slides & audio (75 MB)
Innovation is KEY to keeping our industry healthy, but what is innovation? Are you innovating? Are you stagnating? Can humans (ie our consumers) handle too much innovation? What happens to our industry if we do not innovate?
Bring yourself back to the mind of the game player- which we often forget as we are creating games - before we go down a path that will cause us to spiral out of control.
our take:
Okay, so now you know (assuming you are listening in order) that you are supposed to innovate games or you will be the death and scrounge of the industry.
Make sure to view the slide deck in addition to the podcast as it adds a lot to the experience.
Delivered at Casual Connect Seattle, 17 July 2007
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Juan Gril (email)
Juan Gril heads the game development studio at Joju Games, overseeing both business and game development.
Joju Games produces casual games for a variety of platforms and distribution methods including web, downloadable, PC, console and mobile phone. Joju Games also produces custom games for clients such as RealNetworks, MTV Networks, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon.
Prior to founding Joju Games, Juan worked at Yahoo! Games, leading content acquisition for downloadable games and community management of multi-player games. He was also the head of the Yahoo! Games Studios.
Juan is one of the editors of the yearly IGDA Casual Games White Paper and
is a frequent speaker and advisor at industry events. Juan holds a BFA in
Electronic Media from the University of Illinois.
