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7 Reasons You Should Hire More Junior Game Devs
7 Reasons You Should Hire More Junior Game Devs
By Willem Delventhal
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How to Start Your Own Indie Game Studio
How to Start Your Own Indie Game Studio
By Willem Delventhal
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Three Tips to help you Break Into the Game Industry
Three Tips to help you Break Into the Game Industry
By Willem Delventhal
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Happy Friday everyone! I'm curious, what game will you be playing this weekend to wind down? 🤔 #gamers #gamedev #indiedev #gamingindustry
Happy Friday everyone! I'm curious, what game will you be playing this weekend to wind down? 🤔 #gamers #gamedev #indiedev #gamingindustry
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Well... crap, that dialogue should only have 2 choices shown. As a newbie gamedev, I make a lot of design mistakes (It's ok, that's learning), and…
Well... crap, that dialogue should only have 2 choices shown. As a newbie gamedev, I make a lot of design mistakes (It's ok, that's learning), and…
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GDC Speaker
Games Developer's Conference
The Game Developer's Conference is the largest gathering of Game Developers in the world, with 20,000-30,000 attendees every year. After multiple rounds of vetting, my talk, "What Cats Can Teach You About Empathic Game Design," was selected to be presented.
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Bit Awards Mobile Game of the Year Nominee
Playcrafting
The Bit Awards are an annual award put on by the Indie Gaming Community, Playcrafting. Mew and Me was nominated this year for their Mobile Game of the Year! It was our quirky, unusual use of games that got us noticed.
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RI Elevator Pitch 2014 - Grand Prize Winner
Rhode Island Elevator Pitch Contest
Every year, Rhode Island hosts a contest for entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas in 90 seconds or less. I was fortunate enough to have the help I needed to take home the first place prize in 2014!
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John Downey Award for Dedication to Wrestling
John Cholnoky
Of the 30 members of the Choate Varsity Wrestling team, only 6 were given awards. Mine was named after a Vietnam POW who once wrestled for the team, and is for the student who, "puts his/her all into his work."
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New England Wrestling Champion
Class A JV 160 pound New England Wrestling Championship
I took home a gold medal in the highest rank of JV New England championships, the substitute varsity level.
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