My streaming setup: https://amzn.to/2AzS3Om On this episode of Dev Dive, we talk to Shannon Mcsheehan aka Riot Phoenix about her career in VFX and how VFX integrates into League of Legends. https://twitter.com/ShannonBerke 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/Nighthaw ..read more

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

My streaming setup: https://amzn.to/2AzS3Om This week on Dev Dive, Vivi and Chris join the show to discuss what User Experience actually is, how it hides in our every day lives, how to properly eat a taco, and why Disney experiences are so heavily curated.  twitter.com/vocasiod Phx_Nebuluna 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/Nighth ..read more

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.co ..read more

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 ..read more

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/id14513 ..read more

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 ..read more

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  https://www.Youtube.com/Nighthawk20000  https://www.Discord.gg/Nighthawk  https://www.twitch.tv/Nighthawk20000  https://www.Twitter.com/BenDiPiero  https://www.Twitter.co ..read more

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  https://www.Twitter.com/DevDivePodcast ..read more

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  https://www.Youtube.com/Nighthawk20000&nbs ..read more