Episode 4: Alderon Games
Mike has a cup of tea with Matt from Alderon Games to discuss life as an indie dev and how Indies can work with large platform vendors.
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Show Notes
Life of an Indie Game Studio
Managing Large Teams 30-40+ per game
What the hiring process is like
Things that are common to industry hiring like whiteboard tests are broken
Difference in getting hired could be your microphone quality
Having backup equipment and reliability
Open Source as it relates to hiring
Accountability and mistakes in hiring
Accountability for software vendors / solutions / third party vendors
Shipping game updates / testing
Game Engines, Unity and Unreal