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digitalnuisance@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago^^^This is true, but I also think it’s important to note the role repeated financial and cultural success has on one’s mind and ego when elevated repeatedly by both the market and culture. You are not only just financially incentivized not to innovate, but your ego continues telling you “my ideas are always good no matter what others think” after these successes, even when they’re not true. This is how top-down cultural problems in studio disciplines calcify in addition to financial incentives. It’s important as a person(s) running a successful studio to not surround yourself with yes-men, which is not an easy task due to the previously-mentioned perverse incentives.
SpicyColdFartChamber@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
The funny thing is, I’ve heard about quite a few Indie studios that are just as bad. They do the very same thing we condemn AAA for - crunch, micromanaging and even harrasment.
I was very surprised to hear the person who lead the development on monument valley turned out to be a big dick to his employees.
So, I can totally understand the cultural success thing. Though I’d like to believe that we are better than the corporate management suite, I have to remind myself that anyone can be a dick. You can be a progressive left leaning animal lover and still be a horrible parent. This was a hard lesson for me.
I have worked only in the indie/AA sphere, and my experience here hasn’t been all that great either. But, I always believed the problem was in the work culture of my country itself, and that I would probably find it better to work with those outside my country. No, people are the same everywhere, just of different flavours.
Though I’d still prefer to work with like minded people vs those believe capital over everything else.
digitalnuisance@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
This is also true. I’ve worked at a number of startup indies/AA studios, and most of them are horribly mismanaged.