Episode 167 - 'Tis the Season of Delays

CanadianGameDevs.com Podcast

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Overview:

This week Steve and Stephan break down the self-owning new game studio whose diversity pledge is undercut by over a dozen white Frenchies, Stephan gets the joke behind Cuphead's new DLC way too late, Steve laments the Star Renegades PS4 delay and much more!

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Events:

Unity Club by DMG Toronto Monday, December 14 @ 6:30 EST: ‘Have a Unity project (or... many!) you're working through right now? Hang and chat with pals on challenges, techniques, learning paths and more.’

Dirty Rectangles Wednesday, December 9 @ 8:30 EST (probably): 'Videogame show and tells directly from game creators, hosted by your friendly neighbourhood Rectangles.'

Jobs:

Canuck Play (Peterborough, ON) is looking for Senior Unity Game Developer, Unity Game Developer, Character Technical Animator & 3D Modeller (static objects: https://canadiangamedevs.com/jobs/game-developer-jobs-canuck-play-unity-game-developer-unity-technical-animator-qa-tester-ld4pm

Stormy Shore (Paradise, Newfoundland) is looking for a Designer: https://canadiangamedevs.com/jobs/game-developer-jobs-stormy-shore-designer

Hardsuit Labs (Seattle, WA) is looking for Lead Game Designer and can support remote contracts/TN visas for the right candidate: https://careers.hardsuitlabs.com/jobs/978972-lead-game-designer

Sleeping Giants (Toronto, ON) is looking for an Animator: https://canadiangamedevs.com/jobs/game-developer-jobs-sleeping-giant-animator-contract

News:

Studio MDHR Delays Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course

Unto The End journeys to PS4 December 9 and Steam, Xbox, Stadia, Switch (Dec 17)

Bleed 2 on Games with Gold from December 16 - Jan 15

Warframe officially out on PS5, releasing TBD Xbox Series X

Yellow Brick Games Founded, Offers Empty Promises on Diverse HiringCreative Director of Dragon Age Inquisition has set up a new development studio, Yellow Brick Games, with EA and Ubisoft veterans;

Tomb Raider Reloaded, a F2P arcade game for mobile devices

PS4 version of Star Renegades delayed to Jan 2021

Wishlist This:

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist by Northway Games (@sarah_northway) sometimes in Vancouver, BC. Releasing Spring 2021, Wishlist on Steam. “Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative life sim with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.”

Mad Devils (@MadDevilsGame) by Itzy Interactive Inc. (@IncItzy) in Edmonton, AB. Releasing Q2 2021, Wishlist on Steam. “Mad Devils is a co-op, arcade shooter set in a twisted WWII setting. What does an Allied special forces squad who hunt Nazi occultist do when betrayed, killed and resurrected as demons? Their job.”

Crashers of Aetheria by Alex Hicks (@oOHicksyOo) in Toronto, ON. Releasing January 1, 2021, Wishlist on Steam. “Crashers of Aetheria is a strategy card collecting game. Players use Crashers to strategically take out their opponent online or offline.”

Credits:

Intro Music by @jakebutineau

Outro Music by @Composingdan