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Press Start - Season 3

How do you create an interesting game? What is the process for becoming a game developer and the steps for production-to-marketing your own game? The PRESS START! podcast invites us to explore the world of game development with experts from Germany and Indonesia.

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How to build a career in the creative industry

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Episode 1 - Season 3

Shafiq Husein talks about building his own company and how he gets people to play new games.

Guest: Shafiq Husein - CEO & Founder, Gambir Studio

 

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Having a success mindset in the gaming industry

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Anisa Sanusi reveals what kind of mindset is most likely to bring success when pursuing a career in the gaming industry.

Guest: Anisa Sanusi - Senior UI/UX Designer, Roll7

 

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How to be a self-taught game developer

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Fahruroji Yasin tells us about founding his own studio and how he taught himself game development at a technologically-limited internet cafe.

Guest: Fahruroji Yasin - CEO & Founder, Ozysoft

 

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How to build a portfolio as a Community Manager

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Sarah Makdad’s career path hasn’t been a straight line. She talks about how seemingly unrelated activities can become building blocks for a Community Management portfolio.

Guest: Sarah Makdad - Community Manager, Triband
 

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How to learn from failure and rise again

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Igor Tanzil tasted the bitterness of failure after releasing his game. Now that he is back on his feet, what's next?

Guest: Igor Tanzil - CMO & CCO, Agate International
 

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So wird man Community-Manager

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Celeste Cottrell shows what kind of work a Community Manager does and what it takes to become one.


Guest: Celeste Cottrell - Community Director, Soft Not Weak & Sprout Technologies
 

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What are the roles of a CTO?

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Fadhil Noer Afif speaks about the important role of a CTO and the fundamental skills a game developer should have..

Guest: Fadhil Noer Afif - COO, Spaceloft
 

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How to network

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Saffron Aurora advises us on what to do and what not to do when networking and putting your work out there.

Guest: Saffron Aurora - Art Director, Mighty Yell & Creative Director, Kitten Cup Studio
 

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Bridging education and the gaming industry

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Ken Natasha Violeta discusses how she connects academia to industry and whether grades are more important than having a portfolio.

Guest: Ken Natasha Violeta - Lecturer, Multimedia Nusantara University
 

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The making of Goethe VR 

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Goethe VR reinvented Goethe’s literary work “Faust” as a VR experience. Hear about the process of trans mediation from book to virtual reality. 

Guests: Dennis Wetzel and Christina Eickhorn - 3D Artist & Author, ZDF 
 

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What is the process of game localisation? 

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Lasheli Dwitri Witjaksana shares her experience localising a game and talks about the new opportunities available in this role. 

Guest: Lasheli Dwitri Witjaksana - Game Translator (Localisation), Self-employed
 

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How to design marketing strategies for games

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Yun-Chen Chang speaks about designing marketing and event strategies for various game genres.

Guest: Yun-Chen Chang - Community Manager, Neon Doctrine
 

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How to start your career in the game industry  

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Estu Galih shares tips and tricks along with  stories about starting a career in the game industry and how she founded the game studio Noobzila.

Guest: Estu Galih Nur Pratiwi - Co-Founder & 2D Artist, Noobzilla
 

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How to be a game producer   

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What does it take to be a game producer? What kind of skills does a producer need to have? 

Guest: Elizabeth Galuh – Senior Manager, Streamline Studios 
With Arya Wibowo (Program Manager, AGI) as co-host 
 

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How to succeed in founding a game studio  

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Arief Widhiyasa shares how he founded Agate as a CEO and how he now runs an ambitious project at Mythic Alliance.

Guest: Arief Widhiyasa – CEO, Mythic Alliance
 

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