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Everything you never wanted to know about burnout

GamesIndustry.biz

Crunch, working conditions, and mental health have been topics of frequent discussion in the games industry for years. At last month's Game Developers Conference, a panel of personal and professional experts discussed the subject at length.

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We. The Refugees. Ticket to Europe by Act Zero is a redemption for its maker

PreMortem.Games

This would make a great topic for a game, he thought. In fact, I just sat in my safe and warm apartment in Central Europe and read books about this topic with the feeling that I was doing ‘something important’. I felt like an imposter most of the time I was working on the game. “It’s a complex topic.

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Building Hope shows what it takes to provide shelter for millions of refugees

PreMortem.Games

Refugees have been a main topic of news, talk shows and social media for about a decade”, he says. My main argument is that conditions at refugee camps are the root of many problems in this crisis. Here, a core team of 3 people and quite a few outsourcing partners, work together on Building Hope – Refugee Camp Simulator.

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Speed running Monkey Island

Grumpy Gamer

One of the topics was how speed runners dislike random events and the end of Monkey Island 2 has a lot of randomness around when LeChuck appears. I was asked how this worked and to be honest that was a long time ago and I don't remember every little scape of code. It is also possible that I didn't write it.

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Playground fights led to the sister’s power house Blind Bend Studio

PreMortem.Games

The Rare Skin Condition Assuming the role of big sister to Gnoumagbee , Teninke recalls, “Growing up, I remember watching children mock and throw things at Gnoumagbee in the playground. They did not understand that persons with albinism are not diseased but rather are living with a rare skin condition.” recalled Teninke. said Teninke.

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Understanding the Great Video Game Recession. Or Not.

The Bottom Feeder

Such pain makes it very tempting to either ignore the topic or retreat into soft, easy homilies. But I have a whole lot of my own personal skin in this game, and I've been writing and speaking on this exact topic for a long time. I’ve been talking about this topic since I had hair. No shell of protective irony here.

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How to prepare for a games industry job interview

OPM Jobs

Games What games has the company worked on? Do you know what it is they are currently working on? Ensure your clothes are clean, ironed and in good condition of course, but if you show up in a suit you might get a few odd looks. You can use this method throughout your interview and when talking through work in your portfolio.

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