A Nerds Special - An Interview with An Aspie Life developer : Bradley Hennessey

October 6, 2019 Zane C Weber

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Welcome to another fun filled instalment from the Nerds we all love. This week we have a fantastic special episode. We have a special guest join us and talk about their game and being a game developer. That’s right our guest has developed and published a computer game, entitled “An Aspie Life” and it is a lot of fun. Our guest is up and coming legend Bradley Hennessey and we ask those hard hitting questions that others are too scared to ask. If you want to know his choice of super power or the answer to cape or no cape you will need to listen in.

EPISODE NOTES:

Bio

Name: Bradley Hennessey

Occupation: Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Student & Game Developer

Games created: An Aspie Life

Career highlights

An Aspie Life

- Nominated for Australian Game of the Year at the 2018 Australian Game Awards

- Queensland Awards 2017 – Senior Students

- Young Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Explorers nationals 2017

- Young Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Explorers QLD 2017

- ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) Screen it 2017

- AIIA (Australian Information Industry Association) iAwards National Senior Students 2017

Game synopsis

"An Aspie Life" is an experimental adventure game that deals with the topic of Asperger's Syndrome. The game is centered around having to live with autism. The players actions in the game will have to adapt to how an autistic person sees the world. As every element of this game recreates how some people with autism perceive the world, therefore all forms of sound, graphics and interactions are intentional.

Where to find the game

- https://store.steampowered.com/app/786410/An_Aspie_Life/

Show notes

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- https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2019/06/20/ea-loot-boxes-discussed-by-the-companys-ceo-andrew-wilson/

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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urusei_Yatsura

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (manga written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoJo%27s_Bizarre_Adventure

Dragonball (manga written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama)