Unity – Behind the Game: Airborne Kingdom

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Airborne Kingdom is a flying city-builder featuring a unique blend of exploration gameplay. In this podcast, go behind the scenes with Ben Wander – the founder of The Wandering Band and the game’s designer – to learn the creative process and Unity tools that bring this flying world to life.

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Meet our hosts

Mike Geig Global Head of Evangelism Content

Mike develops and delivers recorded, live, and onsite learning content to help creators improve their Unity skills. He has experience as an indie game dev and a university educator.

Ben Wander Founder of The Wandering Band

Ben is a designer, writer, engineer, and teacher with over a decade of industry experience at studios like BioWare and Visceral Games. In 2015, he left AAA to make games independently, founding The Wandering Band.

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