Joshua Garity

New episode drop! 🚀 I sat down with Ben Kvalo, Founder & CEO of Midwest Games, to discuss supporting underserved developers, his journey into the industry, the Madison game community, some favorite projects, and the challenges of starting a new company. We also got into the importance of networking and building genuine connections, persistence, the advantages of working with a publisher, the future of games, and even Skee-Ball.🔮 Available on all the pod players or below on the GDA YouTube channel. 🎧 Game Dev Advice #gameindustry #gamedev #gamepublishing https://lnkd.in/g4intV_s

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Venue Mockup vs All-Screens Question for designers: What can you do to give clearer context to what your work does while NOT adding much marginal effort. General mockups are an easy answer, but I'd challenge you to take that a step further. 'Expenses' eliminate themselves once they convert into more incoming work and turn into rev-gen investments. Spend to earn returns. The only investment vehicle you can truly control. Mockup: ProLine Mockups 🤝 Ft. KC Current GOAL ⚽ 🌊 #motiondesign

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📣 Designers, you might be surprised at how easy it is to EARN MORE with a few smart moves! In today’s episode (112) of Design Business Freedom podcast, I’m sharing 10 powerful steps to help you reclaim your PROFITS and PEACE. Here’s a hint: one simple step (with just a little commitment) could make a huge difference in your design business. Sometimes, it’s those unnoticed expenses that add up over time, quietly draining your profits🗑️. When you commit to these 10 steps, you’ll see an uptick in your bottom line and be ready to welcome bigger projects and better clients. And the best part is you can do them ALL in ONE DAY! You’ve got this, and I’ve got you. Always. Catch this episode wherever you find podcasts, and start making these quick, impactful changes today. Your business deserves it! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gYEXnxW2 . . . #designerentrepreneur #interiordesignerlife #interiordesignfirm #boostyourprofits

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Hey people, for real, it’s OK–and quite reasonable–to not want to be a designer. Our practice has some really jacked up work/life entanglement where our value as a human is directly tied to how last crit went. The practice has changed. The industry has really changed. It’s a different thing. There’s a good chance you didn’t sign off on these changes. It’s quite alright to nope out. Yes, I get many of us don’t have that option. I’m certainly not able to shift to the plumbing trade at my stage of career. But a lot of you younger folks–you can, and arguably should, take a really hard look at whether this is what you want. And not just the good stuff. The whole kit and caboodle. There’s a whole world out there. No one is going to keep track of how many “design points” we rack up in 10 years. 

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My take on why it's hard to make a story trailer for a game based on backstory and lore. Also, hi I'm back making YouTube videos! (We'll see how long this lasts, haha 😅) #gametrailer #gametrailers #gamemarketing

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Look what I found for sale on a game assets website: If you're going to sell your terrible AI assets, can you at least remove the EXTRA LEGS first??? 😂 As obvious as *these* assets are, there were plenty of assets on that site that were NOT so obvious. It's going to be increasingly difficult for creators to know if assets they purchase/license/download are made with AI or not. This is why I'm uncomfortable with AI "tags" and "bans" being imposed on games...especially without guidance or context. I don't want to see some indie team have to take down the dream game they've worked on for 5 years because the asset store sold them an art pack that may have included AI-generated textures. 😰 #gamedev, #gamedesign, #art, #AI

