We've got Ally (producer at Half Mermaid, most recently on Immortality. Previously a producer, host, and writer at Vice's Waypoint, a Content and Experience Manager at Play By We, and currently can be heard on the Star Wars podcast "A More Civilized Age") and Natalie (producer at The Voxel Agents, game director at Lemonade Games on Mystiques, Production Director at League of Geeks on Solium Infernum and the recent Jumplight Odyssey. Previously was a senior producer and development manager at Mighty Kingdom, expert product manager at Wargaming, and gamerunner on Rumu at Robot House) in to talk all things PRODUCTION, including how the definition of a producer is different at every studio, the Triple Diamond technique, transcendental meditation, productivity software, best practices for outlining/facilitating interactive narratives, producing Immortality, the organizing monster, documentation and getting people to read it, the most useful soft skills, setting expectations with teams on a producer’s role, what they would tell their starting-out-self based on what they know now, how much of what they produce includes a part of themselves, and skittles.
Our Guests on the Internet
For Ally: Mystiques, and Solium Infernum
For Natalie: Her Twitter, and A More Civilized Age's Patreon
Stuff We Talked About
The Triple Diamond technique
Transcendental Meditation
GanttPRO
Notion
Immortality
Solium Infernum
One of Ally's surveys for setting expectations on how a producer can help their team
Our theme music was done by Isabella Ness, and our logo was done by Lily Nishita.
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