Dev Dive

Today on Dev Dive, Chris joins me for a discussion about his path into game dev as a communications/community leader. We discuss some of the pitfalls you may encounter when entering the scene as well as the personal motivations that Chris used to get  into the roles he wanted.   

https://twitter.com/PWYFF

https://twitter.com/theorycraft_inc

https://www.theorycraftgames.com/community 

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https://www.Discord.gg/Nighthawk 

https://www.twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000 

https://www.Twitter.com/BenDiPiero 

https://www.Twitter.com/DevDivePodcast

Today on Dev Dive, Adam joins me for a discussion about the Gameplay Analysis Team (GAT) of League of Legends. We discuss the philopshy of GAT, how they approach balancing the game for such a large group of people, common misconceptions, and pre-season League changes.  

https://www.twitch.tv/ActuallyAfic

https://twitter.com/RiotAfic 

https://www.Youtube.com/Nighthawk20000 

https://www.Discord.gg/Nighthawk 

https://www.twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000 

https://www.Twitter.com/BenDiPiero 

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Today on Dev Dive, Nick joins me for a discussion about Wild Rift, his journey from a math major in college to a Game Designer at Riot. We talk a bit about the differences between PC League of Legends and Wild Rift, the philopshy behind those differences, and what analysis and design at Riot look like.

https://www.twitch.tv/endstep 

https://twitter.com/RiotEndstep 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pFgNnwI5nLzuL0ddZAbgS   

Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-dive/id1451324371?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 

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https://www.Discord.gg/Nighthawk 

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Today on Dev Dive, Nicholas joins me for a discussion about his path to being a Gameplay Engineer at Larian studios, the developers of Divinity and Baldur's gate. There are also plenty of tangents about free content, intellectual property laws about code, and our favorite Australian comedy group Aunty Donna.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pFgNnwI5nLzuL0ddZAbgS

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https://www.Discord.gg/Nighthawk

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Today on Dev Dive, Riot Aeneia joins me for a discussion about her fascinating career as a Strategic Advisor and Researcher for the Valorant team! We had a great time talking about what this role does for the game, how her education and previous roles prepared her for this role, and where improvements can be made in gaming culture. 

https://twitter.com/aeneiaa

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pFgNnwI5nLzuL0ddZAbgS

Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-dive/id1451324371?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

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https://www.Discord.gg/Nighthawk

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Today on Dev Dive Jared Sartin joins me to talk about his career as a Front End Engineer for Cryptic studios working on Magic: Legends! We go in-depth on his education history, varied career path, and his creative outlets outside of gaming. Jared is also the Dungeon Master for a DnD show called Here Be Dragons and puts out a few episodes a month live on his Twitch.  

https://twitter.com/JaredSartin 

http://jared.sart.in/ 

https://www.twitch.tv/herebedragonsdnd 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pFgNnwI5nLzuL0ddZAbgS 

Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-dive/id1451324371?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 

https://www.Youtube.com/Nighthawk20000 

https://www.Discord.gg/Nighthawk 

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Today on Dev Dive @Risteband joins me for a talk about live streaming, the pervasiveness of negativity and toxicity in Twitch and League culture, what people can do to get inspired and motivated to be better, and how to focus on positivity and personal growth when working on yourself.   

Discord.gg/Nighthawk  

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pFgNnwI5nLzuL0ddZAbgS 

Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-dive/id1451324371?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 

https://www.Youtube.com/Nighthawk20000 

https://www.Discord.gg/Nighthawk 

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https://www.Twitter.com/BenDiPiero 

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Today on Dev Dive @RedNekra from Team Liquid joins me to talk about community management in esports, how being apart of Team Liquid has changed his life, and how the esports industry will handle the transition back into "normalcy" once the pandemic recedes.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pFgNnwI5nLzuL0ddZAbgS

Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-dive/id1451324371?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

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https://www.Discord.gg/Nighthawk

https://www.twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000

https://www.Twitter.com/BenDiPiero

https://www.Twitter.com/DevDivePodcast

Today on Dev Dive we had Riot Ranger on to talk about... everything. Philosophy, space, TFT, League, Esports, etc. Join us for an unscripted conversation about life.   

