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I originally got into programming because of horse racing at the age 12. I fell desperately passionately in love with it and have been programming ever since. I worked full time as a Controls Engineer/Programmer before quitting to pursue creating video games, apps, and websites full time. I blog about my experiences as a programmer and GameDev at www.gildedoctopusstudios.com. I've made a mix of horror and RPG games. Currently I am working on Bramblewood a cheerful sim/RPG game about working for a sorceress. My games are on Itch.io and VoxPop. I also work fulltime as a Senior Unreal Developer for another studio.
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Hey there! We are the Online Warriors Podcast, made up of three friends: Nerdbomber, Techtic, and Illeagle. We’re nerds who love to talk about the latest gaming, movies, and entertainment news every week!
How’d you get into this/ what’s it’s origin story?:
This one is kind of a long story.
Abou…
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I’ve been a programmer for a long time and a woman for even longer. I’ve had the privilege to intern at a fortune 500 company and gotten job offers from all sorts of cool companies. One thing that I have realized from talking to non-programmers is that there is a stereotype of what a programmer is…
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If you like robots or indie games then this interview is for you.
1: Hi, I’m:Max with Welcome to Monday
My twitter handle is @Welcome2Monday, and my website is welcometomonday.com
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Your name: Rob Daytona
Twitter Handle/ Other Social Media: @LoreEmpires
One interesting and random fact about you that people would not necessarily guess: I can sprint the 100m in 10.5
What country you live/work in: UK
The video game company producing the project: Empires Of Lore …
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A game I am really looking forward to is Cyberpunk 2077. I loved Witcher 3 and I am so excited that the company behind it is making a game with all the cool cyborg tech my heart loves. I actually really wanted to go into designing prosthetic at one point in my life. It was unfortunately not a …
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So I’ve done a number of interviews with #GameDevs and I have done a couple of interviews with authors. I have a lot of friends though who happen to be authors so I’m going to set up a series of interview questions and start trying to do a few more. If you are an author or blogger and are interest…
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Your name: Joakim Hedström
Twitter Handle/ Other Social Media: @JoakimOnline
One interesting and random fact about you that people would not necessarily guess: I spent one year as an exchange student in a Japanese high school when I was 17. It was a very formative experience for me.
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I have started a Youtube Channel which you can check out at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxi8TGbYd4T-nYw2MctR6TA
The post Starting a Youtube Channel! appeared first on Gilded Octopus.
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I’ve been doing a series of interviews with game developers. Here is a full list. Check them out!
https://gildedoctopusstudios.com/interview-with-porble-games/
https://gildedoctopusstudios.com/pop-the-line/
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I’ve been doing a series of interviews with game developers. Here is a full list. Check them out!
Interview with Porble Games!
What do an Architect and a Neurologist have in common?
Interview with the #GameDev Behind Shores Unknown!
Interview with a Quantum Mechanics Researcher wh…
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Your name:
Benjamin Wendt
Twitter Handle/ Other Social Media:
Tweets by PorbleGOne interesting and random fact about you that people would not necessarily guess:
I love world history and geography. I used to be able to draw the globe and all the countries on it on a blank piece of…
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I recently got the chance to interview Travis Shreffler one of the co-founders of Bottlespark about his new book, “Start Streaming!: 100 Definitely Real Tips for Becoming a Successful Twitch Streamer”
“Remember when your parents told you that you’d never be able to make a living playing video …
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Your name:
Ilya Rudnev
Twitter Handle/ Other Social Media:
Personal: https://twitter.com/Irufufu Game: https://twitter.com/ShoresUnknown
One interesting and random fact about you that people would not necessarily guess:I picked up most of my spoken/written English by playing online games, …
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Your name:Samantha Van Bibber
Twitter Handle/ Other Social Media:Twitter/Instagram – @_samhunny_ One interesting and random fact about you that people would not necessarily guess:
I think the most interesting may be that I started dating my now-husband when I was fourteen years old. We just recently…
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If you’re a streamer with some followers and you like classic Zelda you should get in contact with this developer. He’s looking to give away some Beta keys to streamers who want to stream it on Twitch or make YouTube videos.
Your name:
Dan Beckerton (aka The Cheesemaster)
Twitter Handle/ …
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This interview with the makers of Harpoon Harry is my first in a series of interviews with #gamedevs about their current projects. Enjoy!
Your name: Johno Deniz
Twitter Handle/ Other Social Media: @jejsoft / @johnodeniz
One interesting and random fact about you that people would not n…
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Maybe you already have a Twitter account or maybe you are considering creating one to promote your business or art. This post is going to go over a few techniques to up your Twitter game and get more followers. If you haven’t already you should check out my earlier post https://gildedoctopusstudi…
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How do you tell how good of a programmer you are? Is there a fair and accurate ranking system for programmers? Well today I am going to tell you about something I found to be very helpful in this matter. It is a vastly under rated method for determining your programming skill in a real way. The be…
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I’ve gotten a lot more interest in this than what I expected. I’m doing a series of interviews with video game developers. If you are interested in participating it is pretty simple. Fill in and answer the questions below and email it to me(gildedoctopusstudios at gmail.com). You can answer them e…
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I got asked a question recently by another #GameDev about funding and I realized I’ve come to have a different perspective on this subject than a lot of other young #GameDevs. I pushed pretty hard with studio attempt #1 to get funding. I was even trying to get funding for the group to go to a con…
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So you’re a #GameDev and you’ve heard about this great social platform called Twitter. How do you use it? I’m not some marketing guru but I do have 500+ followers on Twitter and I only joined Twitter in May 2019.
First off social media is just that social. You are going to encounter all sorts …
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#Frostbite is finally at the point where I can realistically set a release date. Honestly it feels so weird. I’ve been working on this game for quite awhile now and it is odd to think that in just a few more months people I’ve never met will be playing this game. I still have quite a bit I need to…
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Just to be completely honest I don’t remember ever playing a horror video game but somehow when coming up with ideas for video games the one that was the most doable was a horror game. I have played quite a few horror board games though and the board game shelves in my house have an absurd numbe…
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It started with a racehorse breaking it’s leg. In 2006 the race horse Barbaro shattered his leg during the second race of the Triple Crown. I was watching the race with a group of my friends from Pony Club(Think like a way tougher and ballsier version of Scouts but totally focused on horses.) He e…
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For today’s post I’ve asked a dear friend of mine to write a post about where she got the inspiration for a recent novel. I tend to get a lot of inspiration for my games from novels so I thought it would be interesting to ask an author where she got her inspiration from.
MaryMary Schlegel …