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⚠️LINKEDIN SCAM ALERTS & LIST OF SCAMMERS⚠️ The amazing Amir Satvat compiled this list with help from loyal community members. Click on the LINK👇for the full list From Amir: Friends, over the past month, we have been hard at work assembling the most comprehensive list possible for you of known LinkedIn scams that prey on the most vulnerable job-seeking members of our community. We started with about 15 in a past post and are now up to 28 known situations. This document lives permanently at amirsatvat.com under our General Career Resources (Category 5, Resource 13). For now, to make this simple, please see the attached document that goes into each of these 28 scams in more detail. Please make sure to keep this on hand before engaging with anything that looks suspicious. Reach out to me directly if you have 2 confirmations of any scam, and we can get it on the list to protect others. Remember to also report it to LinkedIn. To those who prey on our most vulnerable community members, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Stay safe, Amir --- 1. Janet Patrick: Aggressive personal info requests. 2. Raina Laura: Location details don’t match. 3. Clara Scott: Offers job without an interview. 4. Annabella Christina: Poorly written messages. 5. Anderson Tracey: Requests upfront payment. 6. Susan James: Deletes profile when questioned. 7. Thomas Lenz: Unprofessional behavior. 8. Upshot Creatives: Fake checks for equipment. 9. Fake Meta Promoters: Unusual personal info requests. 10. Fake Nintendo Rep: Impersonating Nintendo Texas Office. 11. Outlier Impersonators: Pretending to be a legitimate company. 12. Luminary "Founder": Illegal contract terms. 13. Elsewhere by Paul Sawaya: Free work during interviews. 14. Tungsten Automation: Insists on non-professional communication. 15. Breck Group: Suspicious phishing emails. 16. Stream Media: Asks to purchase tech equipment. 17. Ebara Technologies: Non-existent job postings. 18. Gary Vaynerchuk Impersonator: Nearly identical profile to deceive. 19. DHU Healthcare: Fake checks for data entry positions. 20. Korn Ferry Headhunter: Pushes conversation to WhatsApp. 21. Heitec AG: Fake job postings in the US. 22. Ryan Howard from Carbon 360: Asks for money and equipment. 23. Fake Disney Project Manager: Non-professional communication. 24. Northrop Grumman: Insistence on app communication. 25. High Salary Job Fraud: Personal info or payment requests. 26. Syneos Health: Incorrect email setups. 27. Henson Group: Shady interviews and pressure. 28. Fake Stardock Games Email: Uses [email protected].

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⚠ FAKE COMPANY ALERT Amir Satvat reported these SCAM ALERTS recently and I have to report some more: https://lnkd.in/ddkrUKuQ Gray Wolves is a fake company run by Chadwick Tait (he also ran LUMINARY which Amir Satvat also points out is a scam company) and it was brought to my attention by a community member Russ Blackney https://lnkd.in/dsFWUj4B I talked about his other fake company LUMINARY in this post: https://lnkd.in/dK4CiVup Please let's report his fake companies and the person/people responsible.

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A lot of what we do as designers is clean up. Sure, we talk about story arcs and designing the experience, but the average presentation may not have the time or resources to think bigger than getting it done, even when it’s an essential pitch by the C-suite for a new initiative. That's where following the template, using it wisely to maximize variation, and keeping it simple comes into play. Much of what you need to say should be in the talk track rather than in the slide, and if you need to go into detail, use an appendix, preread existing material, or a download to let people dive deep. Designing for a screen comes with practice, like riding a bike. In my experience helping thousands of presenters, the less design YOU have to do, the better it is for you and the AUDIENCE. Focus on *design that matters.* Be *intentional with design.* #presentationdesign

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Know anyone that might know someone? Asking for a friend 👀 https://lnkd.in/g44DSCP8 #'s for the #'s #TheMattBarney #VideoGames #GameJobs #GameDevJobs #Unreal #UnrealEngine #GameEngineer #PrincipalEngineer #RemoteJobs #RemoteEngineeringJobs #RemoteEngineer

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The UnifiedUI input fields just got their finishing touches. You’ll be getting the best customizable input fields possible! w → UnifiedUI 👀 Have a look at → unifiedui.com

