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...
Peter Harries | Senior Game Designer on his roots transitioning between independent and AAA game productions and his role as a senior designer
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Peter Harries | Senior Game Designer on his roots transitioning between independent and AAA game productions and his role as a senior designer
Today I speak to Peter Harries, a senior Game Designer on Wardogs at Bulkhead.Peter is credited on 8 game titles across his 10 career in the games industry. Peter's roles have seen him starting in a AAA game development environment before transitioning to smaller, independent games and then back up to AAA projects before coming to Bulkhead who are a 100 person independent developer in the UK. We discuss the role of a senior designer as Peter reflects on skills he's developed over the years an...
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...
