S1E1. Аnarchy and tyranny. Creating a game dev team with Warren Spector

2021-06-22

In the first episode of The House of The Dev podcast Warren Spector shares his vision and methods of assembling and managing your first game dev studio. ⁃ First steps: surround yourself with people who are better than you. ⁃ Passion vs money: what matters most at the start; ⁃ If we can scare you away, it’s not your dream job; ⁃ The importance of high level advisors - and when to stop to avoid being annoying; ⁃ Daily work: eye to eye or distanced. New rules and opportunities of the post-pandemi...

In the first episode of The House of The Dev podcast Warren Spector shares his vision and methods of assembling and managing your first game dev studio.

⁃ First steps: surround yourself with people who are better than you.
⁃ Passion vs money: what matters most at the start;
⁃ If we can scare you away, it’s not your dream job;
⁃ The importance of high level advisors - and when to stop to avoid being annoying;
⁃ Daily work: eye to eye or distanced. New rules and opportunities of the post-pandemic world.
⁃ Naked people in the middle of the night and tipped tables: the stress behind the curtains.
⁃ Why crunching is unavoidable - but also unacceptable.

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