Michael, You raise some good points. Regarding this: Surely you're not suggesting that a loss of intrinsic motivation results in a loss of performance regardless of gains in extrinsic motivation I'm not necessarily stating that, but I believe some of the follow-up research is. In subsequent studies it was found ...
This is a very informative article. Thank you for taking the time to describe a console developer's first foray into mobile production. I especially appreciate your transparency in discussing funding and marketing issues. Congratulations on shipping Riptide GP
The metrics were admittedly pretty rough. I took every task assigned to team members over a set length of time and compared the Waterfall completion rate and the Scrum completion rate. After X weeks of Waterfall, the team had completed less than 10 of what the project leaders had agreed ...
I was raised in Charleston. This is great to see. Given what I know about the local culture, I'm not optimistic about the lasting lifestyle impact of a single event, but just having this tournament and summit is fantastic. Thank you, Konami.
Jeffrey, To clarify my stance with a little background, I'm now an independent production consultant. After 12 years in AAA dev, most recently as a producer, I left studio life to start a business based on improving project management for any and all studios. In my own experience as a ...
The Wisconsin state government tried something similar for a few years with a Film Tax Credit that could have potentially been expanded to cover game development. However, after Public Enemy Johnny Depp filmed here for three months and the numbers were run, the state didn't actually make any money. The ...
Thank you, IGDA Board, for looking into these matters and speaking up on behalf of developers. And thank you, Gamasutra, for bringing the IGDA's concerns to the forefront.
