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Game Developer Podcast · September 4 · 1 hr 2 min

#77 - Strategically making Star Wars Zero Company, ft. Greg Foertsch

On this week's episode of the Game Developer podcast, senior editor Bryant Francis sits down with Bit Reactor CEO and co-founder Greg Foertsch, who also served as creative director on Star Wars Zero Company, the newest adventure in that galaxy far far away. Foertsch sat down to discuss important perspectives on making good camera perspectives, the value in having every team member think of themselves as a "game developer," regardless of their job title, and why he loves the character Huyang from Star Wars The Clone Wars and Ahsoka: A Star Wars Story. Learn more about Bit Reactor: https://www.bitreactor.com/ Learn more about Star Wars Zero Company: https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/zero-company Learn more about Huyang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huyang - - - The Game Developer podcast is a bi-weekly podcast chronicling game development triumphs, catastrophes, and everything in-between, as devs from all sides of the industry share lessons and strategies fellow game makers can use to hone their craft. Learn More at https://www.gamedeveloper.com Follow Game Developer for more game dev Podcasts, News, & Interviews Bluesky: https://www.gamedeveloper.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gamedeveloperofficial Music by Mike Meehan Edited by Pierre Landriau

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On this week's episode of the Game Developer podcast, senior editor Bryant Francis sits down with Bit Reactor CEO and co-founder Greg Foertsch, who also served as creative director on Star Wars Zero Company, the newest adventure in that galaxy far far away. Foertsch sat down to discuss important perspectives on making good camera perspectives, the value in having every team member think of themselves as a "game developer," regardless of their job title, and why he loves the character  Huyang from Star Wars The Clone Wars and Ahsoka: A Star Wars Story.

Learn more about Bit Reactor: https://www.bitreactor.com/

Learn more about Star Wars Zero Company: https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/zero-company

Learn more about Huyang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huyang

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The Game Developer podcast is a bi-weekly podcast chronicling game development triumphs, catastrophes, and everything in-between, as devs from all sides of the industry share lessons and strategies fellow game makers can use to hone their craft.

Learn More at https://www.gamedeveloper.com

Follow Game Developer for more game dev Podcasts, News, & Interviews
Bluesky: https://www.gamedeveloper.bsky.social
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gamedeveloperofficial

Music by Mike Meehan
Edited by Pierre Landriau

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