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From Actor to Game Developer with Abubaker Salim

Author
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
Published
Mon 03 Jun 2024
Episode Link
https://gamemakersnotebook.libsyn.com/from-actor-to-game-developer-with-abubaker-salim

Alexa Ray Corriea chats with actor turned game developer Abubakar Salim. Together they discuss his career including how he got his first gig in games with Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Origins; wanting to make his own game and starting his own studio; the lessons he learned from working with Ridley and Luke Scott that he applied to game development; how he wanted to tell a story of grief with his first title, Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU; and what the business side of games can learn from film. 

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