This time I'm joined by Pasqual Batalla. Pasqual is a COO @ Sandsoft, and previously he held a similar position at Socialpoint studio.

In the podcast Pasqual talks about his experience with both studios, we also discuss Barcelona game development scene, scaling gaming studios and game publishing.

Hope you’ll enjoy this one, and can take something from it.

00:00 Introduction & a bit about football

05:06 Let’s talk about video games

07:45 Why this industry in particular?

08:32 Startup vs Scaleup

10:30 Beginnings of Socialpoint

14:00 Barcelona gamedev scene

15:45 Challenges @ Socialpoint

22:00 Mergers & Acquisitions

25:21 Working through Covid

29:30 Effective communication

32:00 Sandsoft

39:00 How to cut through the noise?

41:25 Choosing games to invest in

44:25 Being both: investor & publisher

47:00 What kind of leader are you?

54:30 Building successful teams

1:02:19 More about Barcelona gamedev scene

1:11:40 Advice for younger generation

Sandsoft: https://sandsoft.com/

Sandsoft careers: https://career.sandsoft.com/jobs