80 Level Podcast
84 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating80 Level Podcast is an episodic show for game developers, digital artists, animators, video game enthusiasts, CGI and VFX specialists. Join us to learn about new workflows, discuss new tools and share your work.
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80 Level Round Table: The Cooperation of Kevuru Games and Lucasfilm
November 25, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Kevuru Games' Oksana Khachko has joined Kirill Tokarev on 80 Level Round Table to tell us about the studio's work, discuss some of their memorable projects, and thoroughly explain the nuances of collaboration with Lucasfilm while making Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge – a virtual reality adventure game originally released for the Oculus Quest systems. Follow 80 LEVEL on social media: https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https...
80 Level Round Table: PreviewLabs: Turning Game Ideas Into Playable Prototypes
November 18, 2021 18:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBSend us a Text Message. The Founder of PreviewLabs Bernard François has joined the 80 Level Round Table to discuss PreviewLabs, a company specialized in rapid prototyping with game technology, and explain how they turn game developers' visions into playable prototypes. Follow 80 LEVEL on social media: https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level Bernard François is the Founder of PreviewLabs Twitter: https://twitter.com/brnrd_frncs L...
80 Level Round Table: Death Trash: Developing an Indie Game
November 11, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MBSend us a Text Message. A Game Developer and Artist Stephan Hövelbrinks has joined the 80 Level Round Table to discuss Death Trash, a recently released indie game, and shared some thoughts on being a Solo Developer. Death Trash is a game that features a post-apocalyptic world where cosmic horrors long for humanity but meet punks with shotguns. It combines old-school role-playing, modern action gameplay, and player freedom. You can create your own character and explore a handcrafted world. ...
80 Level Round Table: Black Matter
November 04, 2021 14:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Maximilian Rea, Game Director of Black Matter, joined Kirill Tokarev to discuss Hell Let Loose, the studio's recently released game. Hell Let Loose is a hardcore World War Two first-person shooter with epic battles of 100 players with infantry, tanks, artillery, a dynamically shifting front line, and a unique resource-based RTS-inspired meta-game. The game is developed on Unreal Engine 4. Follow 80 LEVEL on social media: https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty https:/...
80 Level Round Table: Improbable Multiplayer Services With Lincoln Wallen
October 28, 2021 15:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBSend us a Text Message. Improbable is a British technology company, dedicated to solving the challenges of building virtual worlds. Lincoln Wallen, the team’s CTO, joined our Round Table show to discuss their new focus, Improbable Multiplayer Services, and how their team can help create new universes. Wallen, former CTO of DreamWorks Animation and EA Mobile, has originally joined Improbable as Chief Technology Officer in 2019. Follow 80 LEVEL on social media: https://www.facebook.com/Level...
80 Level Round Table: Learning Game Design with CG Spectrum’s Mentor Troy Dunniway
October 19, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Troy Dunniway is an award-winning Game Designer and Executive with over 25 years of game development experience at major companies like Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Insomniac, Disney, and Samsung. He has shipped 100+ titles on almost every platform and genre. Troy designed or oversaw bestselling games like Rainbow Six Vegas, Munch’s Oddysee, Mercenaries, Age of Empires 3, Command and Conquer 3, Roller Coaster Tycoon Mobile, and more. The designer joined us for the new R...
80 Level Round Table: Minute of Islands
October 07, 2021 14:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Anjin Anhut, Game Director on Minute of Islands, joined Kirill Tokarev to discuss Studio Fizbin’s latest captivating game and talk about how the team came up with its concept. Minute of Islands is a beautiful story that offers players to explore strange and wonderful islands and dark labyrinths, plus solve different satisfying puzzles. It has one of the best art decisions in recent years so we had to dive deeper and find out what’s inside. Follow 80 LEVEL on social ...
80 Level Round Table: Virtual Influencers With FFFACE
September 23, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Dmitry Kornilov, CEO and Co-Founder at FFFACE, joined Kirill Tokarev to discuss virtual influencers and how they help different markets today. FFFACE is a Ukraine-based team of creators, CGI artists, java-script, and Unity engineers, that operates in Eastern/Western Europe, North America, and Central Asia regions. Apart from digital products production, they develop immersive offline activities and products in collaboration with fashion brands and artists. Follow 80...
80 Level Round Table: Becoming the Art Director in a Huge Company
September 14, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Yuliya Krasheninnikova a.k.a. Yuka Soemy has joined the Round Table to discuss the artistic journey, how various mediums affect one's art style, and told us about the upcoming project by MY.GAMES. Yuliya Krasheninnikova is an Art Director working on Blast Brigade, overseeing the game from the artistic point of view. Follow 80 LEVEL on social media: https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level Yuliya Krasheninniko...
80 Level Round Table: Caliber: Creating a Third-Person Shooter
August 26, 2021 14:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Albert Zhiltsov, Nick Filatov, Andrey Shumakov, and Vladimir Atamanov from 1C Game Studios, a Russian Developer Studio, have joined the Round Table to discuss their upcoming game Caliber. Caliber is an online multiplayer third-person shooter. The gameplay is based on tactical cooperation between players who play as four operators belonging to different roles. Each operator has a unique set of abilities, weapons, and special tools. Follow 80 LEVEL on social media: h...
