The warrior is hard-working, self-sacrificing, and used to being miserable. He can chew through a wall to get what he wants, and routinely hits goals. He’s full of focused, often aggressive, energy which drives him inevitably towards what he wants. Strengths The warrior is productive. He finishes things, he achieves what he sets out to …
This is the second post in a series on game developer archetypes. Read the introduction here. The Bard is hungry. Hungry for ideas, experiences, pleasure. He’s constantly on the search for the new. He fully appreciates sensory experience of every kind so he’s constantly in awe of the beautiful experiences available – he wants to …
Enthusiasm is an engine, it drives you forward, gives you get-up-and-go – but an engine doesn’t work so well when your wheels are pointing four different ways. If you don’t make conscious choice about what you’re going to pursue, (and, more importantly, what you’re NOT going to pursue), the lack of constraints will cause your …
Making games is hard. Finding time to make games is harder. If you’re working/married with kids like I am, you probably have wondered vaguely how anyone gets anything done. You have the ambition to make games, but time slips away and you’re no closer than you were one month ago. What gives? Are you just …
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