Episodes

  • Episode 133: Allard Laban (Jackbox Party Pack)
    Nov 13 2024

    A love of games with family spurred Allard Laban to great things in the video game industry. Recently he came to PAX AUS and kindly gave Paul time to chat in this new entry of Dev Diary

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    44 mins
  • Episode 132: Mark Meer (Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Baldur's Gate II)
    Oct 2 2024

    Dev Diary returns at long last with a pretty exceptional guest. You know him and love him for his work on classic Bioware IP like Dragon Age and Mass Effect - Mark Meer is on the show to discuss his journey so far.

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    53 mins
  • Where's The Show Been? An Update
    Sep 18 2024

    Dev Diary will return soon!

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    6 mins
  • Episode 131: Abubakar Salim (Tales Of Kenzera ZAU, Assassin's Creed Origins, House Of The Dragon Season 2)
    May 29 2024

    He's a star of stage, screen, voice-acting, and now even game design. Abubakar Salim recently launched his debut title, Tales Of Kenzera: ZAU, and joins Paul on Dev Diary to discuss the road into game-dev, the art of voice-acting, paying homage to culture and family, as well as much more.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Episode 130: Cade Franklin (Capes, Hand Of Fate 2, The Oregon Trail)
    May 17 2024

    A man of many talents, Cade Franklin has been excelling in game-development having been a piece of the puzzle in many Aussie classics, but has also been the star of Lego Masters, winning the series' first season. He's on Dev Diary today to discuss all of it!

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Episode 129: Brent Waller (Cozy Caravan, Windbound, Golden Axed)
    May 2 2024

    Brent Waller has seen it all in the Aussie game dev scene, the GFC, the emergence of indies, and he's worked with big publishers, small, and everything in between. He was even at the tip of the spear of Early Access releases, and is returning to the well again with Cozy Caravan. Brent joins Paul on this new Dev Diary to discuss the exciting new Early Access release date reveal, development, and his career to date!

    Cozy Caravan on Steam

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Episode 128: Daniel Utkovic (Footy Bash)
    Apr 17 2024

    Dan Utkovic has long had a long of games and AFL, but pairing the two together is a whole other beast entirely. Along with his good mate though, he's doing just that, and he comes to Dev Diary to discuss the experience so far in this brand-new episode.

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    1 hr
  • Episode 127: Allegra Clark & Ratana (Starfield, Stray Gods, Unicorn Overlord)
    Apr 3 2024

    Chances are that your favourite game has featured one of Allegra Clark and/or Ratana in it. The pair were recently in Australia for The Game Expo where they graciously gave Paul an hour of their time to chat about their careers, the various jobs they've completed and the challenges of being voice actors in a busy industry for this new episode of Dev Diary.

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    48 mins