Failing While Scaling - Common Pitfalls Growing Your Company

Success (and sometimes failure) always brings GROWTH. Which generally is painful. This session delves into common pitfalls, mistakes and screwups any games company experiencing growth will face and maybe a few tips on how to avoid them. Inevitably your games company will experience growth - either in headcount, projects or within its people. Hopefully it'll be born out of success. But you'll find that what made things tick back in the day won't work quite as well when you've added more people to the company and find yourself with changed dynamics. Underestimating planning for growth or fully realizing what it is and how it'll impact you will at best hamper your success, or at worst spell your doom. This session delves into the common mistakes Shams has experienced first hand while growing companies or working closely with others. #gamedevelopment #indiedevelopment #videogames #mobilegames #indiegames