Scott Brodie, Founder and Lead Designer, Heart Shaped Games

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En provenance du cours de Michigan State University

Game Design and Development Capstone

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Michigan State University

Game Design and Development Capstone

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Cours 5 sur 5 dans Specialization Game Design and Development

In the game design and development capstone, you will create an original game from initial concept through implementation and then launch it to the world! Along the way, you will have the opportunity to put your game ideas in front of your peers and for the best-of-the-best you will have the chance to get feedback from game industry professionals. The capstone experience gives you the opportunity to push your skills further and demonstrate your newfound skills as a game developer. The capstone also contains guest talks from game industry professionals at Riot Games, Deep Silver Volition, Iron Galaxy, Radiant Entertainment, Goodgame Studios, Stardock, GREE, Heart Shaped Games, Kongregate, and more.

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Milestone 6: Ship It!

Rule #1 of GameDev: If you don't ship, it doesn't exist. In this module, it is time to say, "Enough is enough," and ship your game. We're literally asking you to create a final build of something and put it somewhere where the world can see it. That can be Kongregate, the iOS App Store, Google Play or wherever you think is most appropriate.

Marie Lazar, 3D Environment Artist, Goodgame Studios5:49

Eric Arnold, Studio Architect of Programming, Deep Silver Volition7:02

Will Bonner, Associate Test Engineer, Riot Games4:33

Jon Moore, Graphics Engineer, Iron Galaxy Studios12:35

Matthew Vorce, Programmer, Pixo Group4:13

Chris Bray, Studio Head and Senior Producer, Stardock7:07

Greg Donovan, Senior Producer, Deep Silver Volition5:24

Scott Brodie, Founder and Lead Designer, Heart Shaped Games6:16

Jared Riley, Engineering Manager, GREE International18:12

Charles Roman, Senior Software Engineer, Radiant Entertainment3:56

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Brian Winn
Associate Professor
Media and Information
Casey O'Donnell
Associate Professor
Media and Information

All right. Hi, I'm Scott Brodie and

I'm the lead designer and

founder of a small independent studio called Heart Shaped Games.

And I wanted to give you a brief overview of my career journey and

hopefully you'll be able to learn something from that.

So my first opportunity in the game industry came kind of lucky.

From a lucky source.

My high school actually had an internship program set up, and

as a senior I was able to be able to get my first job as

an intern with a local company in Michigan where I was from from Outrage Games.

And Outrage Games was making a game called Alter Echo for

the Playstation 2 and Xbox and I was a tester and design intern with them.

And that was a fantastic experience and a great introduction to kind how games

are made versus, as a player, what I thought that making a game was.

It was also a great intro to the industry because you know,

a big negative thing happened in that after Alter Echo shipped,

the studio was shut down by its publisher.

So obviously this was a sad moment.

I had formed a lot of friendships with the people at that studio, but

in some ways it was you know, a blessing in disguise because all these great people

I met now moved on to other companies and I had a lot of great

contacts in this industry for when I moved on to my own job search later on.

So after Outrage was shut down I moved on to college and

I joined Michigan State University.

I was a computer science major.

And I also participated in the games program there.

At Michigan State, while I was there,

I also had another small summer internship with a local studio called Star Dock.

And that gave me a great insight into what more of a independent studio environment

would be like.

Also at Michigan State I was a part of the Spartasoft game development group and

through some of the friends I made there we formed a team and

made an I G F showcase game.

And all those experiences kind of helped me when it came time to do my job search

to kind of build a resume and show people that I was passionate about games and

that I had some experience that might be applicable.

So my senior year of college I was able to secure an interview with Microsoft.

And at first I didn't think it was going to work out very well because they didn't

say they had anything available in games.

So, I kind of put that aside, and started looking around at other options.

But then Microsoft came back, and said, hey we've got this special summer

internship where we're going to have three interns make a game for XBox Live Arcade.

And they asked if I was in and I was definitely in.

After that internship where I made the game Aegis Wing,

which was kind of a co-op side scrolling shooter,

I was offered an opportunity to become full time with Microsoft.

But that wasn't exactly a clear path to becoming a full time employee there.

I was definitely told again, we don't have a lot of opportunities in games and

we don't think we really have anything for you.

But this kind of leads me to my first kind of job hunting tip, which is,

that no in a job search doesn't always mean no.

Many times it just means not yet.

And that might be on the company side where they just don't have a position for

you, but they like you.

Or you know, on your side they might have a position but you aren't quite ready yet.

You don't have the experience or you don't have exactly what they need right now.

And so my advice to you is not look at a no as you know a closed door.

I think those doors can always be opened again if you find the right time,

and are prepared.

So, always be working, and always stay in contact with people because you never know

when that opportunity might come back around again.

I was at Microsoft for four years and I worked in the Xbox Live Arcade Division

working both on internal titles and with external partners.

That was great experience to be working at the largest company in the world and

being exposed to game development teams of all sizes.

But after that time I made the decision to move on and

start my own company, Heart Shaped Games.

And the question usually comes up,

well why did you make that decision, because I moved from the biggest studio in

the world to you know the smallest studio in the world with one.

And really that decision was made by thinking about what I really enjoy

doing day to day and I would urge you in your job search to think about

what makes you happy day to day.

Because at Microsoft, while it was great and high profile in a lot of ways,

ultimately day to day, I was spending more time talking on the phone or

working on schedules or things that weren't my passion,

which was being creative every day and trying to solve problems and program.

Planning and building new things and seeing them come to life.

So ultimately that's what guided me in that decision and

I've been very happy with that decision.

So I've made a number of Web and PC download games.

Games called Peer Generations and Highgrounds,

which is a collectible card game.

So I've had a lot of fun making games that I really love, and

it's now been five years strong of doing that.

You know, the only question for me now is what the future holds.

Am I going to continue to stay small on this path or am I going to grow and

try to make a larger company?

And again, I'll probably use that same process of thinking about what I

want to do day to day to guide me there.

So, hopefully if we do grow I'll carve out a Spot for me to stay doings the things I

want to be doing, and the same for any of the people I bring on.

Hopefully they will be put in a position to be doing what they love,

because I'll get the best out of them.

And you know, all the great things that stem from that.

So that's my advice and that's my journey.

And hopefully it's useful to you as you approach your own path.

Feel free to contact me @brodiegames or by email if you need any advice.

Thanks.

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