Manual Save with John Laster

This week, we are joined by David Andrade, the Co-Founder of Theory Studios, an award-winning digital media company crafting Animation, Commercials & Interactive Media. During the Pandemic, Theory Studios created Brave Lunch and worked on Blobkin Blaster, an action-packed VR wave shooter/real-time strategy hybrid. We are excited to talk about Animation, Making Games, and Pivoting a Business. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Manual Save Podcast with John Laster Hear from all sides of the tech and gaming industry with John Laster. Whether it's indie games, AAA Studios, Start-Ups, Esports, Content Creators, and more, you can find a little something for all the gaming and tech enthusiasts here. To be a part of the podcast - or to learn more, please contact us at: john@johnlasterlaw.com Social Media Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmlaster/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LasterEsq David Andrade Theory Studios: https://www.theorystudios.com/ Brave Lunch: https://www.bravelunch.com/ Hi@bravelunch.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ bravelunchInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bravelunch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bravelunch

his week, we are joined by Juan Rodriguez, CPA, who works directly with Streamers, Esports Athletes, and Companies within the video game Industry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Manual Save Podcast with John Laster Hear from all sides of the tech and gaming industry with John Laster. Whether it's indie games, AAA Studios, Start-Ups, Esports, Content Creators, and more, you can find a little something for all the gaming and tech enthusiasts here. To be a part of the podcast - or to learn more, please contact us at: john@johnlasterlaw.com Social Media Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmlaster/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LasterEsq Juan Rodriguez Lodgz Financial: https://www.lodgzfinancial.com/

This week, we are joined by Luis Arce, the president of Shadow Gaming Inc., and Jim Hurely, the tournament organizer for Shadow Gaming Inc. Join us as we talk about esports, video game tournaments, and why Shadow Gaming is getting involved in games. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Manual Save Podcast with John Laster Hear from all sides of the tech and gaming industry with John Laster. Whether it's indie games, AAA Studios, Start-Ups, Esports, Content Creators, and more, you can find a little something for all the gaming and tech enthusiasts here. To be a part of the podcast - or to learn more, please contact us at: john@johnlasterlaw.com Social Media Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmlaster/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LasterEsq Luis Arce Shadow Gaming Inc.: https://eshadowgaming.com/

This week we are joined by Deana Galbraith. With some of the best time management skills, we've seen. During a Global Pandemic, she finished her master's degree, worked full time, and founded her own indie studio. We're excited to talk about marketing, games, starting your own studio, SCAD, and any advice for students Deana has. It should be a great talk. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Manual Save Podcast with John Laster Hear from all sides of the tech and gaming industry with John Laster. Whether it's indie games, AAA Studios, Start-Ups, Esports, Content Creators, and more, you can find a little something for all the gaming and tech enthusiasts here. To be a part of the podcast - or to learn more, please contact us at: john@johnlasterlaw.com Social Media Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmlaster/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LasterEsq Deana Galbraith Captilight Game Studio: https://www.captilight.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/captilight/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaptiLight

We are talking with Felipe Barreto, the GM of Digital Battlegrounds, to learn about local Esports in Orlando and discuss running a location during the Pandemic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Manual Save Podcast with John Laster Hear from all sides of the tech and gaming industry with John Laster. Whether it's indie games, AAA Studios, Start-Ups, Esports, Content Creators, and more, you can find a little something for all the gaming and tech enthusiasts here. To be a part of the podcast - or to learn more, please contact us at: john@johnlasterlaw.com Social Media Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmlaster/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LasterEsq Felipe Barreto Digital Battlegrounds: https://www.digitalbattlegrounds.gg/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/digitalbattlegrounds Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigitalBattlegrounds/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalbattlegrounds/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dbattlegrounds

This week we are joined by Guille Chumpitaz, the Engagement Director and Sound Designer for Chromatic Games and the creator of our intro song! We are excited to discuss growing an indie community around a game, the role audio plays in game design, and how inspiration is found for various audio needs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Manual Save Podcast with John Laster Hear from all sides of the tech and gaming industry with John Laster. Whether it's indie games, AAA Studios, Start-Ups, Esports, Content Creators, and more, you can find a little something for all the gaming and tech enthusiasts here. To be a part of the podcast - or to learn more, please contact us at: john@johnlasterlaw.com Social Media Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmlaster/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LasterEsq Guille Chumpitaz Chromatic Games: https://chromatic.games/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/dungeondefenders/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6rak1lOnwEAvajI5QY65nQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DungeonDefenders Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chromatic_Games Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/Chromatic_Games Discord: https://discord.com/invite/dd2

We are joined this week by Amanda Farough, Co-Host Virtual Economy. She has extensive experience on the press side of the video game industry and as a consultant for game industry companies. She's written about business issues and parental issues on a regular basis. We are excited to talk about the business side of the Video Game Industry, What Consulting for Game Companies Means, and Parenting within Gaming. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Manual Save Podcast with John Laster Hear from all sides of the tech and gaming industry with John Laster. Whether its indie games, AAA Studios, Start-Ups, Esports, Content Creators and more, you can find a little something for all the gaming and tech enthusiasts here. To be a part of the podcast - or to learn more please contact us at: john@johnlasterlaw.com Social Media Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmlaster/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LasterEsq Amanda Farough Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/readyplayermama Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmandaFarough Virtual Economy: http://virtualeconcast.com/

