Mike McCain

You know, we went independent again last year. So when you're a small studio like this, it's sort of like you're all the, I don't know, you're the crew of a little spaceship, right? And everyone's wearing a lot of different hats.

Yeah, there's definitely an element of human duct tape, I guess, kind of.

Yeah, there's definitely an element of human duct tape, I guess, kind of.

Yeah, there's definitely an element of human duct tape, I guess, kind of.

wrapping everything together uh just just you know like chris does such a good job of like focusing in on the soul of the game and like what's really gonna what do we want to connect how do we want to connect with players right and just like uh and and that that kind of becomes the north star right like it's it's our job to make the best game that we are capable of making and uh

wrapping everything together uh just just you know like chris does such a good job of like focusing in on the soul of the game and like what's really gonna what do we want to connect how do we want to connect with players right and just like uh and and that that kind of becomes the north star right like it's it's our job to make the best game that we are capable of making and uh

wrapping everything together uh just just you know like chris does such a good job of like focusing in on the soul of the game and like what's really gonna what do we want to connect how do we want to connect with players right and just like uh and and that that kind of becomes the north star right like it's it's our job to make the best game that we are capable of making and uh

And just everything's got to come back.

And just everything's got to come back.

And just everything's got to come back.

Oh, gosh. I mean, there's so many moments.

Oh, gosh. I mean, there's so many moments.

Oh, gosh. I mean, there's so many moments.

So we got our start, Hairbrain got our start making mobile games. We had a contract to make this iPad pirate game for Bungie, like, back in 2011. Oh, okay. That was the first game, you know, that was sort of a crash course in this team. Chris, there's probably, like, eight or nine of us in a storage closet that our founder Jordan was renting out.

So we got our start, Hairbrain got our start making mobile games. We had a contract to make this iPad pirate game for Bungie, like, back in 2011. Oh, okay. That was the first game, you know, that was sort of a crash course in this team. Chris, there's probably, like, eight or nine of us in a storage closet that our founder Jordan was renting out.

So we got our start, Hairbrain got our start making mobile games. We had a contract to make this iPad pirate game for Bungie, like, back in 2011. Oh, okay. That was the first game, you know, that was sort of a crash course in this team. Chris, there's probably, like, eight or nine of us in a storage closet that our founder Jordan was renting out.

And so that was our crash course working together as a team. I'd probably choose the Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter because man that IP that the Shadowrun universe has such a strong fan base and community built around it since Jordan created it back in the early 90s and we put that Kickstarter campaign together in just a couple months and had no idea what to expect and

And so that was our crash course working together as a team. I'd probably choose the Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter because man that IP that the Shadowrun universe has such a strong fan base and community built around it since Jordan created it back in the early 90s and we put that Kickstarter campaign together in just a couple months and had no idea what to expect and

And so that was our crash course working together as a team. I'd probably choose the Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter because man that IP that the Shadowrun universe has such a strong fan base and community built around it since Jordan created it back in the early 90s and we put that Kickstarter campaign together in just a couple months and had no idea what to expect and

seeing those numbers sheet up on the first day is like, well, you know, we're, this is happening. And that was a different scale of game than anything we'd made before. So that was sort of like, welcome to the, Yeah. I don't know if it qualifies as the big leagues or not, but you know, the next league. I would say so.