Trends in Gaming E33

Stephen Howell from Microsoft Ireland discusses emerging trends in gaming with 14 game art designers on the Clonmel Digital Campus. Music by Andre Louis. 00:58 Wondering who invests in Hololens 03:07 Who is Stephen Howell? 03:55 Who uses Hololens? 04:29 Microsoft does not see Hololens as a gaming device 06:29 Microsoft visual development tools 07:31 Visual Studio in Second Level 07:53 Visual Studio Code as a toolset 08:21 On Howell's bookshelf 10:36 Nadella's Hit Refresh 10:51 Read Show Stopper 11:20 Read about visual design series in games 12:08 Crytonomicon 12:37 Dishonored and Prey 13:48 Learn what went wrong 14:24 No skirts, only trousers 14:41 Over-sized hands 14:59 Aesthetic choices 17:11 Shadow of Mordor 18:10 Procedural asset creation 18:18 Outcast used unusual terrain generation 19:11 Another World 21:03 Procedurally generated buildings 22:49 Earn more by making assets 25:13 Public perception of the games industry 28:36 Stephen Howell's Games at home 29:24 Grand Theft Auto made tons of money 30:57 Managing the negative aspects of technology in life 32:14 Bad image of industry? 33:38 Third party suitability and self-certification of games 36:04 Carmageddon 38:34 Consoles don't know how old kids are 41:06 Censorship of developers? 45:23 LinkedIn as a community for designers 48:34 Contact us @educast 48:48 Listen on Spotify 49:03 Music by Andre Louis 49:22 Read more on www.educasting.ie