This was a super hard lesson for me to learn in 4-5 months. I had been looking for a job in the game industry since May… I guess last december or longer really… but May without school or another commitment in the way. Basically my “start date” on applications was Yesterday! I had some interviews […]

So that was a bit of a stretch.  I am bummed I have not been writing much of the goings ons. I found that I am not the best at writing when I feel like nothing is happening. Soon after graduating, I did not have a job yet lined up and so I was home […]

I was looking back on the last few months for my devblog and it is pretty sparse. The funny thing is I have been crazy busy wrapping up some big projects. Finishing my thesis project Drop Drop GDC week was nutso Wrapping up my research with the Lassonde Center on making a good medical game. […]

I wrapped up my masters degree and the official degree is Masters in Fine Arts: Film and Media Arts Department, emphasis in Video Game Production from the Entertainment Arts and Engineering: Masters Game Studio program. If that is not a mouthful, I don’t know what is. I have been looking for jobs in the last […]

The first of May we graduated from the second best program in the nation in video game design. It has been a great experience and wonderful people to be around. The day was pretty fun to see everyone “one last time” as students. We all had a breakfast as a program and Roger dubbed us […]

I recently found out that I am an IGDA scholar … again! This is such a cool program that I am proud to be apart of. I was looking at old posts and I have a slew of drafts from when I went to Casual Connect as a scholar. I had written down a ton […]

Last week was hard. Like slept very little and did not eat much hard. I spent as much time talking to my advisors about what I did. I was floored to get the encouragement and forgiveness they showed me. Take aways from each were *hugs* – That is all he said and it was what […]

Dont’ Burn Bridges. That was rule number one when I came into this graduate program. I thought I had this set. I knew how true this is. I have seen it proven time and again in aspects of my life. So why then, months before I am done do I break that rule? Hours after […]

This last week we had the chance to get some amazing feedback about our game. Amy Adkins who has been a producer in the film industry for 15+ years and then a producer in the video game industry for at least 5 played our game and told us some very harsh and honest facts about […]

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