HOGmented

How do you direct a game? Brad Auty, Associate Game Director, shares his unique perspective on crafting game direction and pushing past the typical 'silos' of expertise. Get ready for a conversation about relentless drive and amazing opportunities he found at Flying Wild Hog.HOGmented is a podcast for everyone curious about making games, and how we craft them here at Flying Wild Hog. We’re a game dev studio powered by global talent. Different skills. Different stories. One goal: create games players love. This is where you meet the people behind it all – talented, passionate, smart, and just the right amount of wild.The kind of team that makes this place feel like the best spot on earth to build games.We are proud of who we are, and we’d like to show you why.------CHAPTERS:00:00 Intro00:52 Welcome Brad Auty!01:47 Espresso04:49 Brad’s gamedev background06:21 Brad on joining Hogs07:06 Animation and feedback10:43 Reaching outside your domain14:50 Becoming a game director16:57 Building the right team20:10 Management VS remote work25:24 Advice for beginners27:14 Game direction and IP30:10 Working with Tomb Raider IP31:15 Executing the vision and sustaining it33:35 We’re leaving preproduction, or are we?34:53 Development stages37:15 Conversation with the game38:55 The myth of vertical slice40:26 Missing the deadlines42:11 Art and struggle of letting go45:34 Brad’s take on present/future of Hogs50:37 Thanks and goodbyes