Ian Forrester is the Senior Firestarter at BBC R&DIan specialises in open innovation and identifying new disruptive opportunities through open engagement and collaborations with start-ups, universities and early adopters.In this episode we talk

Martin Bell | Writer / Director on his roots as a blockbuster film visualisation supervisor to creating solo animated films in real-time

Jan 13th, 2023 58m 27s

Originally from a Yorkshire mining community, Martin moved to London and became an animator over 15 years ago. Now a film visualisation supervisor, he has helped create huge action sequences for blockbuster franchises such as Jurassic World, Ma

Realtime Recap 2022 w/ Hasraf 'HaZ' Dulull

Dec 29th, 2022 1h 4m

In today's episode, we review the shifts realtime industries experienced in 2023. We talk about how processes changed across the year, the exciting new opportunities along with technology adoptions we've taken on throughout the year. About Haz

Mo Davoudian | CEO & Creative Director of Brain Zoo Studios on his roots in storytelling and creating new experiences using the latest technology

Dec 13th, 2022 1h 3m

Today's guest is Mo Davoudian, CEO & Creative Director of Brain Zoo Studios. Mo Davoudian is an Emmy Award-winning Executive Creative Director and CEO of Los Angeles-based Brain Zoo Studios, where he has overseen projects with partners such as

Dan Pinchbeck | Creative Director of The Chinese Room on his roots in exploring the incredible and unique way you can tell stories and create worlds in games

Nov 14th, 2022 1h 1m

Today's guest is Dan Pinchbeck, a founder and Creative Director of The Chinese RoomThe studio started it's journey publishing survival horror mods before releasing Dear Esther in 2012 which published to critical acclaim.Since then, The Chinese

Lina Halper | Principle Animation Engineer at NVIDIA on her roots in developing animation tools that have impacted some of the largest teams in the industry

Nov 3rd, 2022 58m 19s

Lina is a principle animation engineer at NVIDIA working on Omniverse, a real-time simulation and collaboration platform for 3D production pipelinesLina has over 20 years of experience from working on titles such as “Battlefield”, “Gears of War

Tim Repa-Davies | Group General Council at SUMO Digital on his roots in law and legal areas to consider on a studio's journey

Oct 17th, 2022 1h 21m

Tim Repa-Davies is the General Counsel & CoSec at Sumo Digital Ltd which is part of the SumoGroup Ltd.He has an article series online called 'Contract Killers' which is definitely worth reading through. In today's talk, we break down a studio's

Hasraf 'HaZ' Dulull | Founder & Direction at Hazimation on his roots in real time cinematics and interactive experiences through the route of Hollywood scale productions

Oct 6th, 2022 1h 13m

HaZ is the co-founder of production company HaZimation producing animated feature films, series and video games based on their propriety pipeline utilising Unreal Engine. Currently the company is in post-production of RIFT (animated feature fil

Adam O'donnell | Senior Lighting Technical Director at Industrial Light & Magic on his roots in lighting and look dev at Industrial Light & Magic

Sep 4th, 2022 58m 53s

Adam is a senior lighting technical director & Lighting Lead at Industrial Light & MagicHis work includes shot lighting and look dev across projects such as Transformers, Star Wars, Jurassic Park & Aladdin.Throughout our discussion we chat abou

Steve Lee | Level Designer [Irrational Games, Arkane Studios, Half Mermaid] on his Roots in approaching level design through a holistic lens

Aug 23rd, 2022 37m 25s

Steve is a level and game designer most noticeably known for his work on Dishonored 2, Bioshock Infinite, Alba & more recently Tactical Breach Wizards. Steve has spent most the last 15 years in the games industry as a level designer and has spo

Jamie Smith | Principal Game Designer at People Can Fly on working on AAA games whilst fostering a collaborative team culture

Aug 15th, 2022 1h 5m

Jamie Smith is a Principal Game Designer at Sumo Digital with over 12 years of games industry experience.His experience has led him to work on Driver: San Francisco, The Crew, Tom Clancy’s The Division, FIFA, Hood Outlaws and more recetnly Call

Des Gayle | Studio Executive Production at Radical Forge on his roots in founding an omni-channel development studio with a focus on story, quality and accessibility

Aug 2nd, 2022 1h 4m

Des is the founder and CEO of Altered Gene, a remote games studio currently working on two unannounced titles for PC. Des has over 24 years experience starting in the games industry 1998 and has since won 2 Develop Awards and a BAFTA award. Des

Dan Da Rocha | Co-founder & Studio Head at Jaw Drop Games on his roots in starting companies, shipping critically acclaimed titles and being acquired

