Austin GDC: Video Interviews with Dave Grossman and Thomas Bidaux
Austin GDC is over and we're back up in Canada. We flew through Houston on the way back, which wasn't nearly the Atlantis it's made out to be on the news.
Our final video interviews from the show are posted below. Thanks to those that gave us their time. Enjoy!
Dave Grossman
Dave Grossman, Design Director at Telltale Games (makers of the episodic games Sam & Max, Strongbad and Wallace & Gromit), talks about upcoming games from his studio, the challenges of episodic delivery, player input on design and more.
Thomas Bidaux
Thomas Bidaux, VP of Strategy at Avaloop, talks about their debut product, Papermint, the free-to-play business model and what teenage girls want from their virtual goods.
Austin GDC – Day One Video Interviews
With one day down and two to come, Austin GDC is just getting started. Today we snagged video interviews with a couple unique personalities in the free-to-play space, Gene Endrody (Maid Marian) and Mike Zummo (Acclaim).
Behold our mastery of video camera technology!
Gene Endrody, Maid Marian
Gene Endrody is the CEO of Vancouver-based Maid Marian, makers of Sherwood Dungeon - an ad-supported Shockwave MMO with 1.7M unique users a month. Gene talks about Sherwood Dungeon's international market reach, the introduction of RMT into the game for the first time, player acquisition in an ever-crowded space, why he chose Shockwave and much more.
Mike Zummo, Acclaim
Our second interview is with Mike Zummo, Producer and Director at Acclaim. Mike talks about upcoming Acclaim free-to-play games, balancing community-driven design with corporate goals, creating a Flash-based payment system, an innovative free-to-play Facebook app and more.