What is Building the Game?
Join Jason Slingerland and his fellow game design friends on this weekly podcast, as they discuss the ins and outs and ups and downs of being game designers in a documentary style.
Our Purpose:
We exist to be a positive force within the game design community. We do this by helping to create pathways that make it easier for new designers and new voices to enter our industry. And we seek to open doors to help those designers learn, grow, and thrive.
Core Values:
Practicing Honesty
- As a documentary podcast we will be transparent about our successes and failures. We will share openly about our journey and our lives.
- We will hold ourselves accountable when we make mistakes and will work to learn from these missteps and do better going forward.
- We seek to grow and improve not only as designers but as people.
Creating Accessibility
- We believe if you design games, you are a game designer and anyone that says differently is wrong.
- We will create content that helps designers learn and grow. We will primarily focus our efforts on new designers but will continue supporting designers as they gain experience in the industry.
- We will help to elevate and give a voice to new designers. We will listen to their stories and we will support them on their own journeys. We will have a specific focus on supporting those who are underrepresented within this industry.
Cultivating Community
- We will not be gatekeepers. We will be bridge builders. All games are valid. Games are for everyone.
- In addition to creating business relationships, we will forge friendships. We hope to foster those friendships to go far beyond simply being in the game design community together and instead have their own purpose in our everyday lives.
- We will not stand by and allow hate of any kind to poison this community. All people are welcome. Not all behaviors are welcome.