Stephen_Gaffney's Recent Blog Entries

• It's Better to be Independent

  Splash Damage development manager Stephen Gaffney has no idea why anyone would rather work for a big publisher over an independent studio.

  There's one thing that always seems to crop up when we interview prospective staff at the moment, which I'll paraphrase: "Why should I work for a mid-sized independent studio over a nice big comfy publisher?" Interesting question, I'm glad you asked...
   
  First up, independent studios have a clarity of purpose that publisher-owned developers can't have; the success of a game (by whatever measure you chose – quality, time, cost) will have a direct impact on the success of the entire business.
   

  September 14, 2008