Summary: <p>The clubhouse is packed in this episode, as your nice hosts discuss the Kenyan game dev scene with developers Alila Omondi Wekoto, Denis Odero and Shyam Shah! We talk about the importance of community, the value of higher education and also argue about Xbox vs Playstation (vs Switch, slightly)!</p> <ul> <li> Alila brings up the episode where we interviewed Chel Wong, award winning composer who recently worked on KINE. <a href="/episode/196" hreflang="en">Game Audio Tools and Workflows</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/824570/Kine/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KINE is out on Steam now!</a> </li> </ul> Gamedev in Kenya <a href="/topics/misc" hreflang="en">Misc.</a> <p>Game Devs Kenya</p> <a href="https://gamedevskenya.co.ke/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DevsKenya/status/1317481185723940864" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DevsKenya on Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gamedevs_/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GameDevs on Instagram</a> - <a href="/publication/instagram" hreflang="en">Instagram</a> <a href="https://covidkillerpcv2-907819.netlify.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Covid Killer - Game</a> <a href="https://gamedevskenya.co.ke/index.html#videoMessage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Game Devs Kenya is running another boot camp on November 7th!</a> <a href="https://nairobigames.center/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nairobi Game Development Center</a> <p>Kenya has a co-working space for game developers called <a href="https://nairobigames.center/">Nairobi Game Development Center</a>. Here are some pictures!</p> <a href="http://nicegames.club/sites/default/files/2020-10/IMG_20200114_151947.jpg"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-10/IMG_20200114_151947.jpg?itok=e5K9ZQ47" width="480" height="360" alt="Image of Nairobi Garage" class="img-responsive"> </a> <a href="http://nicegames.club/sites/default/files/2020-10/IMG_20200114_151837_0.jpg"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-10/IMG_20200114_151837_0.jpg?itok=P8qrG-wi" width="360" height="480" alt="A picture of the Nairobi Game Development Center." class="img-responsive"> </a> <a href="http://nicegames.club/sites/default/files/2020-10/IMG_20200909_171422.jpg"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-10/IMG_20200909_171422.jpg?itok=1xT0jEmB" width="360" height="480" alt="A picture of the Nairobi Game Development Center." class="img-responsive"> </a> <p>Mentioned in the episode:</p> <a href="https://usiku.games/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Usiku Games is a mobile games studio located in Kenya. </a> <a href="https://nairobigarage.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nairobi Garage - annother coworking space</a> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/game-devs-kenya/sets/ps5-vs-xbox-series-x-debate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Four-part, moderated debate about Xbox vs Playstation!</a> - <a href="/author/game-devs-kenya" hreflang="en">Game Devs Kenya</a>, <a href="/publication/soundcloud" hreflang="en">SoundCloud</a> <a href="https://africacomicade.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Africa Comicade recently held a 3-day Game Jam.</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/ph8LyNIT9sg?t=523" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mark Cerny goes over the possibilities of the new hardware within the Playstati…</a> - <a href="/author/playstation" hreflang="en">PlayStation</a>, <a href="/publication/youtube" hreflang="en">YouTube</a> <a href="/node/323" hreflang="en">Alila Omondi Wekoto</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/33" hreflang="en">Guest</a> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/portrait/public/2020-10/alila_screenshot.png?itok=tFNf7iG1" width="300" height="450" alt="A picture of Alila Omondi Wekoto." class="img-responsive"> Alila Omondi Wekoto is a game developer who runs a boot camp called Game Devs Kenya. External link <a href="https://gamedevskenya.co.ke">https://gamedevskenya.co.ke</a> <a href="/node/324" hreflang="en">Denis Odero</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/33" hreflang="en">Guest</a> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/portrait/public/2020-10/denis.jpg?itok=4Z6VDLUY" width="300" height="450" alt="A picture of Denis Odero." class="img-responsive"> Denis Odero is a game developer who runs a boot camp called Game Devs Kenya. External link <a href="https://gamedevskenya.co.ke">https://gamedevskenya.co.ke</a> <a href="/node/325" hreflang="en">Shyam Shah</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/33" hreflang="en">Guest</a> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/portrait/public/2020-10/Shyam.jpg?itok=EJkrL4Ux" width="300" height="450" alt="A picture of Shyam Shah." class="img-responsive"> Shyam Shah is a game developer who runs a boot camp called Game Devs Kenya. External link <a href="https://gamedevskenya.co.ke">https://gamedevskenya.co.ke</a>
