Dev Dive

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   Twitter.com/BenDiPiero   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. 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 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