check it out here).

The article seems geared towards students who are going into a more coding/programmer university…

I’ve been reading up a lot recently about the role of the producer (as well as asking as many industry people as I can), and I have to say, it sounds like a match made in heaven for me. As I sit at my contract graphic design position, often having over…