Ep 181 - Drinkbox is Back, Baby!

Support Indigenous movements across this land: Land Back Lane in Ontario, Wet'suwet'en in British Columbia & Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia. Watch Night of the Indigenous Devs up now on YouTube!

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!

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Game Dev 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 - Lead

  • Unity 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:

• 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

2 - Evasive Maneuvers by SkyPyre Studios (@SkyPyre) in Ottawa, ON

3 - Tank Quest (@TankQuest) by David Eshuis in Ontario