This is a visual novel in which you are the lead writer for the third game in the wildly popular ShatterGate franchise. Expectations are through the roof: fans of the series are waiting for the biggest, most bad-ass entry in the series yet, and your publisher is expecting the best-selling title in its history. But the game's development hasn't gone as smoothly as planned. One morning, just a couple months before E3 and six months before ship, an emergency meeting is called...
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The cutting insights this offers were likely more revelatory and refreshing 8 years ago, when game dev processes and dysfunction were more opaque to everyone who didn’t work in the industry. It’s still entertaining and well observed now, but missing some impact when experienced after the subsequent 8 years of Jason Schreier articles and docs by Two Player and NoClip and People Make Games and other similar journalism efforts after this game came out. Still a short, worthwhile time though!