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pFgNnwI5nLzuL0ddZAbgS

Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-dive/id1451324371?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

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https://www.Discord.gg/Nighthawk

https://www.twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000

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https://www.Twitter.com/DevDivePodcast 

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This week on Dev Dive, Riot Afic joins us for a talk about his job on the Game Analysis Team, how he got into game dev in the first place, and more about the League of Legends pre-season

https://twitter.com/RiotAfic

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pFgNnwI5nLzuL0ddZAbgS

Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-dive/id1451324371?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

https://www.Youtube.com/Nighthawk20000

https://www.Discord.gg/Nighthawk

https://www.twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000

https://www.Twitter.com/BenDiPiero

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This week on Dev Dive, I got the chance to talk to Dr. Amine Issa, Founder and "Warchief of Science" of Mobalytics! We had a great conversation about Amine's background in biomedical engineering and how he used his drive to measure and improve human performance to start Mobalytics. There are also some great tangents into human psychology and games that prey on it. 

https://twitter.com/Dr_Uthgar

https://twitter.com/MobalyticsHQ

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pFgNnwI5nLzuL0ddZAbgS

Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-dive/id1451324371?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

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https://www.Discord.gg/Nighthawk

https://www.twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000

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This week on Dev Dive, we talk to Luke Zelon, the founder of Nxt Up Esports. Nxt Up Esports is a organization dedicated to becoming the little league of esports, a safe, accessible entry point to young gamers into the esports world. We talk about Luke's company as well as the Twitch saving supposedly deleted clips and VODs for streamers and DMCA strikes being done on that content. We also touch on franchising esports leagues and why the barrier of entry may be too high for some leagues like OWL.   

https://twitter.com/zukelelon  

https://twitter.com/NxtUpEsports  

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pFgNnwI5nLzuL0ddZAbgS  

Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-dive/id1451324371?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4  

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https://www.Discord.gg/Nighthawk  

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This week on Dev Dive, Riot Gene joins us to discuss his career as Senior Developer Relations at Riot Games! We talk about the 3rd party dev ecosystem at Riot, copyright and fair use surrounding Twitch and Youtube DMCA, and more! 

Gene's twitter: https://twitter.com/gchorba

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000  

Discord: https://www.Discord.gg/Nighthawk 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pFgNnwI5nLzuL0ddZAbgS 

Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-dive/id1451324371?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 

https://www.Youtube.com/Nighthawk20000 

https://www.Twitter.com/BenDiPiero 

https://www.Twitter.com/DevDivePodcast 

https://www.Twitter.com/RiotLegendLarry

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This week on Dev Dive, Riot Xenogenic joins us to discuss his career in game design, closing thoughts to the Spirit Blossom even in League, a deep dive into the reasoning behind the infamous "Eternals" system, and more! 

https://twitter.com/Xenogenic

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pFgNnwI5nLzuL0ddZAbgS

Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-dive/id1451324371?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

https://www.Youtube.com/Nighthawk20000

https://www.Discord.gg/Nighthawk

https://www.twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000

https://www.Twitter.com/BenDiPiero

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Spooked and Larry join us today for a serious discussion on mental health for self employed content creators, the streamer/viewer relationship, and the unhealthy results of donating to smaller streamers  

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pFgNnwI5nLzuL0ddZAbgS  

Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-dive/id1451324371?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4  

https://www.youtube.com/Nighthawk20000   

https://www.Discord.gg/Nighthawk   

https://www.Twitter.com/BenDiPiero   

https://www.Twitter.com/DevDivePodcast   

https://www.Twitter.com/RiotLegendLarry  

https://www.Twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000

My streaming setup: https://amzn.to/2AzS3Om  

This week on Dev Dive, Travis joins us for an awesome talk about his career in esports content creation, a small dip into where COVID is taking gaming events, and how Reddit isn't the end all be all of driving content anymore.  

Twitter.com/TravisGafford  

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pFgNnwI5nLzuL0ddZAbgS  

Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-dive/id1451324371?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4  

Youtube.com/Nighthawk20000  

Discord.gg/Nighthawk  

Twitter.com/BenDiPiero   

Twitter.com/DevDivePodcast   

Twitter.com/RiotLegendLarry   

Twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000

My streaming setup: https://amzn.to/2AzS3Om 

This week on Dev Dive, Spooks and Nighthawk talk about the struggles new editors face these days, what tools and tricks you should know when starting out, how to get your worth when negotiating with a client, and how to improve your mental health. 

Twitter.com/SpookedJK 

Youtube.com/Nighthawk20000  

Discord.gg/Nighthawk  

Twitter.com/BenDiPiero   

Twitter.com/DevDivePodcast   

Twitter.com/RiotLegendLarry   

Twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000

This week on Dev Dive, Larry and Nighthawk discuss Mixer shutting down, Twitch's contreversial moderation, why Youtube and Facebook can't compete with Twitch as a live-streaming service. We also get deep on internal biases and psychological reasons why we do things. 

