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May 31, 20222 min read
TGJ + Safe In Our World
We are ending this Mental Health month by continuing. The Great Journey is a new and growing community and we not only have the...
The Goose
Apr 27, 20222 min read
Why Värmland #3 - Work/life balance with forest baths and sun
This article is part of a 3-part series called Why Värmland? where we deep dive into different reasons for you to move to Värmland! One...
The Goose
Apr 7, 20222 min read
Why Värmland? - #1 Kronoparken
This article is part of a 3-part series called Why Värmland? where we deep dive into different reasons for you to move to Värmland! You...
The Goose
Mar 30, 20223 min read
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...
The Goose
Mar 30, 20223 min read
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...
The Goose
Mar 16, 20226 min read
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.”...
The Goose
Mar 14, 20221 min read
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...
The Goose
Mar 8, 20223 min read
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...
The Goose
Mar 2, 20225 min read
“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...
The Goose
Feb 28, 20222 min read
5 tips to apply in your everyday life when working in game development
Mesmar shares some of the learnings and tips from his career with us. He tries to apply these in his day-to-day life to become a better...
The Goose
Dec 9, 20212 min read
A GREAT thank you to all our Friday Stories speakers this season!
We have had the pleasure to have these 5 amazing speakers and ! We are still editing some of the talks from this season, keep a lookout...
The Goose
Nov 19, 20212 min read
What is a video game cluster doing at a book festival? 🤔
Today you can find The Great Journey together with Insanto Studios, Signe Studios and Forgebyte Studios at the local book festival,...
The Goose
Nov 16, 20214 min read
Tülay McNally: It’s more than making games, It's impacting gamers’ lives
Every gamer has wished to be their favorite character. To fulfill this, game developers are increasingly aware of how inclusion,...
The Goose
Nov 2, 20214 min read
Adam Ritchie: behind the scenes of videogame voices | Friday Stories blogs
Behind the “It’s me Mario'' Mario Bros, “For Demacia” Garen-League Of Legends, or “Hadouken” Ryu-Street Fighter, there is more than an...
The Goose
Oct 18, 20213 min read
The journey of a technical sound designer through the videogames industry | Friday Stories Blog
Play a videogame muted for a few minutes: “You think that you make free choices, but a sound designer is telling you: check this thing...
The Goose
May 19, 20213 min read
Sound design in games today: Q&A with Cajsa Larsson
When we spoke to Sound Designer Cajsa Larsson, we heard echoes of our interview with audio entertainment company Wanderword’s Lead...
The Goose
May 12, 20213 min read
Blog: 3 tips to make your pitch GREATER
You stand there, in front of your computer screen and see five pair of eyes looking back at you. The share screen-feature is bit of a...