What Washington State is doing to juice local game development
In today's edition, we have a feature on game development in Washington state, a featured blog on positive feedback loops, and news featuring the likes of Cryptic Studios, Itch.io , and more.
The Washington State government's Chamber of Commerce wants to the state's 'creative economy' humming along.
Halberstadt acknowledged the high costs (and pointed out developers are setting up shop in those areas), but said she's heard from developers that they want to stay in the Seattle area in order to be close to their peers. "It's a really great place," she said. "You're around all these other companies. You're gonna have peers, you're gonna have people who are already in the industry. You'll be able to access support services. You'll be able to access networking and meetups...that community actually is a really important thing."
On the positive feedback loop that happens when you make a tool.
Some employees at Cryptic have already confirmed they'll be impacted by the incoming reductions at the studio.
Despite reducing staff after cancelling a project, Tequila Works says it will now put its entire development focus on another game it has been making.
.io is the colonial domain name for the Chagos Islands, which the UK has relinquished control of.