#123 - Gavin Price Interview (Playtonic Games, Rare, QA Testing, Yooka Laylee, Management etc.)

Gavin Price was previously employed at Rare for over 15 years and started off as Quality Assurance Tester before moving into game development. He has now cofounded Playtonic Games and overseen the Yooka Laylee games. #rare #yookalaylee #donkeykong   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 01:07 - Staying At Rare For So Long 01:51 - Doing Quality Assurance And What It Entailed At Rare 04:00 - How Gavin Ended Up Working For Rare 05:45 - Common Bugs Found In Game Testing 07:30 - Mickey’s Racing Was Bug Free 08:13 - Seriousness Of Testing & Shipping A Game/Crystal Caverns Bug 09:44 - Process In Development When Testing Starts 10:29 - Game Release Schedule At Rare In Early Days 12:13 - Competitiveness Of Rare 12:48 - How Rare Changed When Microsoft Bought It 14:10 - Gavin Was A Little Overwhelmed When Moving From QA To Development 16:13 - The Stampers Game Process Vs Microsofts Game Game Process 18:50 - Why Gavin Founded Playtonic Games/Rare Redundancies 22:11 - Pitching Playtonic To His Colleagues 23:54 - Kickstarter Campaign Catching Gavin Offguard/Early Days Of Playtonic 27:45 - Developing Yooka Laylee With The Hype Surrounding It 29:01 - Hindsight Of Yooka Laylee/Naevity Of Business 31:45 - Performance Was The Challenge Of Yooka Laylee 33:08 - Camera & Bosses Were The Hardest Parts To Develop For With Yooka Laylee 34:34 - Difficulty Spikes & Developing For That 36:24 - In The Early Days Playtonic Didn’t Have Enough Time To Research Before Starting Development 37:46 - Mario Odyssey/Accessibility/Quick Resume Modes 41:27 - Challenges Of Developing An Exclusive Game Vs Multi Platform 42:50 - Game Growth/Competition/Quality Bar 44:05 - Digital Games/New Game Business Models 45:05 - Distribution/Being Ahead Of The Curve 47:26 - Staying Up With Technology/Responsibility Of Employees Livelihoods  49:08 - Unpopularity Of Certain Management Decisions/Hierarchy System Of Playtonic 51:45 - Methods Of Avoiding Crunch 53:03 - Playtonic Wants To Make A Lot More Genres Of Games/Improving On Rare’s Legacy 54:40 - Yooka Laylee In Smash Bros Needs To Be Earned 55:55 - Where To Follow Playtonic Games/Future Endeavours For Playtonic