Melanie Burgmer is the developer of Memorabilia, a first person narrative and exploration game. Mel is also the Community Manager for Game Dev Unlocked, as well as a translator for games. You can find her games on her website or on her itch.io page.

In this episode we will discuss online game dev school, leaving a corporate job to work for yourself on game dev, scope control, using the GameMaker engine, translation and localization, the role of the community manager, how to stay motivated while developing, streaming game development, playtesting, burnout, project management, the importance of physical fitness for game developers, and more.

Memorabilia on itch.io

Mel on Twitter: @SpiceDevGirl

Mel on itch.io: Arkania

Mel on the web: melanieburgmer.de

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