Tamara Knoss

What I Know About Making Games:

I have worked on games with a rabid following in the millions.
Games that, over a decade after release, Players continue to make new friends as they breathlessly talk about their love for that game. We had managed to capture lightning in a bottle.

I have worked on average games.
The publisher made their money back, but it wasn't anything special. Nothing to be ashamed of, we all have bills to pay.

I have worked on games that will never see the light of day.
Games lost to a mixture of bad decisions, a lack of decisions, and bad luck. Fortunately, there haven’t been many of those, but they were hard earned heart breaking lessons.

The key difference between those projects was THE TEAM. 

My favorite teams to work with are the ones who are in love with their craft. When there is passion, excited ideas zoom around, and those are exactly the balls of lightning we need to capture.

Making games is an artform. We are entertainers.

In my experience, the teams that are filled with passion, debate, and profound love for the craftsmanship of games are the ones that make the best games.

Teams where we learn the rules so we can break them.

It is an honor to be in the trenches with them.
They know who they are.