Game developers everywhere supporting Ukraine (Café Booleans 10-03-22)

Join us at the diner this week, as we chat about:

- Game development studios hiring practices, workplace culture and employee benefits

- The state of the games industry in Ukraine and the effect of current events

- John Romero making new level of Doom II and other industry initiatives supporting Ukraine

- Strange game controller peripherals (a Rez 'vibrator'?!)

- Controversy after Ubisoft UX director and others comment on Elden Rings UX

- Navigating critique and feedback in game development and the role it plays currently



John Oestmann - @john_oestmann

Kosta Canatselis - @kostacana

Alex Ferrabetta - @LowPolyPizza

Adelaide Game Developer Discord: https://bit.ly/AGDdiscord

Media:

- Here’s How Game Developers Are Helping Ukraine, And How You Can Too

- John Romero DOOM II level (One Humanity) for Ukraine

- GDC Talk - Alina Mudraya - The State of Ukrainian Game Industry

- Gran Turismo 7 Loves Lewis Hamilton So Much That It Forgets He’s Human After All

- 'Non-sexual' Rez trance vibrator was my idea - Mizuguchi

- What if Ubisoft made Elden Ring? A UI mockup has fans discussing

- Ubisoft and Guerilla Games developers bitter over Elden Ring success