80 Level Round Table: Elias Software on Adaptive Music & Sounds for Games
August 20, 2021 14:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Kristofer Eng and Andreas Wickman are the masterminds behind Elias Software, a company that recently released a completely new sound FX engine that revolutionizes the workflow for game composers. The duo joined us for a new episode of Round Table to talk about their company, discuss what is adaptive music and how it can be used for games. Follow 80 LEVEL on social media: https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Lev...
80 Level Round Table: Creating XR Experiences with Theia Interactive
July 29, 2021 13:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Bill Fishkin, the CEO of Theia Interactive, the company that has created award-winning visualizations for companies such as Nvidia, HP, Mohawk Group, Toll Brothers, Suffolk Construction, and Epic Games, has joined the Round Table to discuss the company, their production process, how they use XR to help various industries and more. Bill is a digital strategist with 20+ years of experience and has worked with a myriad of clients from The Carlyle Group to Caesars Entert...
80 Level Round Table: Porting Skyforge for Nintendo Switch
July 16, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Skyforge Project Lead Dmitry Lisichkin joined the Round Table podcast to discuss the experience of porting Skyforge for Nintendo Switch. The developer discussed technical limitations, monetization aspects, new audience, and more. Dmitry has been working on Skyforge since 2012. He started as a QA lead for game mechanics, then led a team of game mechanics developers, and their team worked on everything related to core gameplay: classes, monsters, and bosses. They were ...
80 Level Round Table: Switching From Finance To GameDev
July 02, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBSend us a Text Message. A talented 3D artist from Ukraine Ilya Chernobrov joined Kirill Tokarev to discuss his path and how he switched from finance to game 3D art, talked about stages of his career, and shared advice on how aspiring artists can get into the industry. Follow 80 LEVEL on social media: https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level Ilya Chernobrov is a 3D Artist from Kyiv, Ukraine 80 Level Interview https://80.lv/articles...
80 Level Round Table: Discussing UE5 With Joe Garth
June 17, 2021 13:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Joe Garth, the creator of Brushify.io and UE4 Artist, is the latest guest of our episodic show called Round Table. Following the recent announcement of Unreal Engine 5, we’ve decided to invite the artist to talk about Epic’s engine and how it will affect the industry. Follow 80 LEVEL on social media: https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level Joe Garth is the creator of Brushify.io and UE4 Artist Twitter - htt...
80 Level Round Table: Procedural Simulation Systems for Games
May 28, 2021 13:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Marcin Jaśkiewicz, CEO, co-founder at Simteract, joined the latest episode of Round Table to discuss his team’s projects. Simteract is a developer of premium indie simulation games with a background in creating professional simulations. Marcin discussed his company, talked about different generators they built, and shared some insights on the business side of things. Follow 80 LEVEL on social media: https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty https://www.instagram.com/80....
80 Level Round Table: Arcturus on Volumetric Videos
May 21, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Piotr Uzarowicz from Arcturus is the latest guest of our podcast with Kirill Tokarev. The company develops HoloSuite, a capture agnostic platform that amplifies, edits, and finesses volumetric captures to fit artistic and production goals. We talked about volumetric videos, how they can be used, and discussed whether the new format will replace good old 2D videos. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/Leve...
80 Level Round Table: Victor Perez
February 11, 2021 17:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Victor Perez, a Spanish film director, producer, screenwriter, and visual effects artist with more than 20 years of combined experience, is the latest guest of our podcast with Kirill Tokarev. Some of the films Perez worked on include Christopher Nolan's ‘The Dark Knight Rises’, ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, and more. Our guest talked about his job and the challenges of working on films, discussing how his workflow evolved ov...
80 Level Round Table: Lori Plager
January 28, 2021 17:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Lori Plager, Executive Director, Sales & Consumer Products at Sony Pictures Television, joined our editor-in-chief Kirill Tokarev to talk about licensing and how it works these days. What are the main benefits of working with licenses? What are the main challenges? The specialist answered these and many other questions providing a thorough introduction to the complex topic. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook...
80 Level Round Table: Scott Denton
January 14, 2021 14:00 - 48 minutes - 33.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Scott Denton, a Freelance Artist how has experience working with numerous companies, joined us for a new episode of 80 Level Round Table to discuss his career, getting a job today, launching new studios, and more. The artist talked about whether the market is overpopulated today and shared insights into working on different projects. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.c...
80 Level Round Table: Shil Bose
December 22, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Shil Bose, 3D Artist at Ubisoft Toronto, joined our editor-in-chief Kirill Tokarev on the new episode of 80 Level Round Table to discuss his education, applying for internships, and finding time for personal projects. The artist also talked about working at a big company, tools they use, shared thoughts on popular 3D tools, and more. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.c...
