A few weeks ago I had to put on my big boy pants and knock out some business deals in our little venture. Two very smart people and I started a gaming studio about a month ago. This is actually a peal off from another company that never got around to forming up the studio like they probably should have. The games we are working on has been worked on for over a year now, so the studio part is really the new thing. We needed to form said "real" thing to protect our products, and invest in our people.
Up till now everyone that has worked on the games, did so as a volunteer, learning about game development and hanging out with some fun people. Going forward now, we are getting serious. As the studio forms we have to figure out what that means for all the people that have been involved up to this point. We also have to figure out what that means for the intellectual property that we feel is ours and someone else may or may not think is theirs. I have been in partnerships working with others before, but it wasn't until this week that I truly sat down to do business. Making decisions that can effect others lives positively or in any way really. It's not the easiest thing to do but my hope is, in the end, it will all be worth it and everyone will come out feeling good about what we've created. No matter what happens though, I am going to be working my tail off to make this whole thing great.
Keep an eye out for Afterthought Games. It should be a fun ride.
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