Benni Hill is the Creative Director at Bonsai Collective developing Luna Abyss.Benni and I had similar trajectories into the games industry, founding our first studio together over 12 years ago (as of recording in 2024) so this discussion focuses on early trials and tribulations of making a game over 4 years without income, how Benni thinks about Creative Direction, and building a new team in Bonsai Collective.About Benni HillStudio: https://www.bonsai-collective.com/X: https://x.com/Benni_Hi...
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Benni Hill is the Creative Director at Bonsai Collective developing Luna Abyss.Benni and I had similar trajectories into the games industry, founding our first studio together over 12 years ago (as of recording in 2024) so this discussion focuses on early trials and tribulations of making a game over 4 years without income, how Benni thinks about Creative Direction, and building a new team in Bonsai Collective.About Benni HillStudio: https://www.bonsai-collective.com/X: https://x.com/Benni_Hi...
Jon McKellan | Founder of No Code on his roots in growing and sustaining an award winning company working on new IP
Realtime Roots
1 hour 3 minutes
3 years ago
Jon McKellan | Founder of No Code on his roots in growing and sustaining an award winning company working on new IP
This week I spoke to Jon McKellan - the founder, writer & director at No Code. No Code are best known for Observation & Stories Untold and Jon's background among other projects was the UI / VHS / DLC guy on Alien Isolation.He's a BAFTA award winning developer & No Code have been awarded one of the best places to work awards twice over among many others. We discuss No Code's trajectory from mobile games startup into the weirder, more narrative driven content they're now known for. ...
Realtime Roots
Benni Hill is the Creative Director at Bonsai Collective developing Luna Abyss.Benni and I had similar trajectories into the games industry, founding our first studio together over 12 years ago (as of recording in 2024) so this discussion focuses on early trials and tribulations of making a game over 4 years without income, how Benni thinks about Creative Direction, and building a new team in Bonsai Collective.About Benni HillStudio: https://www.bonsai-collective.com/X: https://x.com/Benni_Hi...
