Carina Soares and Marc Espinola Berestein - Lab42 Games
This industry talk was by Carina Soares (Environment Artist) and Marc Espinola Berestein (Senior Animator) from Lab42 Games. Unlike other groups who talked independently, this talk was made by both Carina and Marc at the same time. This was much more of an informal talk compared to some of the other that we've had. Both of them talked to us about their journeys into the industry and their experiences during their time in the industry. Marc talked about how hard it was for him to get in the industry, coming from a country that at the time had a very small game development industry. One interesting thing he mentioned was that he had applied over 100 times before finally getting his chance in the industry. This showed us just how hard it can be to get into the industry. Marc also talked about the many different things he used to try network and gain access to the industry (even sneaking into a gaming conference). His biggest tip for us was to pick what we want to specialise in and r