80 Level Round Table: Slava Smirnov and Gleb Sterkin
December 14, 2020 16:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Slava Smirnov and Gleb Sterkin from Capture joined the new episode of 80 Level Round Table to talk about deep learning and how new technologies affect game development. We discuss ML and the ways it can be used for game development. Slava and Gleb also shared insights into modern animation pipelines, discussed motion capture, different solutions, and more. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ ...
80 Level Round Table #5: Getting Started As A 3D Artist
November 26, 2020 16:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBSend us a Text Message. Digital Artist Gordon Neill joined us for a new episode of 80 Level Round Table to discuss switching to 3D, talk about his career, chat about the industry in general, and more. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level We are looking for more artists! Join 80 LEVEL RFP for free https://80lv.pro/rfp-rt Get your work noticed by some of the...
80 Level Round Table #4: User-Generated Content
November 26, 2020 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Video game and technology entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience, Vlad Panchenko, joined us for a new episode of the Round Table show to discuss user-generated content in games and how their company, DMarket, changes the way players and content creators interact with each other. Vlad’s company is focused on building the future of the in-game items industry that covers the needs of 2.4 billion gamers worldwide, and the team's goal is to build a world without bo...
80 Level Round Table #9: Jasmin Habezai-Fekri
November 26, 2020 16:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Jasmin Habezai-Fekri, a long-time friend of 80 Level, took some time to chat with our editor-in-chief, Kirill Tokarev, about her career, education, and more. The artist discussed her projects, learning Unreal Engine, self-studying, launching a 3D career, and where to go after the university. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level We ar...
80 Level Round Table #10: 3D Printing
November 26, 2020 16:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBSend us a Text Message. Josh Hope and Jaime Martinez from Mimaki USA joined us for a new episode of 80 Level Round Table to talk about 3D printing and how this industry works. The duo talked about the things that define the quality of prints, solutions available, software needed, setting up different maps for prints, and more. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80...
80 Level Round Table: Ares Dragonis and THE SHORE
November 26, 2020 16:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBSend us a Text Message. Ares Dragonis joined us on the new episode of 80 Level Round Table to talk about his project THE SHORE that started as an environment and then evolved into a full game. The developer told us about his Lovecraftian story, its success, and how he managed to get so many people interested. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level We are look...
80 Level Round Table #8: Aaron Sims Creative
November 26, 2020 16:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Aaron Sims and Tyler Winther from ASC joined us for a new episode of Round Table to talk about their company, designing new worlds, sketching ideas, and more. The team specializes in concept design, rapid prototyping, pre-visualization, and visual effects, creating unforgettable creatures, worlds, and visual storytelling with the help of an approach they call 'Sketch to Screen'. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.fac...
80 Level Round Table #7: Publishing Art Books
November 26, 2020 16:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Spiridon Giannakis joined us for a new episode of Round Table to talk about his career and publishing art books. Spiridon has years of experience working with artists and creating art publications. He has worked with a range of clients including Even Mehl Amundsen, Andrew Mar, James Martin, Jesper Ejsing, Alex Konstad, and many more. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.c...
80 Level Round Table #6: Education in Game Development
November 26, 2020 16:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Principal material artist Josh Lynch and Associate Art Director at Ubisoft Toronto Billy Matjiunis joined us for a new episode of 80 Level Round Table to talk about education in the 3D art and game industry. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level We are looking for more artists! Join 80 LEVEL RFP for free https://80lv.pro/rfp-rt Get y...
80 Level Round Table #6: Education in Game Development
November 26, 2020 16:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBPrincipal material artist Josh Lynch and Associate Art Director at Ubisoft Toronto Billy Matjiunis joined us for a new episode of 80 Level Round Table to talk about education in the 3D art and game industry. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level We are looking for more artists! Join 80 LEVEL RFP for free https://80lv.pro/rfp-rt Get your work noticed by some ...
80 Level Round Table #3: Ziva Dynamics
November 26, 2020 15:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBSend us a Text Message. James Jacobs, CEO of Ziva Dynamics, joined Kirill Tokarev, our editor-in-chief, for a new episode of 80 Level Round Table to chat about their company, talk tech startups, and discuss the team’s products for creating realistic interactive characters. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level We are looking for more artists! Join 80 LEVEL ...
80 Level Round Table #2: Education And The Keys To Getting A 3D Job
November 26, 2020 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Dries Deryckere, a Coordinator at DAE Howest, joined us for a new episode of 80 Level Round Table to talk about his work, aspects of 3D education, choosing tools to study, and share tips on how to land a job in the industry. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level We are looking for more artists! Join 80 LEVEL RFP for free https://80lv....
80 Level Round Table #1: Coronavirus and GameDev
September 16, 2020 15:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBSend us a Text Message. Join us for our new Round Table series where we’ll be discussing different topics. The first episode is dedicated to COVID-19. Harid Taskin and Maxime Rigole joined our hosts, Kirill Tokarev and Arti Sergeev to talk about the way Coronavirus influenced their work-life balance, changed the industry, and more. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter....