Gerhard Koepke
@gerhardkoepke.bsky.social
senior video game producer at Deep Silver FISHLABS, BoA in graphic design, gaming, bouldering, boom bap rap fan, photos and stuff; Hamburg (he/him) #blm
Are you sure this is an article worth writing and sharing? First of all, Wein was not a "dev". He was "head of communication" and thus very likely very far removed from the dev teams and probably the decision making. Second, did you reach out to the devs who worked on the game? No, right?
July 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Are you sure this is an article worth writing and sharing? First of all, Wein was not a "dev". He was "head of communication" and thus very likely very far removed from the dev teams and probably the decision making. Second, did you reach out to the devs who worked on the game? No, right?
Nordic Game is smaller, but I enjoyed the overall positive vibes. Yes, game dev is struggling, but things are happening. Malmö is just one game dev hub in Sweden. There are a lot of young and passionate devs in big and small studios. Looking forward to more conferences in the future. 2/2
May 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Nordic Game is smaller, but I enjoyed the overall positive vibes. Yes, game dev is struggling, but things are happening. Malmö is just one game dev hub in Sweden. There are a lot of young and passionate devs in big and small studios. Looking forward to more conferences in the future. 2/2
I wonder how many of the devs that worked on those 72 titles still have a job.
February 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I wonder how many of the devs that worked on those 72 titles still have a job.
Damn. Fingers crossed it gets better.
February 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Damn. Fingers crossed it gets better.
That sucks. Any chance getting a new job you don't hate?
February 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
That sucks. Any chance getting a new job you don't hate?
Already for years! 🫡
February 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Already for years! 🫡
I personally don't need them baked in, but I appreciate good subtitles I can enable. But I rarely do on YT anyway.
January 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I personally don't need them baked in, but I appreciate good subtitles I can enable. But I rarely do on YT anyway.
The „weird“ nerds some of those people made fun of in school are now making „their“ games and we make them how we want it. Go and learn arts and programming and audio and writing and then do it yourself - be my guest.
January 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The „weird“ nerds some of those people made fun of in school are now making „their“ games and we make them how we want it. Go and learn arts and programming and audio and writing and then do it yourself - be my guest.
Ah, sorry. Don't be sad then - you just assume it will be fall and that's just not clear. At least, we now know it's 2025. Be excited about it. :D
January 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Ah, sorry. Don't be sad then - you just assume it will be fall and that's just not clear. At least, we now know it's 2025. Be excited about it. :D
I kind of get it, but Nintendo is not responsible for the leaks and that you looked at them. They planned their PR campaign and produced their material long ago for people that don’t follow those „news“. Don’t be mad at Nintendo, is what I‘m saying. 😄
January 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I kind of get it, but Nintendo is not responsible for the leaks and that you looked at them. They planned their PR campaign and produced their material long ago for people that don’t follow those „news“. Don’t be mad at Nintendo, is what I‘m saying. 😄
Wir schauen eben nur durch's Schaufenster. ;) Vor ein paar Jahren war auch ein tolles Comic Gallerie Event im Karoviertel. Wird Zeit, dass wieder schöneres Wetter wird und ich schlendere mal mit Baby durch. Vielleicht sieht man sich ja mal vor Ort und zeigt den kommerziellen Gruß. :D
January 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Wir schauen eben nur durch's Schaufenster. ;) Vor ein paar Jahren war auch ein tolles Comic Gallerie Event im Karoviertel. Wird Zeit, dass wieder schöneres Wetter wird und ich schlendere mal mit Baby durch. Vielleicht sieht man sich ja mal vor Ort und zeigt den kommerziellen Gruß. :D
Vorwerkstift im Karoviertel vielleicht? Kam mir immer so wie ein Kunstkollektiv vor und ist immer spannend, da mal hinten in den Hof zu gehen. Ein kleiner Geheimtipp für den nächsten Spaziergang. 😊
January 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Vorwerkstift im Karoviertel vielleicht? Kam mir immer so wie ein Kunstkollektiv vor und ist immer spannend, da mal hinten in den Hof zu gehen. Ein kleiner Geheimtipp für den nächsten Spaziergang. 😊
As a gamer, I agree. As a dev, I unfortunately know how hard it still is to prioritize for a lot of those features. If the timeline is tight and everyone is running on fumes already, we‘ll of course postpone e.g. the photo mode until later. The game and dev health comes first.
