Strategic Vision In Game Development

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of strategic vision in game development and how it serves as a decision-making filter.

Tell us what you thought of the episode and any topics you would like us to cover! Your game can have a great concept and still end up directionless. The quiet killer is vision drift: the slow slide from a distinct player experience into a backlog of “good ideas” that don’t add up to a coherent whole. We dig into strategic vision as a real leadership responsibility, not a pitch deck artifact, and we explain why vision works best as a decision filter you can use when timelines tighten, budgets...

Topics covered

• game development
• strategic vision
• leadership
• vision drift
• decision making

Keywords

• game development
• strategic vision
• leadership
• vision drift
• decision filter

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