Send us Fan Mail Kristofer Eng and Andreas Wickman are the masterminds behind Elias Software, a company that recently released a completely new sound FX engine that revolutionizes the workflow for game composers. The duo joined us for a new episode of Round Table to talk about their company, discuss what is adaptive music and how it can be used for games. Follow 80 LEVEL on social media: https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level Kristofer En...
Aug 20, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Send us Fan Mail Bill Fishkin, the CEO of Theia Interactive, the company that has created award-winning visualizations for companies such as Nvidia, HP, Mohawk Group, Toll Brothers, Suffolk Construction, and Epic Games, has joined the Round Table to discuss the company, their production process, how they use XR to help various industries and more. Bill is a digital strategist with 20+ years of experience and has worked with a myriad of clients from The Carlyle Group to Caesars Entertainment. Fol...
Jul 29, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Send us Fan Mail Skyforge Project Lead Dmitry Lisichkin joined the Round Table podcast to discuss the experience of porting Skyforge for Nintendo Switch. The developer discussed technical limitations, monetization aspects, new audience, and more. Dmitry has been working on Skyforge since 2012. He started as a QA lead for game mechanics, then led a team of game mechanics developers, and their team worked on everything related to core gameplay: classes, monsters, and bosses. They were engaged in b...
Jul 16, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Send us Fan Mail A talented 3D artist from Ukraine Ilya Chernobrov joined Kirill Tokarev to discuss his path and how he switched from finance to game 3D art, talked about stages of his career, and shared advice on how aspiring artists can get into the industry. Follow 80 LEVEL on social media: https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level Ilya Chernobrov is a 3D Artist from Kyiv, Ukraine 80 Level Interview https://80.lv/articles/designing-a-germ...
Jul 02, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Send us Fan Mail Joe Garth, the creator of Brushify.io and UE4 Artist, is the latest guest of our episodic show called Round Table. Following the recent announcement of Unreal Engine 5, we’ve decided to invite the artist to talk about Epic’s engine and how it will affect the industry. Follow 80 LEVEL on social media: https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level Joe Garth is the creator of Brushify.io and UE4 Artist Twitter - https://twitter.com...
Jun 17, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Send us Fan Mail Marcin Jaśkiewicz, CEO, co-founder at Simteract, joined the latest episode of Round Table to discuss his team’s projects. Simteract is a developer of premium indie simulation games with a background in creating professional simulations. Marcin discussed his company, talked about different generators they built, and shared some insights on the business side of things. Follow 80 LEVEL on social media: https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twi...
May 28, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Send us Fan Mail Piotr Uzarowicz from Arcturus is the latest guest of our podcast with Kirill Tokarev. The company develops HoloSuite, a capture agnostic platform that amplifies, edits, and finesses volumetric captures to fit artistic and production goals. We talked about volumetric videos, how they can be used, and discussed whether the new format will replace good old 2D videos. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https:...
May 21, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Send us Fan Mail Victor Perez, a Spanish film director, producer, screenwriter, and visual effects artist with more than 20 years of combined experience, is the latest guest of our podcast with Kirill Tokarev. Some of the films Perez worked on include Christopher Nolan's ‘The Dark Knight Rises’, ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’, and more. Our guest talked about his job and the challenges of working on films, discussing how his workflow evolved over years. Th...
Feb 11, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Send us Fan Mail Lori Plager, Executive Director, Sales & Consumer Products at Sony Pictures Television, joined our editor-in-chief Kirill Tokarev to talk about licensing and how it works these days. What are the main benefits of working with licenses? What are the main challenges? The specialist answered these and many other questions providing a thorough introduction to the complex topic. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/Level...
Jan 28, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Send us Fan Mail Scott Denton, a Freelance Artist how has experience working with numerous companies, joined us for a new episode of 80 Level Round Table to discuss his career, getting a job today, launching new studios, and more. The artist talked about whether the market is overpopulated today and shared insights into working on different projects. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https...
Jan 14, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Send us Fan Mail Shil Bose, 3D Artist at Ubisoft Toronto, joined our editor-in-chief Kirill Tokarev on the new episode of 80 Level Round Table to discuss his education, applying for internships, and finding time for personal projects. The artist also talked about working at a big company, tools they use, shared thoughts on popular 3D tools, and more. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https...
