The head of New Blood Interactive, Dave Oshry, spoke quite harshly about the situation in game development: if you are a beginner, then you should have started 10 years ago. Accordingly, it is better to find “a real job and become a plumber.”
He spoke about this in an interview with PC Gamer.
New Blood Interactive studio is known for its shooters Dusk and Ultrakill. As of August 2022, New Blood had 25 employees.
According to Dave Oshry, “the magic is gone” and developers from major studios can no longer enjoy games: they have to constantly report to someone, who in turn reports to someone else, etc.
“People often ask me, 'Dave, if I want to get into game development, where should I start?' And I say: No need. Give it up. We should have started 5-10 years ago. Go to vocational school, find a real job. Become a plumber. People need them. You don't want to be employee number 356772 who reports to someone who reports to someone who reports to someone who makes decisions. This sucks. The magic has disappeared. You won't enjoy video games anymore if you work at a big game studio,” he said.
He also explains the success of New Blood Interactive by the fact that they create these games for themselves, do not chase money and trends, and do not report to anyone.
“Our motto is: “We hate money.” “We don’t really hate money, money is great, but if we wanted money, we would turn Dusk into a horror game with crafting and consumption elements,” he emphasized.
Dusk is a boomer shooter in the style of the 90s. The game uses a more modern control scheme and a more advanced physics engine compared to games of that time. The game received mostly high praise from the press; reviewers called Dusk a “love letter” to old shooters, noting that it deserves attention not only as a pastiche of games from a previous era, but also as a modern and self-contained game.
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