S1E10 - Jonathan Jennings - Veteran VR Developer, "The dumbest good programmer you'll ever meet!"

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Make Games, Drink Coffee

Aaron Nemoyten

11 episodes

1 day ago

A weekly caffeine-spiked dose of hot game industry brew, featuring interviews with game developers telling their best war stories, sharing their artistic inspirations, and showing what making games is all about. This isn't a how-to, an in-depth guide, or a marketing tie-in; It's all about entertaining conversations with interesting people! Make Games, Drink Coffee is hosted by veteran game designer and developer Aaron Nemoyten, who's worked on a few games you might have heard of an a lot more you definitely haven't. Subscribe now to stay up to date, and check out http://www.makegamesdrinkcoffee.com/ for more information!

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S1E10 - Jonathan Jennings - Veteran VR Developer, "The dumbest good programmer you'll ever meet!"

Make Games, Drink Coffee

30 minutes 45 seconds

1 month ago

S1E10 - Jonathan Jennings - Veteran VR Developer, "The dumbest good programmer you'll ever meet!"

This week, Aaron chats with Jonathan Jennings, a passionate VR developer with a decade of experience in the space. Jonathan is currently at Owlchemy Labs working on Dimensional Double Shift and is Director of Education at Black In Gaming. We had a wide-ranging discussion about VR development, its progress over the years, how it's different from non-VR game development, why the strengths of video games don't lie in cinematic experiences, Jonathan's labor of love VR game, Galactic Bar Fight, and more.

00:00 Introduction

01:23 The Evolution of VR Over the Last Decade

09:33 Good VR Game Design And Galactic Bar Fight

14:43 Learning From Volunteering With Black In Gaming

16:33 Technical Evolution of Unity VR Support

19:13 Finding VR's "Nintendo Moment"

22:46 VR Can Be Dangerous!

24:27 Loving Words and Simple Explanations

30:03 Wrapping Up

Links:

Jonathan's Personal Page:

http://jjenningsgames.weebly.com/