Ep 181 - Drinkbox is Back, Baby!

CanadianGameDevs.com Podcast

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Watch our interview from last year with Meagan Byrne from Achimostawinan Games.

Overview:

Circumstances prevented us from getting the episode up on time so we pushed it back a week!

We dive into all the Canadian indies at ID@Xbox's Indie Game Showcase, most notably Drinkbox Studio's hotly anticipated next title we now know is called Nobody Saves the World, as well as other new Canadian and Canadian-assisted games!

Jobs:

Bitwise Alchemy (Remote) - Senior Engineer

Dark Slope (Toronto) - Senior Unreal Engine 4 VR Game Developer - Senior Unreal Engine 4 VR Game Developer (different project than above) - Lead Unreal Engine 4 VR Game Developer

Furcula Inc (Toronto) - Lead Unity Developer

Popreach (Vancouver) - Lead Game Programmer - Senior Game Designer - User Acquisition Manager - DevOps Engineer

Sago Mini (Toronto) - Data Engineer - Senior Unity Game Developer - Senior Unity Developer - LeadUnity Game Developer - Talent Acquisition Manager - Play Designer - Mobile Kids Game - Unity Game Developer - Internship (Note: It is paid) - Unity Technical Artist - Internship (Note: it is paid)

Events (all times in EST):

- XP Game Dev Summit (April 8)

- Unity Club (April 12 @ 6:30 PM) “Have a Unity project (or... many!) you're working through right now? Hang and chat with pals on challenges, techniques, learning paths and more.”

- Red Bull Campus Clutch - Valorant Post-Secondary Tournament by Red Bull Canada (Sat, April 24, 2021, @ 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM)

News:

- Anthem Director Leaves BioWare

- Operation:Tango Sneaks onto Consoles and PC this June

- All the Canadian Indies in ID@Xbox's Showcase

- Moonglow Bay Announced, Set on Canada's East Coast (with Canadian Devs on the Team)

- Drinkbox Announces 'Nobody Saves the World' for Xbox and Windows

Wishlist This:

1 - Plague Breaker by Wozzy Games Limited (@WozzyO) in Toronto, ON. Releasing September 14, 2021, Wishlist on Steam. “Plague Breaker is a Retro rogue-lite platformer with heavy RPG elements. Pick your class and level up, or create new and unique characters by multiclassing across class skill trees, all while exploring a procedurally generated castle filled with undead monsters and corrupted plague doctors.”

2 - Evasive Maneuvers by SkyPyre Studios (@SkyPyre) in Ottawa, ON. Releasing 2021, Wishlist on Steam. “Evasive Maneuvers is a team-based online multiplayer spaceship arena. 2-8 players are split into 2 teams; runners & hunters. Runners attempt to pickup enough energy to power up the warp gate to allow their escape. Hunters attempt to prevent runners from escaping by using their ramming ships.”

3 - Tank Quest (@TankQuest) by David Eshuis in Ontario. Releasing April 12, 2021, Wishlist on Steam. "The Tank Lord has taken over the land. Assemble a team or tread solo to defeat his evil forces and take back what is rightfully ours. Take control of a cute animal in a tank and blast through your enemies with your bullets and bombs!"