Dec 22, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Send us Fan Mail Slava Smirnov and Gleb Sterkin from Capture joined the new episode of 80 Level Round Table to talk about deep learning and how new technologies affect game development. We discuss ML and the ways it can be used for game development. Slava and Gleb also shared insights into modern animation pipelines, discussed motion capture, different solutions, and more. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.in...
Dec 14, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Send us Fan Mail Ares Dragonis joined us on the new episode of 80 Level Round Table to talk about his project THE SHORE that started as an environment and then evolved into a full game. The developer told us about his Lovecraftian story, its success, and how he managed to get so many people interested. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level We are looking for more ar...
Nov 26, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Send us Fan Mail Josh Hope and Jaime Martinez from Mimaki USA joined us for a new episode of 80 Level Round Table to talk about 3D printing and how this industry works. The duo talked about the things that define the quality of prints, solutions available, software needed, setting up different maps for prints, and more. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level We are l...
Nov 26, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Send us Fan Mail Jasmin Habezai-Fekri, a long-time friend of 80 Level, took some time to chat with our editor-in-chief, Kirill Tokarev, about her career, education, and more. The artist discussed her projects, learning Unreal Engine, self-studying, launching a 3D career, and where to go after the university. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level We are looking for m...
Nov 26, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Send us Fan Mail Aaron Sims and Tyler Winther from ASC joined us for a new episode of Round Table to talk about their company, designing new worlds, sketching ideas, and more. The team specializes in concept design, rapid prototyping, pre-visualization, and visual effects, creating unforgettable creatures, worlds, and visual storytelling with the help of an approach they call 'Sketch to Screen'. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/Leve...
Nov 26, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Send us Fan Mail Spiridon Giannakis joined us for a new episode of Round Table to talk about his career and publishing art books. Spiridon has years of experience working with artists and creating art publications. He has worked with a range of clients including Even Mehl Amundsen, Andrew Mar, James Martin, Jesper Ejsing, Alex Konstad, and many more. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https...
Nov 26, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Send us Fan Mail Principal material artist Josh Lynch and Associate Art Director at Ubisoft Toronto Billy Matjiunis joined us for a new episode of 80 Level Round Table to talk about education in the 3D art and game industry. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level We are looking for more artists! Join 80 LEVEL RFP for free https://80lv.pro/rfp-rt Get your work noticed...
Nov 26, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Send us Fan Mail Digital Artist Gordon Neill joined us for a new episode of 80 Level Round Table to discuss switching to 3D, talk about his career, chat about the industry in general, and more. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level We are looking for more artists! Join 80 LEVEL RFP for free https://80lv.pro/rfp-rt Get your work noticed by some of the biggest and bes...
Nov 26, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Send us Fan Mail Video game and technology entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience, Vlad Panchenko, joined us for a new episode of the Round Table show to discuss user-generated content in games and how their company, DMarket, changes the way players and content creators interact with each other. Vlad’s company is focused on building the future of the in-game items industry that covers the needs of 2.4 billion gamers worldwide, and the team's goal is to build a world without borders throug...
Nov 26, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Send us Fan Mail James Jacobs, CEO of Ziva Dynamics, joined Kirill Tokarev, our editor-in-chief, for a new episode of 80 Level Round Table to chat about their company, talk tech startups, and discuss the team’s products for creating realistic interactive characters. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level We are looking for more artists! Join 80 LEVEL RFP for free htt...
Nov 26, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Send us Fan Mail Dries Deryckere, a Coordinator at DAE Howest, joined us for a new episode of 80 Level Round Table to talk about his work, aspects of 3D education, choosing tools to study, and share tips on how to land a job in the industry. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level We are looking for more artists! Join 80 LEVEL RFP for free https://80lv.pro/rfp-rt Get ...
Nov 26, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Send us Fan Mail Join us for our new Round Table series where we’ll be discussing different topics. The first episode is dedicated to COVID-19. Harid Taskin and Maxime Rigole joined our hosts, Kirill Tokarev and Arti Sergeev to talk about the way Coronavirus influenced their work-life balance, changed the industry, and more. Visit our website 80.lv and stay tuned! Follow 80 Level on social media https://www.facebook.com/LevelEighty/ https://www.instagram.com/80.lv https://twitter.com/80Level We ...
Sep 16, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 1