Youtube.com/Nighthawk20000

Discord.gg/Nighthawk

Twitter.com/BenDiPiero 

Twitter.com/DevDivePodcast 

Twitter.com/RiotLegendLarry 

Twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000

This week on Dev Dive we talk with Riot Blaustoise about his tik toks, content creation career, and what the different departments at Riot do.   

https://twitter.com/Blaustoise

  https://www.twitch.tv/blaustoise

  https://www.tiktok.com/@blaustoise 

 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pFgNnwI5nLzuL0ddZAbgS

 Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-dive/id1451324371?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

  Discord.gg/Nighthawk 

 Twitter.com/DevDivePodcast  

Twitter.com/BenDiPiero 

 Twitter.com/RiotLegendLarry 

 Twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000

On this episode of Dev Dive we talk to Mortdog, principle game designer at Riot Games and Lead designer of TFT. We discuss his career in game design, his years at Nintendo, some outstanding moments of his life, and what goes into balancing TFT. Thanks again to Mort for taking the time to come on the show, he was a fantastic guest :)  

 https://twitter.com/Mortdog/ 

https://www.twitch.tv/mortdog 

https://www.youtube.com/c/MortdogTFT  

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5sj4mAyqxKZw2LqxOygSAj  

Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-dive/id1451324371?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4  

Discord.gg/Nighthawk  

Twitter.com/DevDivePodcast  

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Twitter.com/RiotLegendLarry  

Twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000

On this episode of Dev Dive we talk to Riot Cactopus AKA Ryan Rigney about what it takes to be a communications lead at Riot Games. We also get into the difficulties of communicating over text, why people react to things that people say, and what people should learn from their jobs.  

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5sj4mAyqxKZw2LqxOygSAj  

Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-dive/id1451324371?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4  

Discord.gg/Nighthawk  

Twitter.com/DevDivePodcast  

Twitter.com/BenDiPiero  

Twitter.com/RiotLegendLarry  Twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000

On this episode of Dev Dive we talk to Riot Ranger about champion reworks in League, Teamfight Tactics, the struggles of being a F2P game vs P2W, traumatizing halo experiences, and the philosophy of life.


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Twitter.com/DevDivePodcast

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Twitter.com/RiotLegendLarry

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This week on Dev Dive; we talk to ESL_CJ and Travystyy about amateur shout-casting, how to turn your hobby into a job, toxicity in League (again), and nostalgia for old games.

Twitter.com/ESL_CJ

Twitter.com/Travystyy

Discord.gg/Nighthawk

Twitter.com/DevDivePodcast

Twitter.com/BenDiPiero

Twitter.com/RiotLegendLarry

Twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000

This week on Dev Dive; we talk to ESL_CJ about amateur league tournaments, coaching LoL teams, the importance of having qualified people working in your small company, and more!   Twitter.com/ESL_CJ Twitter.com/DCCSesports Twitch.tv/dccsofficial DCCS Discord: https://discord.gg/29H4H4B   Discord.gg/Nighthawk Twitter.com/DevDivePodcast Twitter.com/BenDiPiero   Twitter.com/RiotLegendLarry Twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000

This week on dev dive, we're back! We talk to Larry and Nighthawk about their thoughts on working from home, quarantine, toxicity in gaming, and how reddit drives content creation.


Discord.gg/Nighthawk
Twitter.com/DevDivePodcast
Twitter.com/BenDiPiero  
Twitter.com/RiotLegendLarry
Twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000

This week on Dev Dive we talk to our new producer Marin! She has joined our team to help us transform Dev Dive into a more cohesive and enjoyable project.  -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/nighthawk20000

This week we talk to Larry about his new job at Riot, and talk more about how to get into the games industry as a newbie.  -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/nighthawk20000

This week on Dev Dive Katey Anthony (AKA KateyKhaos) from Riot Games. We talk about how Katey got her start in the video game industry and at Riot as well as how the skins team works with the rest of the company. We also talk about Riot communication with the community and the positives and negatives of that  -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/nighthawk20000

This week we talk to Andrew Bangel, a Environmental artist at Treyarch. This episode covers some of the ins and outs of what an environmental artist actually does, and also goes into detail about why game studios might not always be 100% open with their communities.

Watch live at: https://www.twitch.tv/nighthawk20000 

This week on Dev Dive we're joined by Sunny Koda, AKA Kindlejack who is a concept artist at Riot Games. One of Sunny's latest projects was creating the concept art for Sylas, League's newest champion. We're going to spend this episode talking about what that was like and also spend some time talking about what role concept art plays in champion design

  -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/nighthawk20000

This week on dev dive Riot Nekomaru answers our questions about what a QA analyst does at Riot and many other things!  -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/nighthawk20000