Iteration in Isolation: Finding Success as a Solo VR Developer During a Global Pandemic
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When Niel began working on SolarBlack at the start of the covid-19 pandemic, it was little more than a dream. Something to occupy the newly available at-home time between his full-time job and something which could tie his other passions of creating art, music, and programming into a sort of covid opus. Two years later, SolarBlack has launched globally on multiple major platforms and has found backing from a VR publisher. In this talk, Niel shares what that two-year journey looked like for him as a teacher in Austria. He will discuss the skills which helped him find success with SolarBlack–even those he didn’t possess–as well as what went right, what went wrong, and lots of things he wishes someone had told him before he started.
Takeaway
Hi there! I’m Niel, a solo game developer, artist musician, and full-time professor. I’m also the creator of SolarBlack, an action-rhythm game made exclusively for VR that I built from the ground up over the last two years during the pandemic. Now th
Session Type
Panel (20 Min)
