by Jennifer Mendez | Jan 25, 2017 | Blog, Business, Game Development
Game development is a fun field, filled with video games (obviously), and talented creatives. Conferences make ideal places to network. The long hours are spent playing or designing, writing or programming. And you go home knowing you’re making art. If it sounds...
by Jennifer Mendez | Oct 5, 2016 | Blog
Going for the direct approach, there’s some must-do’s in game development you have to get going on before you can achieve success. We’ve stated this before, but we’ll do it again to emphasize the point: game development careers are molded to...
by Jennifer Mendez | Sep 22, 2016 | Blog, Game Development
Keeping yourself sane during game development is a big deal, right? It’s something you’d hope you can accomplish. Between the brutal deadlines and hours, the amount of effort that it takes to kick start a career, etc. it can seem like the odds are stacked...
by Jennifer Mendez | Sep 19, 2016 | Blog, Game Design, Writing
I’ll be honest: being a game writer is probably not what you think it is. Most game writers start out expecting one thing and realize that what game writers do for a living isn’t exactly what they expected. Perhaps you think game writing is for the avid...
by Jennifer Mendez | Aug 30, 2016 | Blog
When speaking to a player—a non-developer—recently I was told, “I don’t understand why anyone would get out of development. Making games for a living is a dream come true.” It was in that moment that I realized that being in development is not...