We are joined this week by Alex Esten, founder of Brick a Brac Games, LLC. They released their first formal board game, The Black Brick, after a successful Kickstarter earlier this fall. We are excited to talk about Indie Game Development, Board Games, How to be successful on Kickstarter in 2020, and growing a new company during a pandemic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Manual Save Podcast with John Laster www.manualsave.com Hear from all sides of the tech and gaming industry with John Laster. Whether its indie games, AAA Studios, Start-Ups, Esports, Content Creators and more, you can find a little something for all the gaming and tech enthusiasts here. To be a part of the podcast - or to learn more please contact us at: john@johnlasterlaw.com Social Media Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmlaster/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LasterEsq Alex Esten https://www.linkedin.com/in/aesten/ Buy the Black Brick

We are excited to be speaking with Yesenia Cisneros today about her journey into the video game industry. She's worked with two of the largest IPs in games (Pokemon and Minecraft) as well as at a smaller indie game studio. She's currently a producer on Minecraft. We will talk about: How she started in the industry and her advice to others. The differences she has experienced between working at an indie or a major corporation. What it is that a producer actually does. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Manual Save Podcast with John Laster Hear from all sides of the tech and gaming industry with John Laster. Whether its indie games, AAA Studios, Start-Ups, Esports, Content Creators and more, you can find a little something for all the gaming and tech enthusiasts here. To be a part of the podcast - or to learn more please contact us at: john@johnlasterlaw.com Social Media Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmlaster/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LasterEsq Yesenia Cisneros https://www.linkedin.com/in/yeseniacisneros/

Dan has built a name for himself under the moniker Greenskull. He's been a partnered content creator on all 4 major game streaming platforms: Youtube, Mixer, Facebook and Twitch. He currently works on the Customer Success team for ReadyUp. We will chat about what life is like as a content creator, how creators can build themselves as a business, and what ReadyUp is doing to change gaming events. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Manual Save Podcast with John Laster Hear from all sides of the tech and gaming industry with John Laster. Whether its indie games, AAA Studios, Start-Ups, Esports, Content Creators and more, you can find a little something for all the gaming and tech enthusiasts here. To be a part of the podcast - or to learn more please contact us at: john@johnlasterlaw.com Social Media Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmlaster/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LasterEsq Dan Hammill https://www.linkedin.com/in/danhammill/ https://readyup.com/

Jeff Yenzer joins us today to talk about the importance of Human Resources and company culture. Jeff has 20 years of HR experience. He's also an Xbox MVP and has been highlighted by Microsoft as a Culture Consultant. John Laster and Justin Connors chat with Jeff about the different risks that HR can mitigate and how important company culture can be. This applies to all indie game devs, tech startups and video game companies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Manual Save Podcast with John Laster Hear from all sides of the tech and gaming industry with John Laster. Whether its indie games, AAA Studios, Start-Ups, Esports, Content Creators and more, you can find a little something for all the gaming and tech enthusiasts here. To be a part of the podcast - or to learn more please contact us at: john@johnlasterlaw.com Social Media Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmlaster/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LasterEsq Jeff Yenzer https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffyenzer/ http://www.yenzerconsulting.com/

Early on in his career, Chance Glasco had the opportunity to help start up a new game developer: Infinity Ward. That studio and the 20+ other founding developers would go on to create Call of Duty. John Laster and Justin Connors chat with Chance about his career in video games and how he is using that knowledge with his role at Atlantic Council. Learn the details about how one of the most blockbuster franchises of all time started with a small team in Tulsa, OK. Chance has had a career that has spanned AAA Games, Tech Startups, and VR Development. He now applies all of that knowledge toward Climate Resilience with Atlantic Council. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Manual Save Podcast with John Laster Hear from all sides of the tech and gaming industry with John Laster. Whether its indie games, AAA Studios, Start-Ups, Esports, Content Creators and more, you can find a little something for all the gaming and tech enthusiasts here. To be a part of the podcast - or to learn more please contact us at: john@johnlasterlaw.com Social Media Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmlaster/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LasterEsq Chance Glasco https://www.linkedin.com/in/chance-glasco-677a57/

Earlier this year, Cyberdream launched Virtual Battlegrounds on Steam rising as high as #2 on the VR charts. John Laster and Justin Connors chat Sean Pinnock about the development of VBG and pick up insight from him on funding, students looking for work, VR development and more. Sean started working on VBG as single indie developer and secured a publishing deal. Eventually the scope of the game required that he evolve and grow his team. We also talk about running a game studio during Covid and the future of VR Industry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Manual Save Podcast with John Laster Hear from all sides of the tech and gaming industry with John Laster. Whether its indie games, AAA Studios, Start-Ups, Esports, Content Creators and more, you can find a little something for all the gaming and tech enthusiasts here. To be a part of the podcast - or to learn more please contact us at: john@johnlasterlaw.com Social Media Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmlaster/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LasterEsq Sean Pinnock https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanpinnock/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/823940/Virtual_Battlegrounds/

Our first Episode of the Manual Save Podcast is live! John Laster and Kyle Morrand will be talking about how Kyle got started in the video game industry and how to find and maximize opportunities along the way. As a game design student, it can be difficult to know how to find a job in the industry after graduation. While Kyle has a very different path than most, he's been able to maximize networking opportunities and grow his own company focusing on "games for everyone else". He primarily works with AR/VR and other gaming technologies while applying them to non-gaming industries in a product development role. Along the way they have used the consulting work to help grow their game development arm of the business. Learn from Kyle on some of things he did well and some of his biggest mistakes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Manual Save Podcast with John Laster Hear from all sides of the tech and gaming industry with John Laster. Whether its indie games, AAA Studios, Start-Ups, Esports, Content Creators and more, you can find a little something for all the gaming and tech enthusiasts here. To be a part of the podcast - or to learn more please contact us at: john@johnlasterlaw.com Social Media Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmlaster Twitter: https://twitter.com/LasterEsq Kyle Morrand https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylemorrand/ https://www.302interactive.com/