Gary Kings of National Insecurities is a lead game designer, writer, editor that has worked on games such as Once Upon a Crime in the West and 2000:1 A Space Felony.

We discuss:

• Get a producer to optimize teamwork and productivity.
• Before choosing a university, make sure it has the courses you want and need.
• Get better at game design - play lots of games, have outside people play your games, figure out what’s have been done and what hasn’t been done before.
• How Gary overcome his worst moment of not getting his game funded and his granddad passing away. He still found the motivation to make plans and finish his games.
• Don’t get too excited if a publisher is excited about your game, it’s not a guarantee that they will fund you.
• Take a proportional break based on your project to go on vacations, events and relax.
• Keep making plans even when the last one fails. Keep a lookout for new opportunities.
• Have an editor on board to improve the quality of writing.
• Go to game jams to network and create quick games.
• When you network, focus on making friends instead of just networking.

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