🎥 Talkabout 26: Good Game Devs Are Rare (with James Thomas) Walkabout Talkabouts podcast

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Join Walkabout Mini Golf Creator Lucas Martell and Technical Lead John Pistella as they play a round with Concerned Ape LLC's Cole Medeiros of Stardew Valley fame, where they discuss what makes an addictive, ongoing game! ⛳

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🎥 Talkabout 27: Reality by Design - Shaping Virtual Worlds with Dr. Ruth Diaz 53:57

9 weeks ago53:57

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On this episode of Walkabout Talkabouts, Senior Art Director Don Carson takes hosting duties to chat with colleague and friend Dr. Ruth Diaz of BridgeMakers.World about the craft that goes into environmental design in virtual worlds! ⛳

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🎥 Talkabout 26: Good Game Devs are Rare (with James Thomas) 31:49

11 weeks ago31:49

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Walkabout Mini Golf creator Lucas Martell and Lead Tech Artist Chase Shields are joined by James Thomas (Assoc. Tech Director of Rare), where they discuss live service game development, the success of Sea of Thieves and the power of community perception! ⛳

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🎥 Talkabout 25: Fore-Handed Thinking with Playin Games 31:49

14 weeks ago31:49

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🎥 Talkabout 24: Putting even more Awe in Mini G(awe)lf — Part 2 21:30

14 weeks ago21:30

21:30

In part 2 of our conversation with Michael Frederickson, Principal Technical Artist at Pixar Animation Studios (Coco, Inside Out, Up, Luca, Cars 2) and Walkabout Mini Golf superfan, he and senior art director Don Carson continue climbing the tree and mantle in Holiday Hideaway. In this episode, they talk about riffing in environmental design, intent documents, staying playful as a world builder, designing for the emotion of awe, the multi-dimensional magic of collaboration, Walkabout's 7-8 week cadence, "The Pixar Classic", The Lego Movie, the color brown at Disneyland's Splash Mountain, and Meow Wolf's Numina.…

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🎥 Talkabout 23: Putting the Awe in Mini G(awe)lf — Part 1 46:12

15 weeks ago46:12

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For this special two-part Walkabout Talkabout, Lucas Martell and senior art director Don Carson are joined by Michael Frederickson, Principal Technical Artist at Pixar Animation Studios and Walkabout Mini Golf superfan. As they climb the tree in Holiday Hideaway, they talk about the Pixar production process, environmental storytelling, how VR can help put creators in the worlds they are building, and Frederickson's experience working on Coco, Inside Out, Up, Luca, Cars 2, and more!…

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Talkabout #22: The Red Fraggle Meets the Worm... Karen Prell! 44:06

16 weeks ago44:06

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Our 22nd episode of Walkabout Talkabouts features the puppeteer of Red Fraggle from Fraggle Rock and The Worm from Labyrinth herself... Karen Prell! Watch as she tries out the new Fraggle Rock avatars and goes back to Labyrinth to discuss Jim Henson, Muppets, and being a computer animator on Portal 2.…

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Talkabout #21: Crackin' Cheezy Crazy Golf with Aardman, Wallace and Gromit! 41:40

20 weeks ago41:40

41:40

Finbar Hawkins, Creative Director of Interactive and Bram Ttwheam, Head of Post and at Aardman meet Walkabout Mini golf creator Lucas Martell at 62 West Wallaby Street to talkabout all things Wallace and Gromit, cheese, tea, contraptions, and very crazy golf. Find out how Mighty Coconut collaborated with UK's beloved animation studio to bring this dynamic duo home to life with a new adventure under their roof.…

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Talkabout #20: A Strong History of Playing A Round 27:13

24 weeks ago27:13

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Andrew Borman, Director of Digital Preservation and Christopher Bensch, VP for Collections at the Strong Museum of Play in Rochester, New York join David Wyatt, Mighty Coconut's head of business strategy to talk about the transformative nature of play, a museum full of toys, video game culture, and "Playful Putters: The History of Miniature Golf", their newest exhibition. Check it out then tell your friends in New York to go for a visit!…

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Talkabout #19: Theatrics and Immersion with Jeffrey Travis 37:16

1 year ago37:16

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For our 19th Walkabout Talkabout episode, join Mighty Coconut Creative Director and CEO Lucas Martell and Positron's CEO Jeffrey Travis as they putt and discuss Positron's immersive VR chair and its significance in providing the theatrical imagination of theme parks closer to you.

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Talkabout #18: Twitching and Streaming with Bill Young 31:04

1 year ago31:04

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To celebrate our 2nd anniversary of the Walkabout Talkabout series, join Mighty Coconut Creative Director and CEO Lucas Martell and Amazon's Head of Games at Twitch & BPS Bill Young as they putt and dissect what it takes to become a successful streamer, and the importance of incorporating streaming in game development.…

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Talkabout Episode #17: Meditate in Shangri-La with the Synth Rider 16:26

2 years ago16:26

16:26

Join Mighty Coconut Creative Director and CEO Lucas Martell and Kluge Interactive's CEO Arturo Perez, as they putt around Shangri-La and talk all things Synth Riders and VR game development, in a brand new Walkabout Talkabout.

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Talkabout #16: Immersing Around in Meow Wolf with Caity Kennedy 34:52

2 years ago34:52

34:52

In celebration of the launch of Walkabout Mini Golf: Meow Wolf, follow the Creative Director of Mighty Coconut Lucas Martell and Senior Art Director Don Carson plays through the course with the co-founder of Meow Wolf Caity Kennedy, who had a hand in designing the Walkabout Mini Golf version of her world.…

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Talkabout #15: Scoring is Harder than it Sounds 37:15

2 years ago37:15

37:15

Mighty Coconut's resident composer, Chris Reyman and Walkabout Mini Golf's creator Lucas Martell talk scoring while scoring on Shangri-La on the occasion of the release of the Original Soundtrack, Volume 2 as well as how they met, getting into the business of film/game composition, scoring animated shorts The OceanMaker and Pigeon Impossible, and the particular fun challenge of composing music for a social VR game.…

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Talkabout #14: A Rolling Ball Gathers No Moss 34:58

2 years ago34:58