Photo by Suzanne D. Williams on UnsplashLast year I was working with a team of designers on our most recent release: the arena battler Disney Melee Mania. This year, I’m still on this exciting project, except now in the capacity of Product Owner. Although I have experience as a Design Lead, this new responsibility

Leadership in 2022 — Why Co-creation should be the new buzzwordPhoto by Clay Banks on UnsplashIt’s no secret that top-down management is completely outdated and provides little motivation for great employees to stay with the company. While the agile methodology has become common, there are still many teams who remain dependent on their product lead to make

How to decide on the best tools for testing game featuresPhoto by Moritz Mentges on UnsplashAs developers, we need to ensure our features are working as intended. To do so, we require tools to test the integrity & stability of those features. The question is: which tools are the best fit to replicate intended behaviours?With

Photo by Timur Garifov on UnsplashMemory usage is always a concern for games that are very graphic-heavy. For Disney Melee Mania, the lowest-end devices that were supported were the iPadMini 4 and iPhone 7. Both of them had 2GB of RAM, which can be easily exceeded given the asset fidelity and amount of content

#YAGNI — Solve only the problems you have, not the problems you might haveThis article has been written courtesy of our engineering team!“I find that when someone’s taking time to do something right in the present, they’re a perfectionist with no ability to prioritize, whereas when someone took time to do something right in the past,

Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on UnsplashI often get asked how we ship games at such a rapid pace at Mighty Bear, and how we decide what to do, and what to focus on at any given point in time. Scoping effectively and together as a team is one of the most important parts of

Onboarding quickly while working remotePhoto by Duncan Meyer on UnsplashRemote work has always kind of been around, but it quickly became a standard after March 2020. From there, it was evident just how much our work habits relied on moment-to-moment communication and face-to-face interactions. A lot of “soft” areas of the workplace, like quick catch-ups

How We Made Butter Royale Look Good Enough to Eat — Do Not Lick Your Screen! PART 2Hi, I’m Venty, Art Generalist at Mighty Bear Games. I’m one the key members responsible for the art direction of Butter Royale’s environments. Today, let’s take a look at how we created a fun environment that’s suitable for battle

Everyone is a Community Manager — they just don’t know itPhoto by Tegan Mierle on UnsplashOne of my favourite animated movies is Pixar’s Ratatouille. The animation is mouthwatering, the storytelling punchy, and the soundtrack is divine. But I’m particularly taken by what Anton Ego says at the end of the film: “Not everyone can become a great

Photo by Michel Oeler on UnsplashHow do you show a player when they have to avoid something in a game? What about when a character can endure more hits than usual, how do you convey that information to a player?Hello! I’m Kirill, a sparkles specialist at Mighty Bear Games (aka VFX Artist). I was a