Episodes

  • Episode 131: Abubakar Salim (Tales Of Kenzera ZAU, Assassin's Creed Origins, House Of The Dragon Season 2)
    May 29 2024

    He's a star of stage, screen, voice-acting, and now even game design. Abubakar Salim recently launched his debut title, Tales Of Kenzera: ZAU, and joins Paul on Dev Diary to discuss the road into game-dev, the art of voice-acting, paying homage to culture and family, as well as much more.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Episode 130: Cade Franklin (Capes, Hand Of Fate 2, The Oregon Trail)
    May 17 2024

    A man of many talents, Cade Franklin has been excelling in game-development having been a piece of the puzzle in many Aussie classics, but has also been the star of Lego Masters, winning the series' first season. He's on Dev Diary today to discuss all of it!

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Episode 129: Brent Waller (Cozy Caravan, Windbound, Golden Axed)
    May 2 2024

    Brent Waller has seen it all in the Aussie game dev scene, the GFC, the emergence of indies, and he's worked with big publishers, small, and everything in between. He was even at the tip of the spear of Early Access releases, and is returning to the well again with Cozy Caravan. Brent joins Paul on this new Dev Diary to discuss the exciting new Early Access release date reveal, development, and his career to date!

    Cozy Caravan on Steam

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Episode 128: Daniel Utkovic (Footy Bash)
    Apr 17 2024

    Dan Utkovic has long had a long of games and AFL, but pairing the two together is a whole other beast entirely. Along with his good mate though, he's doing just that, and he comes to Dev Diary to discuss the experience so far in this brand-new episode.

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    1 hr
  • Episode 127: Allegra Clark & Ratana (Starfield, Stray Gods, Unicorn Overlord)
    Apr 3 2024

    Chances are that your favourite game has featured one of Allegra Clark and/or Ratana in it. The pair were recently in Australia for The Game Expo where they graciously gave Paul an hour of their time to chat about their careers, the various jobs they've completed and the challenges of being voice actors in a busy industry for this new episode of Dev Diary.

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    48 mins
  • Next Gen Episode 12: Elliot Cox
    Mar 20 2024

    Entering the scene in the midst of a global pandemic has been hard, but Elliot Cox has done an astounding job with his little time in the industry thus far. Elliot comes on Next Gen to discus the journey into game-dev thus far and the road ahead.

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    46 mins
  • Episode 126: Jamie Smith (The Division, FIFA, Call of Duty Vanguard)
    Mar 6 2024

    Jamie Smith burst onto the video game development landscape working on a range of acclaimed Ubisoft titles, but has never been far from the spotlight working on titles like The Division, FIFA and even Call Of Duty. Today he's working with People Can Fly working on undoubtedly awesome new titles. While we await whatever comes next, Jamie comes on Dev Diary to discuss the journey so far.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Episode 125: Chrispy (Espire 1, World Boss)
    Feb 21 2024

    Chrispy hasn't been on the game-dev scene for long, but since arriving, his impact has been profound working on the likes of Espire 1 with Lode Media, and now kicking goals with Playside Studios. Chrispy joins Paul to discuss the journey into game development, his ambitions, and more in this new Dev Diary

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    54 mins