Beyond Obstacles: The Process and Postmortem of a Quadriplegic Game Designer | Jonathan HALES
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Channel: GameDaily Connect · 2013 · Gaming
Life, like game development, is full of obstacles, breakthroughs, stalemates, triumphs, and failures. What separates those who do from those who don't? Jon shares his story, complete with mild successes and fantastic failures, focusing primarily on his recent app release BLIZZ Words in the hope that sharing true-life hard knocks will help smooth the road for and motivate current and would-be developers. Delivered at Casual Connect USA, July 2013 Download Slides: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Casual_Connect_USA_2013_Presentations/Jon_Hales_CCUSA_2013.pdf
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