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Author: Paul James

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Dev Diary is the interview series where the host, Paul James, sits down with some of the brightest minds in the gaming industry and goes through their history, the highs, the lows and everywhere in between.
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From emerging into the Aussie game-dev scene right at a point where it collapsed, and then making it with some of the biggest names in games overseas, Rob Davis has done extraordinary things in the games industry. He joins Paul in this returning episode of Dev Diary to discuss the journey so far. Consider supporting the Dev Diary Patreon for early access to episodes of both Dev Diary and Next Gen, as well as much more! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
It was only a few months and a few episodes ago since we last spoke to Abubakar Salim, but a lot has taken place. Join Paul and Abu as the pair discuss where his work and personal life has gone in recent times. Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
Rich Lambert returns for a third time to Dev Diary to share some further stories from his Elder Scrolls Online and broader gaming adventure! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
A love of games with family spurred Allard Laban to great things in the video game industry. Recently he came to PAX AUS and kindly gave Paul time to chat in this new entry of Dev Diary Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
Dev Diary returns at long last with a pretty exceptional guest. You know him and love him for his work on classic Bioware IP like Dragon Age and Mass Effect - Mark Meer is on the show to discuss his journey so far. Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
Dev Diary will return soon! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
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. Consider supporting the Dev Diary Patreon for early access to episodes of both Dev Diary and Next Gen, as well as much more! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
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! Consider supporting the Dev Diary Patreon for early access to episodes of both Dev Diary and Next Gen, as well as much more! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
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 Consider supporting the Dev Diary Patreon for early access to episodes of both Dev Diary and Next Gen, as well as much more! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
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. Consider supporting the Dev Diary Patreon for early access to episodes of both Dev Diary and Next Gen, as well as much more! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
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. Consider supporting the Dev Diary Patreon for early access to episodes of both Dev Diary and Next Gen, as well as much more! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
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. Consider supporting the Dev Diary Patreon for early access to episodes of both Dev Diary and Next Gen, as well as much more! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
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. Consider supporting the Dev Diary Patreon for early access to episodes of both Dev Diary and Next Gen, as well as much more! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
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 Consider supporting the Dev Diary Patreon for early access to episodes of both Dev Diary and Next Gen, as well as much more! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
Takuma Endo has been a pillar of the Japanese game development scene for decades, with work including Tenchu, but more recently Octopath Traveler. Recently he was in Australia for PAX AUS 2023 and Paul got some time to have a chat about his incredible career, so tune in for an awesome new episode Consider supporting the Dev Diary Patreon for early access to episodes of both Dev Diary and Next Gen, as well as much more! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
Rich Lambert was an incredible guest when he joined me for Dev Diary at PAX in 2019. It has been a number of years but we finally got to re-convene for PAX AUS 2023, and we got to discuss the many life and game-dev changes that have played out over that time in this new episode of Dev Diary Chapter 2. Consider supporting the Dev Diary Patreon for early access to episodes of both Dev Diary and Next Gen, as well as much more! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
John Johanas didn't have the typical pathway into video games, with work in the art not being on the radar for quite some time. Now that he's arrived though, he's made a huge impact through his work with Tango Gameworks on The Evil Within and one of 2023's finest, Hi-Fi Rush. John was in Melbourne for PAX recently and he joined Paul in a bustling hotel foyer to discuss the journey so far! Consider supporting the Dev Diary Patreon for early access to episodes of both Dev Diary and Next Gen, as well as much more! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
Another year has come and gone. It's presented challenges, and also been a year of incredible successes. Join Paul for a reflection on the year that was 2023, the future of the show, the Patreon and more. Consider supporting the Dev Diary Patreon for early access to episodes of both Dev Diary and Next Gen, as well as much more! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
Having been playing video games since the ripe age of 2, cutting his teeth on the likes of DOOM, Garth Edwards has always been on the path towards game development, despite any diversions that might have come up along the way. Now working with Broadside Games on Bears In Space, Garth and I came together at PAX Australia 2023 to discuss the road into game dev for this new entry of Dev Diary Next Gen! Consider supporting the Dev Diary Patreon for early access to episodes of both Dev Diary and Next Gen, as well as much more! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
John Eyre has been about the Australian indie scene for a while and has seen the highs and lows that comes with all of that. What hasn't wavered has been his steely determination to succeed and form his own studio. He's doing that with Broadside Studios and comes on Dev Diary to discuss the journey through the industry so far in this new episode. Consider supporting the Dev Diary Patreon for early access to episodes of both Dev Diary and Next Gen, as well as much more! Join the Dev Diary Discord and engage with me and the growing community. Follow Paul and submit your ideas for future guests on Twitter. Visit the Player2 Website and the Player2 Youtube Channel where you can also follow his written and video exploits including reviews, feature pieces, and shows such as Patched, and Gamer School
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