November 16th, 2020 Embracer Group Video

Anna Talk: How I got into Game Development

https://youtube.com/embed/UT9iNA3WGT4?autoplay=1&start=247&end=312

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Transcript

I was born in a russian-speaking family in estonia being a russian descent I didn't really feel like I fully belonged to estonian community but when I visited russia I didn't really feel like I fit in there either so the thoughts about leaving to work and study abroad were always present in my mind I never really played with dolls I only had dragons and monsters I was rather geeky and I liked to play on my own I always loved drawing and painting but I knew I should strive for something more than traditional arts my father introduced me to games at early age we used to spend a lot of time at his office playing starcraft and quake that gave me an idea that maybe one day I can make art for games at the university I felt like I need to work super hard so I can prove myself and break into the industry so after one week I met hannah and she was a project lead for our game I thought she she's so cool and she knew everything in my last year of university it was