The Debug Log

What do you get when you add the former VP of Marketing at EA and former COO of Zynga, an individual with a deep passion for games and gamers across the world, and a game-changing (pun intended) game development platform like Unity3D? You get Unity's Chief Marketing Officer Clive Downie and an industry-shaking initiative known as "Made With Unity."

Telling your story has never been as accessible as it is now with the advent of Unity's Made With Unity campaign - an initiative that offers game developers the power and platform to connect with their player base in a way that hasn't been possible... until now. Join Eduardo, Zack, Andrew, and Clive Downie as they discuss the inner workings of #MadeWithUnity and how it can be leveraged to amplify your voice in the game development community.

We are stoked that Clive Downie was able to sit and chat with us and hope that you all are able to benefit as much from this talk as we were. Feel free to send us any emails with comments, questions, or concerns about Unity's MadeWithUnity initiative, to: [email protected]

Nicole Lazzaro, the founder and President of XEODesign, Inc. and has twenty years expertise in Player Experience Design (PXD) for mass-market entertainment products. At Unite 2015 in Boston, some of us got a chance to see Nicole's talk about Design Leadership in VR then we got to meet her and demo her upcoming VR game "Follow the White Rabbit". We are so glad she agreed to sit down with us and talk about the "4 Keys 2 Fun" and how to better think about some of these game design concepts when developing our own games. We also touch on designing for VR and various other topics. Be sure to look for the second part of this interview next week.

A TCP packet walks into a bar and says, "I want a beer." The bartender responds, "You want a beer?" The TCP packet says, "Yes, I want a beer."

Wow, just writing that 3-Way handshake joke hurt. In any case, you guessed it, today's show is all about Networking in Unity3D. The gentlemen talk about several networking suites that developers have created for or modified to work with the Unity game engine. As usual, in addition to reviewing a handful of networking tools, the guys highlight some of their experiences and tips while developing networked games.

Thanks again for tuning in this week and we hope you enjoyed the show! Feel free to send any emails with comments, questions, and concerns about networking in Unity, to: [email protected].

Game of the Week

Kingdom Rush - Ironhide Game Studio

This weekend was AWESOME. I had the pleasure to go to SIEGE (Southern Interactive Entertainment & Game Expo) for the first time. For those of you who don’t know what SIEGE is, let me give you an overview. It is a game development conference like GDC and Unite, but it is hosted just in Atlanta. Like other game dev conferences, it has talks about relevant topics in the industry, a Showroom where people can play local studio’s games, and of course, it has a big party where you can meet other devs. In today’s episode Zack and I tell Andrew our experiences in SIEGE 2016. In addition, we try a new episode format because we include some interviews that I made while I was there. The conference was extremely fun and helpful. I not only had the honor to talk to Rand Miller, but also was part of the portfolio review team, where I could help other fellow devs who recently graduated from school to find their path and prepare for future job interviews. It was certainly an unforgettable conference for me, but that was not the best part, my favorite moment was when I went to Zack’s talk about version control. I have to say that I am very proud to see The Debug Log team helping the community of game devs here in Atlanta.

Thanks for tuning in this week and we hope you enjoy the show! Feel free to send any emails with comments, questions, and concerns about game dev interviews, to: [email protected]