mars - 2022

Burnout tips: find the balance and be creative in non-pressure environments

The Goose

Mar 30, 2022
3 min

Burnout tips: find the balance and be creative in non-pressure environments

“Even though burnout is something that happens a lot in the industry, I don't want other people to go through it, so it’s important to talk about it.” Sofie Wikström learned a lot from her own experience. She thinks it’s vital to share her tips and learnings with other game makers. One of the hardest situations of Sofie’s burnout was her creative block, not only at work but also at home. Like many artists, creativity permeates her whole life. Switch creative areas at home. “I

Let’s talk about burnouts in the video games industry

The Goose

Mar 30, 2022
3 min

Friday Stories Blogs

Let’s talk about burnouts in the video games industry

"The hardest thing I've been through as a game developer is a burnout." Sofie Wikström, Art Director of The Station - A Thunderful Studio, with 13 years of experience working in videogames. She speaks honestly about the eye-opening experience that taught her the importance of balancing her passion for work with her mental health. Working in video games is a dream and a passion for many professionals, but it is not all fun and games. Sofie Wikström thinks it is crucial to spea

3 things I wish I knew before working on my first commercial game

The Goose

Mar 21, 2022
2 min

Studio News

3 things I wish I knew before working on my first commercial game

We asked our Indie Game Developer alumni River to share her insights after working on her first commercial game. ----- A bit more than a year ago I started my education as an indie game developer and the following summer I worked on my first game. It was a dream come true, but once I started working, I quickly realized how little I actually knew about game development and the process behind it. There are things I wished I knew beforehand, that could have made me work more eff

The story of a Japanese manga editor that built a 15-years career in the videogame industry

The Goose

Mar 16, 2022
6 min

Friday Stories Blogs

The story of a Japanese manga editor that built a 15-years career in the videogame industry

“I love immersing myself in magical worlds full of compelling characters, heroes, and villains with different personalities and stories.” We talked with Jake Forbes, Creative Director at Star Stable, before his upcoming talk at Friday Stories. He shared with us about his 15 years career as a videogame storyteller, how he entered the industry, and tips for aspiring game writers. Jake is not only a creator of game stories and characters, he is also a consumer of video games sin

"I think the future of the game industry lies in its accessibility to a wider audience!"

The Goose

Mar 15, 2022
2 min

Educational News

"I think the future of the game industry lies in its accessibility to a wider audience!"

We spoke to our Fasttrack-participant Niels Van Alphen at Forgebyte Studio about his thoughts on the Fasttrack program. Why are you part of the Fasttrack program? Because it felt like a great opportunity to learn a lot about game development. Most jobs get quite monotonous after a while. Game development is great because no matter how long you’ve been working with it there is always something new and challenging to learn and it really allows you to grow as a person. What do y

Beta of Blind Survival have been downloaded more than 1400+ times!

The Goose

Mar 14, 2022
1 min

Studio News

Beta of Blind Survival have been downloaded more than 1400+ times!

Our community member and The Great Summer Pitch-winner Noah Moltenberg works with an unusual concept. It is an all audio and no graphics game. Noah told us their story as a visually impaired game developer during the pitch event. The challenges of the ever-evolving and details-oriented graphics are not necessarily accessible and that’s why he decided to develop Blind Survival: A zombie adventure-horror game; to highlight how rare it is for games to be accessible to visually i

3 things I did and 3 I wish I didn't when hosting Global Game Jam

The Goose

Mar 8, 2022
3 min

Blogs

3 things I did and 3 I wish I didn't when hosting Global Game Jam

Had you have told me a year ago that I would be the site organizer for Karlstads Global Game Jam in 2022 I would have become puzzled and eager to know “how”. Globally, the game developers of the world have found a way to organize every year during the same short period of time to indulge ourselves in creating games. Global Game Jam isn’t a competition, but a chance for us to challenge ourselves and our creative productivity. A year ago, I had graduated with my bachelor's degr

“I was a kid in Jordan saying that I wanted to make videogames in Japan. People thought I was crazy”

The Goose

Mar 2, 2022
5 min

Friday Stories Blogs

“I was a kid in Jordan saying that I wanted to make videogames in Japan. People thought I was crazy”

In the late 1980s, Fawzi Mesmar was a 5-year-old boy in Jordan playing his first video game, Atari 2600's Space Invaders, and dreaming of making games in Japan. 30 years later, Fawzi is a mentor and a speaker, who will open up about his 20 years of experience as a Game Designer and Creative Leader for companies such as Ubisoft, Ubisoft, EA, Activision Blizzard, Gameloft and Atlus in The Middle East, New Zealand, Japan and Europe. Enjoy this intimate conversation we meet the k