- Gravity Well Founders
Drew and Jon have been making games together for 14 years:
CoD4: Modern Warfare, Modern Warfare 2, Titanfall 1 and 2, and Apex Legends.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gravitywellgame
Website: https://gravitywell.games/
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Respawn founders launch new AAA studio "Gravity Well"
- Thread starter Kemono
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- Gravity Well Founders
Drew and Jon have been making games together for 14 years:
CoD4: Modern Warfare, Modern Warfare 2, Titanfall 1 and 2, and Apex Legends.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gravitywellgame
Website: https://gravitywell.games/
Kinda of a miss leading title.
Respawn was founded by Zampella and Jason West which are still at the company.
//Apperently Jason left in April for Epic.
Respawn was founded by Zampella and Jason West which are still at the company.
//Apperently Jason left in April for Epic.
Seems they are making an AAA game only for next-gen hardware (PS5/Series X):
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...to-launch-a-triple-a-studio-without-an-office
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...to-launch-a-triple-a-studio-without-an-office
While I hope they do whatever their heart leads them, I hope it's an FPS because something about the water over there makes their gunplay...
Nothing else feels as good as the shooters they work on
Nothing else feels as good as the shooters they work on
Trying to make AAA scope and budget games with a headcount under 100 is ambitious but reading the GI article, they have experience in doing just that:
I mean, we've already seen indie teams make rad looking videogames for the Series X. Scope is gonna be an issue, though.
A publisher will want to cut a deal with them once they have something running, and I think they'll be smart to take it.
AAA game development is long, complex and expensive. They would know.
I'm anticipating Tencent or Epic or even Activision being in the wings.
AAA game development is long, complex and expensive. They would know.
I'm anticipating Tencent or Epic or even Activision being in the wings.
Does triple A mean "really good" or does it mean "we spent a budget of X million to make this"?
If they're keeping their team size quite small, how are they going to spend that triple A budget money?
Anyway - good luck to them - it sounds like a great adventure!
If they're keeping their team size quite small, how are they going to spend that triple A budget money?
Anyway - good luck to them - it sounds like a great adventure!
I understand. It's just that they haven't stated where the budget is coming from
What it really means is that you have a core team working on the scalable features of the game (core gameplay, concept art, etc.), and you outsource the unscalable bits (characters, props, textures, etc.)
Isn't Drew McCoy the guy that called his player base asshats, freeloaders and dicks for calling out their scummy monetization?
They both have good pedigree and track records and have worked with Vince for a long time
Well they'll do it just like every other start-up I'd imagine. There's many ways to raise capital, but usually it's just different funding rounds, private equity, angel investors, loaning etc. I doubt they have any big publishers behind them atm.
yeah pretty much everyone over 100 is doing grunt work and increasing levels of inefficiency anyway. the actual creative contribution of those people is minimal - they're very much following the leads orders.
I manage a team of 10 3d artists right now and there are some days i feel like we could get just as much done with 3 of the most experienced. communicating ideas and directing people really sinks a fucking insane amount of time.
leaning into pre-made assets and materials saves a lot of time. creative decisions in planning can be made to work around it too - none of their games have needed heavy mocap studio use.
I doubt they will struggle to raise funds.
I hope they do well. I think the gaming industry could really benefit from an anti-crunch focus - so many devs either never get into the industry because of crunch, or burn out and leave. That makes it hard to retain talent and grow and learn.
Looking forward to seeing what happens.
Looking forward to seeing what happens.
I never played a game where Slothy's codes involved that had bad connection/hit detection, the guy is a genius. MW2's 2 yellow bar ping was working better than the current CoD's "decent" connections. I wish them luck and looking forward to their first project.
Good luck to them. Slothy in particular is a great follow on twitter and was always super engaging with Titanfall fans.
Reading between the lines a little here, but perhaps the whole EA/Respawn thing changed the dynamic slightly. And having gone through it with Infinity Ward and Activison, they want their freedom.
It may just be they feel the best way to be them and make what they want is to be their own studio.
All the best and I look forward to seeing what they come up with!
Reading between the lines a little here, but perhaps the whole EA/Respawn thing changed the dynamic slightly. And having gone through it with Infinity Ward and Activison, they want their freedom.
It may just be they feel the best way to be them and make what they want is to be their own studio.
All the best and I look forward to seeing what they come up with!
I gotta admit that calling themselves an "AAA studio" right out of the gate just rubs me the wrong way right off the bat.
