That's certainly interesting to read... His life and career have certainly gone very differently to my own! I just looked him up, and he's got a net worth of $60 million?? That's absurd... A moon to shoot for, for sure. I suppose that explains how he could casually give away half a million. He's also 48 years old? That's certainly interesting. Wikipedia lists a whole bunch of games he's made, starting around 2002, so he must have been 30 then? Surprising. I was imagining him as some 20-something!
It does reinforce how important community involvement is though, either in the form of making something people want to talk about, and make or watch videos about, or as direct interaction with communities, which it sounds like he does. I'd need to overcome a whole lot of issues before I could get to that point myself, but maybe it's a goal to aim for.
I was going to say I wonder how he keeps motivated, but I suppose enormous amounts of money, attention, and praise are big motivating factors for most people. I think I'd get more done with all those things!
Does he do all the work on his games alone? Do they even have music?
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I am pretty sure that Scott has some help. Though, I am not sure in what capacity. I remember Game Theory putting out a video talking about copy right and used Scott as a theoretical example. In that instance, a fan creation of a character was so close to the original that it ended up showing up in promotional material because the person who worked on the promotional piece thought that Scott made that version of the character. So for sure, Scott does have help. The vr game was helped by a different game company along with the AR mobile game. (I can't remember if it was one, the other, or both, but one of the two did have a game company help him with it)
Scott may seem like someone with a younger heart, but he does have kids. I think I remember reading that Scott created his games so that his kids can watch their favorite youtubers play it.
It does reinforce how important community involvement is though, either in the form of making something people want to talk about, and make or watch videos about, or as direct interaction with communities, which it sounds like he does. I'd need to overcome a whole lot of issues before I could get to that point myself, but maybe it's a goal to aim for.
I was going to say I wonder how he keeps motivated, but I suppose enormous amounts of money, attention, and praise are big motivating factors for most people. I think I'd get more done with all those things!
Does he do all the work on his games alone? Do they even have music?
Scott may seem like someone with a younger heart, but he does have kids. I think I remember reading that Scott created his games so that his kids can watch their favorite youtubers play it.