Warren Spector Keynote

Gamasutra offers an overview of Warren Spector’s keynote during the Game Education Summit, in which he discusses work atmosphere and raising the new generation of game developers.

“It’s amazing what a simple thing like a move to a different building can change a studio, and I ended up moving to Disney. Disney is great because they understand a corporate culture and allow teams to keep their studio cultures even though they’ve been acquired.”

Warren Spector, now creative director at the Disney-owned Junction Point studios, agreed. “We had a similar experience at Ion Storm when we made Deus Ex,” he said. “We had a similar old rickety building we loved. We also moved to a new building which must have had the world’s worst feng shui, and the culture fell apart.”

“The culture is critical. I think it’s even culture and team over talent at this point in my career. Find a home in a place that’s simpatico with you and make the games you like.”

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