d prominently at this year’s Develop Conference, with a stand promoting
students on the courses. Jonathon Robinson is on the Train2Game Game Design course, and helped promote Train2Game and also got an insight into the games industry. The Train2Game blog caught up with Jonathon at the event to find out what he gained from the experience. Listen to the interview at www.audioboo.fm/train2game
We
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re here at the Develop Conference, how have you found it all as a Train2Game student?
Amazing,
it’s
really summarised my ideas. I
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ve actually met tonnes of people in the industry now
–
Ian Livingstone, I
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ve met some great people from Bungie I can
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t remember the names of. Honestly,there
’
s that many people here right now...I
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ve met people from Sony, I
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ve met some amazingpeople, I
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ve been to tonnes of conferences, I
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ve learned how to set up a studio...so muchinformation from all these famous people, it
’
s amazing.
You
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re currently donning a Train2Game t-shirt, have people been positive about Train2Game andwhat you
’
re doing when you say
‘
I
’
m on a Train2Gam course
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?
I
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m always positive! If anyone ever badmouths Train2Game I will stand my ground and I will alwaysargue saying
‘
It
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s the best thing, it
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s changed my life
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I know it
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s changed a lot of people
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s lives, I cansee students who are coming up to me and saying
‘
Jonny, you
’
re that guy, you
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re living the dream
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and I say
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I know because I
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ve worked hard, and you can achieve anything if you
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ve worked hardenough
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How have the developers you
’
ve spoken to reacted to you saying you
’
re on Train2Game?
It
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s different, I kind of cleverly did it promoting them and promoting myself. I said you know what,you
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re a developer, we
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ve got students; we
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re awesome, we
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re always willing to learn, I tell youwhat, give us your business card and we
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ll get in contact with you, and they say
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That
’
s awesome.
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SoTrain2Game for them has really opened their eyes in more than just a way of clients, but potentialpeople to talk to and maybe push a bit further. You
’
ve got to be kind of sly with these guys in mypersonal opinion.