All good things must come to an end, and other such cliches. But the end of our Fast Five questions means that Freeplay itself is just around the corner! To play us out keyboard cat, here’s Sam Mayo who’ll be talking on our Ask a Game Developer panel.
What are you working on right now?
Just finished up the development of Puzzle Quest 2 for Steam. It’s been really fun developing for Steam, we probably got a little carried away with all the stats and achievements but it was definitely worth all of the extra effort. I’m also working on something that hasn’t been announced yet, which I probably shouldn’t talk about…
What has been the biggest change with what you do in the past 5 years?
Easy: going from being a full time university student to working in the games industry. I learned a lot at university and had some awesome lecturers, but working in the industry is quite a bit different. Game development is the coolest damn thing on Earth, and I love being a part of it.
What do you wished you’d worked on? Why?
Anything Valve have created, especially the Left 4 Dead games. Valve make kick arse games, and command the respect of millions of gamers worldwide. I wanna be them.
What are you most looking forward to?
Whatever comes next! We’ve got some pretty cool projects coming up, but aside from that I’d really like to start attending some conferences overseas. Maybe even work overseas someday.
What is your favourite ever creative moment?
Releasing Puzzle Quest 2 on DS and XBLA, seeing it review well, then seeing it on store shelves locally. We put a lot of hard work into it and I’m very proud of the final product. Also working on the aforementioned Steam version was a blast. I’m a massive geek for excessive in-game stats and achievements, so putting that extra fluff into our game was great.
Sam is currently working as QA Manager and Producer at Infinite Interactive. He doesn’t know how he has enough time at work to be a Producer and a QA Manager, but somehow manages to pull it off.
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