In our blog, we regularly give you a peek behind the scenes at Goodgame Studios, and we also let you know how our design and technical specialists work together to develop games. In today’s post, we’ll explain in 10 pictures how our Classic Games Studio team develops an update for our successful farm simulation game, Goodgame Big Farm. Read more
Here at Goodgame, we were recently asked in an internal survey what in particular we like about our jobs, and this was clear for many of us: the atmosphere in the teams and the feeling of camaraderie are one-of-a-kind here. This “Goodgame flair” also motivates our five receptionists to jump into their tasks with newfound zeal every single day. Read more
Our mobile strategy title Empire: Four Kingdoms, lovingly known as “E4K” by us Goodgamers, is three years old! This is definitely a great reason to throw a party befitting of the occasion! Together with their colleagues who develop the Goodgame Empire browser version, the team enjoyed a delicious banquet. An abundance of hearty dishes were laid out, and the “knights-in-training” could even try out real swords and armor! Read more
Goodgame Studios is known for successful browser and mobile games. But now, for the first time and with the debut of the 4th Floor studio, we introduce our own dedicated and specialized development team focused on PC client games. With a major investment in experience, talent, skills, and technology, this studio has geared up to deliver our first online action RPG, built on Unreal Engine 4. Read more
Have you ever participated in a Code Jam? Last week, we enjoyed one of these programming marathons when several teams from our web development department hosted their first Code Jam at Goodgame Studios. Their mission: to develop functional software products in under 48 hours – and have lots of fun doing it! Read more
One of the characteristics of today’s world is our constant quest to improve ourselves and become as happy as possible, in both our private and work lives. At Goodgame, we are also continually working on building a better company and happy team because we are convinced that this is the basis for good games. That is also why we strive to improve our people management skills and why we invited Jurgen Appelo, author of the book Managing for Happiness, to our offices this week to give a talk about “games, tools, and practices that motivate any team”. The leadership guru’s mantra is that happy workers are productive workers, and in his inspiring speech, he shared some hands-on management techniques and ideas to foster personal development within teams. Read more
