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23: The Infusion of Media Arts and Video Games with Trish Rigdon
Trish Rigdon recently joins the game industry at the Arts Institute of Houston. Before that, she was the executive director of Houston Cinema Arts Society and Director of Theatre at Rice University. We talk about how film and video games are connected through the use of cinematic, lighting, art, and sound. Video games have come a long way. KEY POINTS Lighting and sound is key for cinematic scenes Texture, material, and color make object more...
22: First Rule of Game Design: You Do Not Fall in Love With Your First Idea with Larry Hendrix
Larry Hendrix has been in the game industry for more than 14 years. He is the owner and creative director of Fortunato7 Studios that make mobile games. He is also an instructor at the Art Institute of Houston teaching game design and character animation. It happens to all of us. We fall in love with an idea so much that it hurts when someone says it's bad. Larry talks about the importance of knowing when to scrap a bad idea. Pivot in your...
21: ALWAYS ASK QUESTIONS with Jaycee Salinas
Jaycee Salinas has been in the game industry for about three years and is the creative director of Ask An Enemy Studios. He started the studio after dropping out of Full Sail University's Online Game Design program and is now working on his own game called A Duel Hand Disaster: Trackher. I personally believe that asking questions, quality questions, is an important skill. As a big introvert myself, I take awhile to work up the nerve to ask a...
