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Dev Talk: Do Mobile Gaming Snobs Annoy You? (Part 1)

Ruan Shiels — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 13:42:33 +0000

Hello, and welcome to Dev Talk, the weekly iFanzine feature in which I ask a panel of indie game developers their opinion on a topic or current hot-button issue related to the games industry. This week I posed the following question: “It’s maybe not as bad as it used to be, but self-styled ‘hardcore’ gamers can still be quite snobbish and disdainful of mobile gaming. Does this irk you at all, or do you just shrug it off?” Here’s what […]

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Dev Talk: How Do Game Devs Stay Fit and Healthy? (Part 1)

Ruan Shiels — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 16:08:57 +0000

Hello, and welcome to Dev Talk, a new weekly iFanzine feature in which I ask a panel of indie game developers their opinion on a topic or current hot-button issue related to the games industry. This week I posed the following question: “Game development strikes me as having the potential to be a pretty unhealthy job due to long, irregular hours spent cooped up indoors, hunched over a keyboard, staring at a computer screen. What steps do you take to […]

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Interview: Pastille Games’ Jinn Karlsson Talks ‘Curling Kids’

Ruan Shiels — Fri, 18 May 2018 15:48:53 +0000

Pastille Games has quickly become one of my favorite indie studios. In addition to pumping out fun and charming games like Calm Cards – Klondike and Bunny Tower at a tremendous rate, the team at Pastille are also an amazingly friendly, open, and chatty group of people. Which is why when they announced their latest upcoming title, Curling Kids, I immediately got in touch with Jinn Karlsson for another interview. Check it out below! Jinn, it’s a pleasure to have you back in the hot seat […]

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Dev Talk: Is the Games Industry Diverse Enough? (Part 1)

Ruan Shiels — Wed, 09 May 2018 17:10:30 +0000

Hello, and welcome to Dev Talk, the weekly iFanzine feature in which I ask a panel of indie game developers their opinion on a topic or current hot-button issue related to the games industry. This week I posed the following question(s): “Is the video games industry diverse enough? How easy is it for someone to enter the industry regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability?” Here’s what the devs had to say… George Ko, Quantum Sheep I’ve personally heard […]

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Interview: Pastille Games’ Jinn Karlsson Talks ‘Bunny Tower’

Ruan Shiels — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 18:39:14 +0000

Pastille Games, the Swedish indie studio behind Bill Ball Boll and RoundPingis, are set to return to the App Store with a new game this week. It’s called Bunny Tower and it looks like a whole heap of adorable fun. To find out more about the game and its creators, I recently caught up with Pastille’s Jinn Karlsson for a chat. It’s an interesting and downright hilarious interview! Check it out below. Thanks for joining me for this interview, Jinn. It’s so nice to […]

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