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Funsmith Fireside Chats - by Game Design Skills
Game Design Skills
13 episodes
1 week ago
Every 2 weeks, we have a conversation with a current practitioner of the game development industry such as video game designers, producers, artists, and entrepreneurs to bring you the experience-based insights to help improve your game design and development craft and thrive in the game development industry.
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Every 2 weeks, we have a conversation with a current practitioner of the game development industry such as video game designers, producers, artists, and entrepreneurs to bring you the experience-based insights to help improve your game design and development craft and thrive in the game development industry.
Show more...
Video Games
Leisure
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#10 - Travis Day: What it Takes to Be a Video Game Designer
Funsmith Fireside Chats - by Game Design Skills
1 hour 24 minutes 49 seconds
3 years ago
#10 - Travis Day: What it Takes to Be a Video Game Designer

[This is the last interview with my colleague Travis Day before he passed away recently. This episode is dedicated to him]

As a two decade game design veteran, Travis Day has a unique perspective on game systems! Known as "The Items Guy" for the extensive catalog of items he created for World of Warcraft, Travis has some stories that will surprise you with how much drama an item drop system can cause!

Travis Day is a lifelong gamer who chose to turn his passion into a career. He has been making video games since 2005, when he started working at Blizzard. After a long term there, Travis began working as a game designer at Phoenix Labs, and eventually moved on to Tencent, where he is currently a senior systems designer.

In this episode Travis talks about what it takes to work in the video game industry. We'll go over topics such as

  • What he looks for when interviewing potential hires
  • Advice on how to become a strong team player
  • And life lessons that can aid you throughout your game design/dev career

FULL EPISODE NOTES: https://gamedesignskills.com/podcast/episode-10-travis-day

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Funsmith Fireside Chats - by Game Design Skills
Every 2 weeks, we have a conversation with a current practitioner of the game development industry such as video game designers, producers, artists, and entrepreneurs to bring you the experience-based insights to help improve your game design and development craft and thrive in the game development industry.