Joel Beardshaw (Ustwo Games) and Annie Grudeva (Perpetual Games)

Lead Designer & Creative Director

Limit Break Mentorship Special Episode

This episode is sponsored by the Limit Break Mentorship Program! And I’m so excited to have another mentor and mentee on to speak about their experiences.

Limit Break is an amazing mentorship program aimed at underrepresented people working in the UK Games Industry! Those who join will be given the opportunity to pair up with a mentor who is established in their field. This is Limit Break Mentorship’s 3rd year and they are collaborating with Out Making Games with support from other organizations such as UKIE #RaisetheGame, POC in Play and Into Games.

On today’s episode I’m joined by Joel Beardshaw, a lead game designer at ustwo games, and his mentee, Annie Grudeva, who is the Creative Director at Perpetual Games. 

We discuss their experiences working together as Mentor and Mentee, the benefits of having someone to talk to about professional problems and why it’s not a bad thing to ask for help. 

PATREON SUPPORTERS THIS EPISODE - Jean Leggett & Leah Dungay

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Limit Break Mentorship: limitbreak.co.uk

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Annie Grudeva: @annie_psd

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