[PIGMI] Introduction

[Jon Hayward]

Good to hear you're heading back, I look forward to chatting with you again
:)

Hope you're having a good one!
Jon

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 2:11 AM, Lee-Steere Jayeson <
jayeson at titaniumstudios.com> wrote:

> I'll be moving (back) to Perth later this year and so thought it would be a
> good time to introduce myself. I know some of you and some of you may know
> me from an IGDA presentation I did a few years back during a Perth visit.
>
> I've been working in games for 17+ years now. For the last 7 years I have
> been working on EA's American Football games out of Florida, with the last
> year as Technical Director for Madden NFL 12. Prior to that I had my own
> little game development company in Perth doing small ports. There is a
> little info on them here: http://titaniumstudios.com/games/games.html .
> Personally I love porting work and these projects were some of the most fun
> I've ever had. When I left Perth there was just a glimmer of a game industry
> but a lot of promise with Murdoch's games course starting up. Even so, I was
> quite surprised to see a few years later just how much things had grown, and
> in particular, how this great community had sprung up.
>
> I'm still not sure where I'll land job-wise and there is a pretty good
> chance that my day job will not be directly games related. However things
> work out, my goal is to participate in Perth's game industry as much as I
> can. I believe the coming years hold a lot of potential for Perth. The need
> for games to be connected across platforms is increasing and EA for example
> is positioning themselves for it in a big way. Perth has a critical mass of
> skills for many of these platforms. Melbourne is stronger and EA has already
> bought a couple of developers there however I am confident there is still
> plenty of room for Perth. IMO the most important factor will be how the
> Perth community rallies together when opportunity knocks. I have high hopes
> as the community, while small, is the most collaborative and passionate I
> know of.
>
> I looking forward to catching up with those I know and to meeting new
> faces. If you want to chat, have questions or are interested in
> collaborating in some way, please feel free to drop me an email.
>
> Jayeson Lee-Steere
>
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>
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