January 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
As a gamer, I agree. As a dev, I unfortunately know how hard it still is to prioritize for a lot of those features. If the timeline is tight and everyone is running on fumes already, we‘ll of course postpone e.g. the photo mode until later. The game and dev health comes first.
Take some rest, dude. 😊
December 27, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Take some rest, dude. 😊
As a producer, I totally agree. And everyone knows it as well - even the publishers. But we rather lie to them/ourselves and possibly burn out trying to stick to a timeline made up 3+ years ago. I was gonna write a similar thread about it, too.
December 12, 2024 at 9:23 AM
As a producer, I totally agree. And everyone knows it as well - even the publishers. But we rather lie to them/ourselves and possibly burn out trying to stick to a timeline made up 3+ years ago. I was gonna write a similar thread about it, too.
Just to clarify: building demos with UE is all good, can give you great insights or just be fun. It's just not the same as building a game with all its interconnecting systems, gameplay features, physics, animations, audio etc. and then releasing on 4+ platforms/stores.
December 10, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Just to clarify: building demos with UE is all good, can give you great insights or just be fun. It's just not the same as building a game with all its interconnecting systems, gameplay features, physics, animations, audio etc. and then releasing on 4+ platforms/stores.
The vault goes back to the year 1996 and even includes past offsprings of the GDC, like the ones in Europe or China. Since it's from devs for devs, the talks can be very specific, but that's better than someone building a demo level - w/ megascans, w/o gameplay - in UE5 and calling devs lazy. 3/3
December 10, 2024 at 2:48 PM
The vault goes back to the year 1996 and even includes past offsprings of the GDC, like the ones in Europe or China. Since it's from devs for devs, the talks can be very specific, but that's better than someone building a demo level - w/ megascans, w/o gameplay - in UE5 and calling devs lazy. 3/3
A (great) example and is "The Art of Closing" by @flaoua.bsky.social - while the video is only for paying members, you can find the slides here anyway: www.gdcvault.com/play/1028874..., .
Btw. I had the pleasure to see the talk live at GDC'23 and the slides represent the talk well. 2/3
Btw. I had the pleasure to see the talk live at GDC'23 and the slides represent the talk well. 2/3
Production Essentials Summit: The Art of Closing
Closing is, at the same time, the most critical and least glamorous phase of game development. It heavily impacts the final quality of the game and the overall health of the team. Bad closing is a mom...
www.gdcvault.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:48 PM
A (great) example and is "The Art of Closing" by @flaoua.bsky.social - while the video is only for paying members, you can find the slides here anyway: www.gdcvault.com/play/1028874..., .
Btw. I had the pleasure to see the talk live at GDC'23 and the slides represent the talk well. 2/3
Btw. I had the pleasure to see the talk live at GDC'23 and the slides represent the talk well. 2/3
...actually working on a game is still totally different and can't be distilled into a single video, podcast or article. It's different from project to project, team to team and studio to studio. I can only recommend all 33 episodes of Double Fine's PsychOdyssey to get a glimpse into it. 3/3
December 9, 2024 at 2:15 PM
...actually working on a game is still totally different and can't be distilled into a single video, podcast or article. It's different from project to project, team to team and studio to studio. I can only recommend all 33 episodes of Double Fine's PsychOdyssey to get a glimpse into it. 3/3
This way - and that's just my guess - there would generally be a bigger appreciation of and less weird assumptions about game devs. And it's not that people can't learn more about game dev, as there is plenty good material online, like GDC talks, podcasts, interviews etc. But... 2/3
December 9, 2024 at 2:15 PM
This way - and that's just my guess - there would generally be a bigger appreciation of and less weird assumptions about game devs. And it's not that people can't learn more about game dev, as there is plenty good material online, like GDC talks, podcasts, interviews etc. But... 2/3