When you were a kid, did you ever think that making video games could be a career? Turns out, a lot of us didn’t… but some of us found our way to it anyway. Tune in to hear Jarory de Jesus, Technical Designer at Elodie Games, talk about his nontraditional path to the industry, the challenges that are unique to aspiring game devs of color, and how game studios can evolve to be more inclusive.

01:20 -- Meet Jarory!
13:28 -- A nontraditional way in
21:43 -- Barriers to entry
36:30 -- Advice for aspiring game devs
41:00 -- Advancing devs of color
54:54 -- How can we be better?

Games
Rust -- https://rust.facepunch.com/
Duck Hunt (NES) -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Hunt
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order -- https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/jedi-fallen-order
Persona 5 -- https://atlus.com/p5r/
Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) -- https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/home
Madden NFL -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden_NFL

Other Resources
Unity (game engine) -- https://unity.com/
Extra Credits -- https://www.youtube.com/user/ExtraCreditz
Game Maker’s Toolkit -- https://www.youtube.com/user/McBacon1337
Blacks in Gaming (Facebook) -- https://bit.ly/3oG25nJ
Blacks in Gaming (Discord) -- https://discord.com/invite/eSrZ476ecj
Latinx in Gaming -- https://www.latinxingaming.com/
Games Industry Gathering -- https://games.industrygathering.com/home.html
International Game Developers Association (IGDA) -- https://igda.org/

Don’t forget to check out our friends at the Quit The Build podcast! https://www.quitthebuild.com/

Credits
Guest -- Jarory de Jesus, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarory-de-jesus/
Production by Victor Media Group, Inc. -- https://victormediagroup.co/
Original Music by Byson -- https://spoti.fi/3eoC47l
Creator / Host -- Clara Mount
Executive Producers -- J.B. Adams and Gerard Mitchell
Sound Editing -- Aaron Trnka

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