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Pixel What You Preach
Victoria Goldsmith
20 episodes
8 months ago

Welcome to Pixel What You Preach! The Podcast where we dive into conversations with Game Developers and Professional Creatives. Explore the mysterious realms of game development, self-improvement, and draw inspiration from real-life experiences. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting, there's something for everyone. Tune in for valuable insights and a fresh perspective.


Remember it's your Adventure!



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Welcome to Pixel What You Preach! The Podcast where we dive into conversations with Game Developers and Professional Creatives. Explore the mysterious realms of game development, self-improvement, and draw inspiration from real-life experiences. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting, there's something for everyone. Tune in for valuable insights and a fresh perspective.


Remember it's your Adventure!



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Episodes (20/20)
Pixel What You Preach
Adam Riches - Pixel Artist & Co-Founder of Robust Games

INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 

  • Chatting with Pixel artist & Co-Founder of Robust Games, Adam Riches
  • How Adam turned his hobby into a career
  • A two-week game jam that brought unexpected opportunities
  • Pitching an idea to Chucklefish through an email
  • Brother duo birthing an idea into a fully published game 'Loco Motive'!
  • Creating an Adventure Murder Mystery
  • Balancing wearing multiple hats as an Indie Developer
  • Advantages of making an Adventure game genre & shorter length games
  • Tips for growing an audience for an Indie game
  • Advice for anyone wanting to get into games




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ADAMS LINKS 

BlueSky

Loco Motive


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Credits

Audio Production: Boy In The Corner

Logo: Storm the Castle


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9 months ago
32 minutes 29 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
Ellen Shelley Principal Lighting Artist

INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 

  • How I met one of my best friends in the Games Industry!
  • Ellen's non traditional journey into games without studying at University 
  • Using all of her opportunities to her advantage to break into games
  • Portfolio is King! Making a kick ass Portfolio being your biggest tool 
  • Transitioning from Environment to Lighting 
  • Why Ellen wanted to learn lighting 
  • Following Ellen's journey to today 
  • Talking about the beautiful Horizon art direction from ‘Horizon Call of The Mountain’
  • Transitioning from full-time work to freelance 
  • Working on ‘Lego Horizon Adventures’
  • Full 360 moment of working on a franchise Ellen played as a child 
  • Bringing people joy from working in games 
  • Advice for anyone wanting to become a lighting artist 



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ELLENS LINKS 

Portfolio

LinkedIn


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Official Website

BluSky


Credits

Audio Production: Boy In The Corner

Logo: Storm the Castle


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11 months ago
24 minutes 48 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
Chloe Sinclair - Engagement Manager

INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 

  • Chloe's Journey into the games industry & finding a different career path to the traditional roles
  • About Chloe's Role
  • The importance of having mentor & championing you through your career
  • Life after a redundancy & discovering exciting new opportunities
  • Other socials that are not themed around drinking culture
  • Chloe shares a personal story about mental health & looking after ones self
  • Sharing resources for support
  • Talking about mental health, well-being & exclusivity
  • Chloe's unexpected personal project that took off after her redundancy
  • Killer advice for anyone applying for a job just starting out!


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CHLOE'S LINKS 

Twitter

TikTok


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Official Website

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BluSky


Credits

Audio Production: Boy In The Corner

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1 year ago
27 minutes 7 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
Life After Layoff

INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 


  • Life after being laid off
  • Continued redundancies in the industry
  • Theories about how the Games Industry is going to change on the Dev side of development
  • How the Industry is impacting Juniors & Graduates
  • How the instability of the industry is affecting women wanting to start families
  • Dealing First hand with burnout and the things I took to take the next steps
  • Approaching job hunting differently & trying to find a studio that aligned with my values
  • Coping tips with the sea of layoffs & protecting your well-being
  • Bring present for Interviews to make a good impression
  • Enduring the Games Industry
  • Silver lining of being laid off
  • A nice little story to end the Podcast!



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Official Website

Twitter

BluSky


Credits

Audio Production: Boy In The Corner

Logo: Storm the Castle


All opinions and views are the content creators own and not the views of their employer.



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1 year ago
20 minutes 19 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
Ghosting, Resilience, and Landing Your Next Job with a Therapist & Executive Coach

Global layoffs are rife at the moment and it is not slowing down fast enough, regardless of your seniority it is harder than ever to land a job. How do you deal with ghosting and stay resilient until you land that full time role? 


In this episode we have Joshua Isaac Smith- Trauma Specialist & Executive coach.

Let’s Level up together and learn some ‘real actionable’ steps to make you strong, resilient and intentional to land that next job.



INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 


  • How do you deal with ghosting on job applications?
  • Learning about the psychology behind ghosting, what it does to your brain & what to do about this with actionable actions.
  • Setting healthy boundaries for applying for jobs
  • Raising your levels of energy to boost your productivity
  • Rediscovering your passions 
  • Being energetically bankrupt and how to refill your tank
  • How to stay resilient in times of layoffs
  • Creating a healthy schedule to stay focused
  • Staying Curious 
  • Homework to take away to help refocus 
  • The 1% rule to achieve your goals


Joshuas Links

Composure Book

www.amdr.info

LinkedIn



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Credits

Audio Production: Boy In The Corner

Logo: Storm the Castle


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1 year ago
23 minutes 57 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
Adam Turnbull - Principal Animator

Principal Animator at NetEase Games, Ex Riot games, Guerrilla, Moon Studios, Jagex, Mediatonic and the list goes on, Adam is an expert in his field! Working on League of Legends, Horizon, Surviving studio closures, moving to America from the UK then coming back to Yorkshire in the North of England. Yes people can make it that are not from the big cities! A truly inspiring story and Adam is more than happy to share his knowledge.

Grab a brew (Yorkshire Tea in particular for this episode) get comfy and enjoy!



INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 


  • Born in Yorkshire to LA to work at Riot Games!
  • Adams journey from the beginning of his career to Principal Animator
  • Flash animation to 3D & it's charm
  • Working at Jagex & Guerrilla games
  • Back to the UK to work at NetEase
  • Tips for finding jobs when you're not living in the big cities



Adams Links

adamturnbull.co.uk

Twitter: @animturnbull

animatorsresourcekit.blog



If you enjoyed the Podcast & would like to support me :)

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Official Website

Twitter

BluSky


Credits

Audio Production: Boy In The Corner

Logo: Storm the Castle


All opinions and views are the content creators own and not the views of their employer.



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1 year ago
32 minutes 50 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
Ashley Wade- Environment Artist

Today we have the talented and energetic Ashley Wade, an Environment Artist currently working at ‘Brass Lion Entertainment’.



INSIDE THIS EPISODE: 


  • We chat about the start of Ash’s career from Graduating/changing roles
  • Receiving some tough love and leveling up
  • Becoming a part of the games community 
  • Keeping a positive mindset 
  • Balancing work & working on her portfolio in the evening
  • How Ash landed her first art job
  • Some amazing tips for getting into games with actionable steps



Ashleys Links

Artstation Portfolio

Twitter: @cordiallycontgo




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Credits

Audio Production: Boy In The Corner

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1 year ago
27 minutes 4 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
The BIG Reset In The Games Industry

We are back again joined by the guru of games Seb Downie-Blackwell, Partner at Remote Control Productions

At the start of my career I met Seb, he became a mentor of mine and still is. Decades of experience on me, he is honest, to the point and always entertaining. With this continued turbulence I have been trying to search for answers, so I thought hey let's jump on the Podcast!


  • We cover topics for making a great CV & Cover Letter, Seb has done talks on this.
  • Talking about the 'trend' of lay offs and how it feels like one BIG reset in the industry (Who likes to reset games?)
  • What to do if you don't hear back from a job application.
  • Interview Tips.


If you're feeling a bit lost this is a good episode for you!


Since the recording of this episode Sony announced a 8% reduction in redundancies. This has effected myself & very close friends.




Sebs Links

Remote Control Productions

Twitter: @Downside

BlueSky: @downieseb.bsky.social



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Audio Production: Boy In The Corner

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1 year ago
19 minutes 54 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
Liam Wong - Award Winning Photographer and Game Developer

Liam Wong is a name you have most likely heard of if you are interested in Photography. If not, you will have seen his work if you have ever looked for references of atmospheric neon at night on the streets of Tokyo. But, more than that, Liam captures atmosphere almost like a time capsule. You can palpably feel the mood of the scenes in the photos and the way they are colour graded are something you wish would be in a video game. 

In fact, he is a published author with Kickstarter's best-selling book of all time, called TO:KY:OO. The book includes words and contributions from Metal Gear Solid's Hideo Kojima and Bladerunner concept artist Syd Mead. His second published book, After Dark, was also a huge success. 


But have you ever wondered about the background of the award-winning photographer? Liam, originally from Scotland, actually started his journey in games! Working in UI all the way up to Creative Director at Ubisoft Montreal, and then Visual Director at the new Japanese studio Unseen founded by Ikumi Nakamura. 


In this episode we jump into talking about his career, moving countries, his inspirations and hearing some amazing advice. It’s really rare to find someone who is incredibly humble and talented at this level, so to hear this kind of insight is invaluable. 



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1 year ago
32 minutes 32 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
Tea Talks, Tea With Louie

Today we have a very good friend of mine Louie Woodhouse come on to the show, we sit down with a tea and have a little brew break.

We talk about the recent news of Disney investing 1.5 Billion into Epic games and expanding their universe into Fortnite. Also covering our thoughts on the Metaverse, the lack of risk taking in company ideas and supporting the arts through tough times.


Make sure to have a hot beverage of your choice to hand, hope you enjoy!


Also plz wish list Louie's game Luna Effect


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Audio Production: Boy In The Corner

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All opinions and views are the content creators own and not the views of their employer.



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1 year ago
20 minutes 4 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
Happy 2024 Pixels! Or is it?

Happy New Year Pixels! Well it's nice to see 2023 in the past with all the lay offs, but 2024 seems to be starting off with a bit of a kicker. In fact since this episode was recorded Riot laid off 530 employees. It's hard to keep track.


