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
