Making the shift from Animation to Game Design

This episode, Abbie Willett, a game designer at Sumo Digital, joins us to talk about her experience working on popular titles such as Hitman 2 and Sackboy Adventures.

In this episode we discuss:

Abbie’s transition into game design from animation

Navigating the pressure of working on games with established franchise

Abbie’s love of all things crocodiles and PERSONA 5

This is episode 112 of She Plays Games.

Evolving Studios’ Accountability Through DEI Accreditation

Today we have the wonderful initiative Code Coven on the show to talk about their new DEI accreditation program, Evolve, which is designed to accredit studios and give them ratings based off of how closely they follow DEI policies and implement them in their work.

On the show I have the CEOs of Code Coven, Tara Mustapha and Cinzia Musio, to talk about the program and how exactly it will benefit the industry and highlight studios who are absolutely rocking DEI.

This episode we sit down with UK-based Game Audio Professional and Silver Script Games Studio Founder, Alyx Jones, known for her work on AAA titles like Elden Ring and Final Fantasy VII Remake. Alyx talks about her journey into games audio, her inspirations for composing, and the challenges of working on a game of Elden Ring's size. She also shares her experience as part of the BAFTA Breakthrough program and her new adventure developing her first game, “The Quiet Things”. Join us as we dive into the unique and collaborative world of game audio.

This is episode 110 of She Plays Games.