28: How to Build Along with the Players and Not For Them with Om Tandon
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English - August 11, 2017 08:00 - 25 minutes - 11.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsVideo Games Leisure Hobbies game gameart gameartist gamecomposer gamedesign gamedesigner gamedev gamedeveloper gamedevelopment gamemusic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Om Tandon is the director of the user experience at Digit games studio. He has 12+ years of experience in building massively entertaining and monetizing experiences for 80 million+ engaged players in franchises like Disney, 20th Century Fox, and Marvel. Prior to Digit he has worked in Gameloft, and also started up a gaming studio called June Software.
We like to assume what players want but then when they test out our games, they have a completely different reaction. That constant loop with the players to get their feedback will create a game aimed at that target market. Om Tandon explains why to build a game along with the player, not for them.