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If you’re looking for a job, read this 👇 A few weeks ago, SKALE had 1944 applications for 2 design roles. The last few weeks.. We reviewed 1133 design portfolios. We narrowed it down to 200 or so initially. We're now setting up design tests. To be honest, I've been dreading the next step. I don't want to send out 1000+ rejection emails. I don't want people to question their worth. I don't want to disappoint people. Period. Especially because the market is tough. So I'm sharing this instead: By Tuesday EOD, you'll receive an update. Statistically, there's a very high chance this will be a 'Next time' email. I'm really sorry. Please know this is not a reflection of your worth. Here's what we saw across top candidates: 🍒 Less is more Only show your strongest work. Cut anything that doesn't best represent your skills or interests. Four strong projects will beat more medium projects every time. Overall impression matters. 🍑  Don't link case studies If you're a junior, you likely were taught to build case studies - great for interviews - but a pain to review. More on curating portfolios next. 🍇 Curate your portfolio Send us ONE portfolio link. Make it easy for us. Curate our view. If you share a Google Drive or multiple links, this leaves you at the mercy of chance. We might not even see your best work before making a call. 🍌  Include your portfolio password Please please please include your portfolio password. Add it to your own personal checklist. We ruled out 50+ applications with missing passwords / broken links. We're a small studio so we can't chase for this. 🍉 Pause before angry emails Don't send emails when you're angry. We understand the market is rough and a rejection email feels so personal - remember that many studios hire from the same pools. We said no to many talented designers because of timing, not because we don't want to work with you. Hopefully these tips help out in your future rounds. Once again, really sorry to have kept you all waiting for weeks. We've taken the lessons from this hiring round and will move faster in the next one. It's the kinder thing to do. Warmly, Joumana 🍌 Note* These are hiring notes from a really small studio. We don't have a dedicated HR department to sort through applicants. In saying that, most HR teams are time-poor so these tips likely can't hurt for other applications too!

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Hi all. I want to share another magic item I've created for an upcoming D&D 5th edition supplemental item module that I'm working on. This item is called Viridis, which loosely means Green, and is inspired by Emerald Dragons. Since I'm not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast, I'll be removing any Forgotten Realms lore I desribed when it's included in my upcoming module—it's just for my current campaign haha. About the weapon, I wanted to make it a Halberd because 5th Edition D&D doesn't currently have any unique magic halberds ha. I've always been interested in some of the less used weapon types in D&D. D&D Beyond Link to the item: https://lnkd.in/eex9H2mP

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Built an AI chatbot running Gemini API, using SwiftData so conversation is saved and persists across sessions. Styling and text formatting next. #ios #swiftui #iosdev

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Designers (and friends) who come back over and over….these are the the best reviews I could possibly shout from the rooftops! 📣 If you plate is full, it's time to upgrade to you 2.0 (meaning...it's time and it's ok to get a helping hand). Your deserve it! Head here if you need help getting your client's sites up, because it's time for you to feel like a star! ⭐ https://lnkd.in/g5HtXQ8x . . . . . #WomenInTechnology #TechForWomen #GirlsWhoCode #TechGirl #DigitalDesign #WomenWhoLead #HerBusiness #FreelanceToFreedom #SmallBusinessBigDreams #SmallAndMightyBusiness #ThisGirlMeansBusiness #FreelanceLifestyle #FreelancingFemales #TheFutureIsFemale #BusinessWithPurpose #CreateLaunchGrow #WebsiteCare #NextLevelWebsite #DeveloperForDesigners #WebDevForDesigners #WebsitesThatTransform

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The hit we all take to become good designers I find some of the feedback I hear so funny sometimes Everyone tries to walk a fine line between being too harsh and too soft You can't blame them, we all do it, but it's hilarious Ever heard things like this? 🗣️ "I don't know if this was intentional, but..." 🗣️ "You might want to think about... how that looks to... other people." 🗣️ "Wow, it's really coming together!" (says someone about your final model) The best kind of feedback is honest, keeps in mind constraints, and is straight to the point In fact, I think people need to be a little harder on us sometimes What are some other pieces of funny feedback you've gotten before that have left you baffled or feeling completely roasted? - 👋 I'm Rebecca Scarbrough, an Industrial Design student at Georgia Tech and the Founder of Design Does That, a blog dedicated to observing the field of design from a student's perspective Follow me if you'd like to tag along throughout my design school experience! Let's go on this journey together 🌱💪 #industrialdesign #designer #designersoflinkedin #designstudents #womenindesign #designschool #designeducation

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There is no design talent shortage. Many in the industry claim it’s hard to hire, but they’re only considering full-time employees. Some of the most innovative designers prefer not to be tied to a single brand. The gig economy has liberated them, offering flexibility and often better compensation. Sure, some roles necessitate full-time hires. But to create a top-notch, agile design team, consider blending full-time staff with freelance consultants and specialized agencies. Rethink your hiring strategy and unlock untapped potential. --- I’m 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 Your footwear design support. Need assistance or want me on your freelancer list? Drop me a DM! #designteam #freelancer #scalingteams

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