When developing games, studios have to maintain an important balance: on the one hand, they want to realize their creative vision, but on the other hand, they also have to make sure that a game is financially profitable. Today's episode of DevPlay is about how the collaboration with the publisher works, which factors are crucial in pricing and what the advantages and disadvantages of self-publishing are. This time the following are included: – Antony Christoulakis (Keen Games, Enshrouded) – Jan Wagner (Fantasy General 2) – Jan Klose (The Surge, Atlas Fallen) About this series On the YouTube channel DevPlay, Europe game developers give a look behind the scenes : How does the games industry work in Europey? What do the designers think about trends like open world and virtual reality? How did working on games like Lords of the Fallen or Risen 3 go? The designers publish new episodes of their talk in advance exclusively on GameStar Plus, usually every Sunday.
