slides & audio(52 MB)
Even as our industry and overall team size is increasing, virtual teams and outsourcing are becoming more and more prevalent in the casual game industry.
A must listen for anyone in a virtual team environment or employing outsourcing in cultures they are not familiar.
our take:
Because of the smaller sub projects virtual teams through subcontractors, outsourcing or just letting team members work from home will touch everyone at some point.
Even at the CGA - we employ virtual offices because of our frequent travel and international staff - and this session made us re-think some of our practices.
More detail is available in "The Other Virtual Reality" (p38 of the Summer 2007 issue of the CGA Casual Connect Magazine)
Delivered at Casual Connect Seattle, 18 July 2007
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John Say (email)
John Say is the Founder of Say Design, Advanced Game Innovations. Having started in Interactive and Graphic design, Say began building online games starting in 1999, and has since been busy building casual games and innovative development for Web (Flash & Shockwave), PC Download and most recently, XBOX Live Arcade, Nintendo Wii / DS, and a variety of other platforms/devices. Say Design employs a small virtual core team which integrates with a much larger group of independent specialists and studios world-wide.
