First-Person Student Podcast

Episode 02 - What is Game Design? (6/4/15)

firstpersonstudent@gmail.com (Renzo G. Heredia, Maxine Rock, and Oleg Brodskiy) — Thu, 4 Jun 2015 09:00:00 -0700

Our 2nd episode introduces our podcast's next subject: "What is Game Design?".

1st Segment - Main Topic (0:00 - 25:10)
Oleg takes the reins in this discussion, talking about his experience as a designer for his company, Mustachio Games, and explaining the differences between system and content designers and their importance in the development of a game. Renzo and Maxine bring up questions on what designers do for games, and Renzo forgets that The Last of Us does not have procedurally generated enemies in its design. :)

Raph Koster on Star Wars Galaxies and Procedural Generation

2nd Segment - Interview (25:58 - 58:32) We also ask this question in an interview with Boston-based indie developer Jenna Hoffstein, founder of Little Worlds Interactive, who has worked in multiple studios and on multiple projects as a designer for content, combat, and levels.
She has contributed a lot to the game industry with her game The Counting Kingdom and continues to work as a fantastic designer on projects.

3rd Segment - News (58:55 - end)

We end the podcast with our first-ever news segment! We discuss current topics happening in the games industry and our thoughts and different opinions. This week we bring up:

- Oculus VR founder sued
- Konami PR Statement on Mobile Shift/Konami Speechless on Kojima
- (Rumor!) Silents Hills to be purchased by Microsoft
- FIFA 16 Gets International Women’s Teams

Episode 01 - Intro to Game Development (5/18/15)

firstpersonstudent@gmail.com (Renzo G. Heredia, Maxine Rock, and Oleg Brodskiy) — Mon, 18 May 2015 12:27:00 -0700

Our first episode introduces ourselves and our podcast's first subject: "What is Game Development?" along with its different aspects, such as Programming, Art, Audio, and several others. We will discuss these aspects of Game Development from our perspective, as those seeking to break into the industry. We start with the question: What is a game?

SHOW NOTES FOR EPISODE 01:
(Important links to sources we discuss in episode)

- PAX East Panel - Full-Time Student, Part-Time Indie
- Google definition of "Game"
- Trailer for Dear Esther
- Trailer for Proteus
- Twine
- Depression Quest preview
- Unity
- Unreal Engine
- Red Dead Redemption - Making of Music

If you'd like us to answer any questions you may have, comment on this post, send us an email, or tweet at us!
firstpersonstudent@gmail.com (Email)
@FP_Students (Twitter handle)

Hello, World!

firstpersonstudent@gmail.com (Renzo G. Heredia, Maxine Rock, and Oleg Brodskiy) — Fri, 15 May 2015 10:51:00 -0700

Greetings, world!

Welcome to the home page of First-Person Podcast.

Interested in game development and what goes into creating games?

We are a group of folks learning how to make games, just like you. As we explore game development, the different aspects of the creation and business of the industry, and what makes these things we play on our mobile devices and TVs so darn fun and intriguing and interesting to talk about and discuss.

Oleg Brodskiy
@Indie_Intern

Renzo G. Heredia
@RenzoGHeredia

Maxine Rock
@LinguisticGamer