Jun 24th, 2022 50m 31s

Today I'm speaking to Dan Da Rocha, a game creator who made QUBE, recently re-envisioned for its 10 year anniversary release.Dan has worked in the industry for over 12 years and has been named on the Forbes under 30 in 2019 as well as being an

Hannah Watts | Principle Environment Artist at Crop Circle Games on her roots in senior mentorship & the various forms her work and tools take depending on the realtime mediums

Jun 13th, 2022 53m 48s

Hannah's work has ranged from AAA production at Ubisoft reflections to smaller, independent titles at Coatsink with many side projects and team collaborations along the journey. In this discussion, we talk about her approach to seniority and ho

#12 Peter Harries - On his roots in transitioning between independent and AAA game productions and his role as a senior designer

May 31st, 2022 58m 37s

Today I speak to Peter Harries, a senior Game Designer on Wardogs at Bulkhead.Peter is credited on 8 game titles across his 10 career in the games industry. Peter's roles have seen him starting in a AAA game development environment before trans

#11 Realtime Tools with Jared Thompson - North West Cyber Resilience Centre

May 6th, 2022 1h 5m

We're doing something slightly different today and chatting about real-time tools.Digital security is an important topic that I wanted to dig into for my own knowledge which I also hope benefits a lot of other creative studios who maybe don't h

#10 Jon McKellan - The founder of No Code on his roots in growing and sustaining an award winning company working on new IP

Apr 13th, 2022 1h 3m

This week I spoke to Jon McKellan - the founder, writer & director at No Code. No Code are best known for Observation & Stories Untold and Jon's background among other projects was the UI / VHS / DLC guy on Alien Isolation.He's a BAFTA award wi

#9 Ryan Garry - The founder of Unlimited Motion on his roots in virtual production

Apr 7th, 2022 50m 54s

Today I'm chatting to Ryan Garry, the founder of Unlimited Motion. Ryan works on a wide range of projects including performance capture, virtual production, 3D scanning & visual effects. Recently his work has been featured on the BBC show Stric

#8 Barry Meade - Co-founder & Director at Fireproof Games on his roots in putting players first

Mar 23rd, 2022 1h 3m

Barry Meade is a Co-founder & Director at Fireproof Games. In an industry where we can sometimes fall into the trap of believing the more followers and likes you get are the key to your projects success, Barry simplifies it down to key perspect

#7 Joe Brammer - Studio Head of Bulkhead on his roots in growing a 100 person team and the challenges faced with leadership

Mar 16th, 2022 1h 1m

Joe Brammer is the Studio Head of Bulkhead, a game development studio with projects such as Wardogs, Promod, Battalion 1944 and The Turing Test under their belts. A lot of us can relate to the moment you have to step into a new role as a team g

#6 Rachael Rose - Producer at Bithell Games on her roots in handling production from large scale projects to small teams

Mar 9th, 2022 1h 12m

Rachael Rose a producer at Bithell Games where she works on titles such as the solitaire conspiracy & Archsmith.Rachael's roots are in production but go even further back to studying architecture for 7 years before making the leap into the game

#5 John Tearle - CEO of Flix Interactive on his roots in growing a 100 person team with a focus on leadership and collaboration

Mar 2nd, 2022 1h 12m

John Tearle is the co-founder and CEO of Flix Interactive. John's grow a team from founding to over 100 people. Flix have supported the release of some large AAA titles such as Sea of Theaves, Zombie Army 4, Crackdown 3, Worms Rumble & more rec

#4 Jonathan Burroughs - Co-founder of Variable State on his roots in taking a leap to create original narrative driven games

Feb 23rd, 2022 1h 19m

Today’s guest is Jonathan Burroughs, a co-founder of Variable State.I really enjoyed this conversation, Variable State are a peer of ours in the games industry and create narrative driven experiences heavy with great animation and strong voice

#3 Andrew Crawshaw - Founder of Thunk'd games on his roots in crafting evening-sized games

Feb 16th, 2022 54m 27s

Today’s guest is Andrew Crawshaw, the found of Thunk’d. Thunk’d design evening sized games and this was a great opportunity to pick Andrew’s brains about the processes he has in place when designing these shorter, more narrative driven titles.

#2 Gemma Foster - Operations Director of Dlala on her roots in creating operating infrastructure in a growing team

Feb 8th, 2022 1h 8m

In this week's episode, we deep dive into all things money and operations with Gemma Foster, the operations director at Dlala studios.It's a very practical podcast with a lot of great process tips about how to operate a growing team whilst keep