In this episode we chat about what we plan on covering with the Podcast in the year to come. How to package yourself up as someone employable in this turbulent time, the value of personal projects and wrapping up the elephant in the room.


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Audio Production: Boy In The Corner

Logo: Storm the Castle


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1 year ago
18 minutes 21 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
Alex Barnes - Games Director for Horizon Call of The Mountain

Chatting today with Alex Barnes from Firesprite, not only did he win the 'Develop 30 Under 30 award', he was also the Games Director on the multi award winning Horizon Call of The Mountain. Humble & always thinking of his team we chat about his role and working on the VR2 project.


Currently looking for a Sponsor!

If you enjoyed the Podcast & would like to support me :)

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Currently looking for a Sponsor!

If you enjoyed the Podcast & would like to support me :)

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Official Website

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Credits

Audio Production: Boy In The Corner

Logo: Storm the Castle


All opinions and views are the content creators own and not the views of their employer.



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1 year ago
18 minutes 38 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
Networking 101

In todays episode Victoria and Chris sit down to talk about the dreaded world of 'networking'! It's awkward, weird but so essential for growing a professional network. Hear about some great tips to make the most out of any networking event, various ways you can network that doesn't require to leave your house and how to mingle like a pro.


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Audio Production: Boy In The Corner

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2 years ago
22 minutes 59 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
What's Going On With Unity? Part 2

And we're back with Part 2! We chat about the new Unity statement to the public and what it means.

We offer some advice for developers with Seb and chat about the power of a combined community.


Sebs Links


Remote Control Productions

Twitter: @Downside

BlueSky: @downieseb.bsky.social



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Credits

Audio Production: Boy In The Corner

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2 years ago
20 minutes 12 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
What's Going On With Unity? Part 1

Hot off the press! Today I talk about the new proposed changes announced by Unity, what it means and how it could potentially effect developers.

Seb Downie-Blackwell is our special guest today where we talk all things Unity. Sebs background is rich with experience being in the industry over 25 years, he Head of Production and Partner at remote control products.


As things are changing rapidly this will be a two part special episode, so stay tuned for part 2!


Sebs Links

Twitter: @DownieSeb

BlueSky: @downieseb.bsky.social


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2 years ago
25 minutes 5 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
Kim Hu- Concept Artist

Welcome to Pixel What You Preach! A Podcast where we talk to Game Developers and various Professional Creatives. Grab a brew, get cosy and let's jump in.


In today's episode we talk to Kim Hu, she is the queen of drawing trash, skull enthusiast, Task Masters number one fan, but by profession a freelance illustrator, concept artist/designer working from Hamburg/Germany and Tokyo/Japan. We talk inspiration, her journey into games, the importance of personal projects and what the deal really is with Task Master. It's a fun episode packed with lots of good energy!


Kims Links

Website

Blu Sky


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2 years ago
20 minutes 49 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
James Marshall- Director Phi Games

Welcome to Pixel What You Preach! A Podcast where we talk to Game Developers and various Professional Creatives. Grab a brew, get cosy and let's jump in.


In our second interview episode we chat with James Marshall an Director at Phi Games. We talk about working on Recompile (A Metroidvarian-inspired hacking adventure) and how he broke into industry starting as a 3D generalist, animator/VFX Artist. Phi Games is a micro games studio based in Manchester.


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2 years ago
25 minutes 38 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou Creative Director of Polygon Treehouse

Welcome to Pixel What You Preach my ALL-NEW Podcast. A Podcast talking to Game Developers and different Professional Creatives.


In our first interview episode we chat with Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou a BAFTA Breakthrough and the Creative Director of Polygon Treehouse. The award winning studio behind Röki and currently working on their new title Mythwrecked. We talk about how Alex started his career, how to pitch a game and delving deeper into their games.


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2 years ago
30 minutes 2 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
How To Break Into Games

Welcome to Pixel What You Preach my ALL-NEW Podcast. A Podcast talking to Game Developers and different Professional Creatives. In this first Pilot episode we talk casually on How To Break into Games.



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2 years ago
24 minutes 8 seconds

Pixel What You Preach
Pixel What You Preach- Intro

Introduction

Welcome to my ALL-NEW podcast, Pixel What You Preach. Having worked in the Games Industry for several years I have decided to pass on my knowledge, speak with guests and help kick start you on your journey. If you're a seasoned Game Developer or someone that has just started out there will be something for everyone. My goal is to create a positive community and have fun along the way!


Currently looking for a Sponsor!

If you enjoyed the Podcast & would like to support me :)

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Please rate & Subscribe it really helps!


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Official Website

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Audio Production: Boy In The Corner

Logo: Storm the Castle



All opinions and views are the content creators own and not the views of their employer.



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2 years ago
1 minute 55 seconds

Pixel What You Preach

Welcome to Pixel What You Preach! The Podcast where we dive into conversations with Game Developers and Professional Creatives. Explore the mysterious realms of game development, self-improvement, and draw inspiration from real-life experiences. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting, there's something for everyone. Tune in for valuable insights and a fresh perspective.


Remember it's your Adventure!



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.