The multi-faceted business of game development has seen an ever-growing presence in the spotlight in recent years, especially in lieu of an increasing range of free, open source development tools. At a time where blockbuster studios claim the lion’s share of the industry’s worth - upwards of $77bn for mobile gaming alone - Stuart De Ville has seen considerable success with his indie studio, Zap Pop Pow.Sharing his experience as a creative leader in game design, fine art, book illustration, graffiti art and Founder of Game Dev London, Stuart explains how he directs a varied creative team to achieve a vision, the low barriers to entry for budding game developers, and boldly taking the first steps to working for yourself.Lee and Stuart discuss:Pursuing a dream in spite of deterrence from his art schoolLearning business sense from his graffiti artist gigStuart’s exciting start in the games industryTaking the initiative to work for yourself and achieve your own goalsManaging a creative team with greatly varied personalitiesEffects of the increasing accessibility of open source game development toolsGrowing Game Dev London as a creative communityExtrology is sponsored by Progresso Talent Partners who for more than 25 years have successfully delivered interim and permanent leadership talent to transform businesses and to hire the talent you need to enable your business to thrive: https://www.progressotalent.com/Send us a textGet in touch: lee@extrology.comExtrology: https://www.extrology.com/ https://www.instagram.com/extrologypodcast/ https://www.tiktok.com/@extrology https://substack.com/@extrology https://www.youtube.com/@extrology Lee Cooper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecooperrecruiter/