S1E7 - Manuela Malasaña - Graphics Programmer: Infecting Your Brain With Theater

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Make Games, Drink Coffee

Aaron Nemoyten

7 episodes

1 day ago

A weekly caffeine-spiked dose of hot game industry brew, featuring interviews with game developers telling their best war stories, sharing their artistic inspirations, and showing what making games is all about. This isn't a how-to, an in-depth guide, or a marketing tie-in; It's all about entertaining conversations with interesting people! Make Games, Drink Coffee is hosted by veteran game designer and developer Aaron Nemoyten, who's worked on a few games you might have heard of an a lot more you definitely haven't. Subscribe now to stay up to date, and check out http://www.makegamesdrinkcoffee.com/ for more information!

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S1E7 - Manuela Malasaña - Graphics Programmer: Infecting Your Brain With Theater

Make Games, Drink Coffee

30 minutes 46 seconds

5 days ago

S1E7 - Manuela Malasaña - Graphics Programmer: Infecting Your Brain With Theater

This week, Aaron chats with Manuela Malasaña, a graphics programmer, tech artist, indie game developer, and hobbyist opera singer. Yes, I do keep finding guests with unusual hobbies! You've seen Manuela's work in games like Darkest Dungeon 2 and I Am Your Beast, where she helps indie game developers implement their games' distinct art direction and visual identity. We talk about that, studying economics in Europe, creating theater performances in video games, and learning to sing opera in your thirties!

00:00 Intro

02:39 Visual Style and Consistency

06:41 Studying Economics, Doing Theater, Starting Game Dev

14:04 One Game Jam Starts It All

18:26 Adapting Plays To Video Games

21:49 The Role Of A Freelance Graphics Programmer

23:56 Advice For Indie Game Developers

25:11 Learning To Sing Later In Life

28:12 Lessons For Game Developers From Economics

30:04 Wrapping Up

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Manuela's indie studio (Team Dogpit) Patreon: