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| 11s | my name is austin huddleston and i'm the |
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| 13s | lead server engineer at frost giant we |
| 15s | have this laser-focused vision of making |
| 17s | this next rts game together um i know |
| 20s | for a lot of us myself included games |
| 23s | like warcraft 3 and starcraft 2 were |
| 25s | like such big parts of our lives |
| 28s | [Music] |
| 30s | that it's it's really kind of awesome to |
| 32s | get to work alongside some of the people |
| 34s | who made that happen um and at the same |
| 38s | time it's sort of blows my mind to be |
| 41s | able to be a part of |
| 42s | trying to write what is hopefully the |
| 44s | next chapter in that story frost giant |
| 46s | has done a really good job of like |
| 47s | setting myself up to |
| 49s | uh to do my best work i think the the |
| 53s | flexibility around work from home is a |
| 54s | big part of that |
| 55s | the office where we can collaborate is a |
| 58s | big part of that and just like |
| 60s | the people on the team are another like |
| 63s | huge uh part of that as well |
| 66s | there's like a lot of |
| 67s | we have some really really incredible |
| 70s | people who work here and so there's a |
| 71s | lot to |
| 73s | there's a lot to teach myself obviously |
| 75s | as i'm like doing my work |
| 77s | but there's also a lot to learn from the |
| 78s | people who i'm working with we got a |
| 80s | great team culture we had a hot wing |
| 82s | eating competition not too long ago and |
| 84s | that was a lot of fun the hot wings |
| 86s | contest was sort of kevin's |
| 88s | idea and he spent a lot of time |
| 90s | organizing it we had plenty of milk |
| 92s | plenty of ice cream and just |
| 94s | had just rounds of |
| 98s | hot wings brought out and we all got to |
| 99s | choose if |
| 100s | like to what level we wanted to go we |
| 102s | started with one went all the way up to |
| 104s | 10. uh i made it all the way through 10. |
| 107s | i just |
| 109s | yeah that was hard but i did it i made |
| 111s | it um |
| 125s | [Music] |
| 130s | it was funny seeing everybody |
| 132s | in their different reactions to eating |
| 133s | those hot wings um |
| 136s | that was that was really funny |
| 138s | so for me working at prostitute one of |
| 140s | the |
| 140s | probably the best part about it is the |
| 142s | game itself um there's like no shortage |
| 146s | of really challenging really interesting |
| 148s | problems to try and solve um |
| 150s | i think games in general uh |
| 154s | like is a really fascinating type of |
| 156s | software to develop uh |
| 159s | typically that it has to be |
| 161s | networked has to be real time has to |
| 162s | pull in all these different types of |
| 164s | technologies and have it work in one |
| 166s | portable package |
| 168s | um |
| 168s | and |
| 170s | so games in general already like a |
| 171s | really fascinating space to work in |
| 174s | but rts games like sort of kick that up |
| 176s | to the next level uh in that like a lot |
| 179s | of the solutions that may work for other |
| 182s | genres that uh like a lot of the cookie |
| 185s | cutter solutions that you would apply to |
| 187s | other genres just don't apply to rts |
| 189s | games um |
| 191s | and so there's there's just no shortage |
| 193s | of really tough problems to solve that's |
| 195s | what |
| 196s | makes my job so awesome is i get to |
| 198s | solve tough problems every single day |
| 200s | hi i'm mary kessel and i'm a rigger |
| 202s | slash technical artist i've worked in |
| 205s | the industry for over 20 years |
| 207s | but i've never worked on rts so i'm |
| 209s | super excited i started just a |
| 212s | generalist and then i slowly evolved and |
| 214s | really identified with rigging and just |
| 217s | tech art as the years evolved when i |
| 219s | first interviewed for frustrate |
| 222s | i just got a really good vibe from the |
| 225s | people and they were all team players |
| 228s | and just really |
| 229s | genuine hard-working and |
| 232s | just really cared about making this this |
| 235s | game they all have families that was a |
| 237s | big plus for me |
| 239s | um |
| 240s | just really uh collaborative group |
| 243s | and that was a plus and um |
| 246s | flexible hours uh nice hybrid schedule |
| 249s | that was awesome and i'm working with |
| 252s | such amazing i was just blown away with |
| 255s | the talent here and i was excited to |
| 257s | work with him |
| 259s | i was a teacher for the art institute |
| 262s | for a few years |
| 263s | and for lmu and i worked part time as i |
| 267s | would work full-time in the day and then |
| 269s | in the evenings i would teach when i |
| 270s | first started working i found out that |
| 272s | one of my students was here and |
| 275s | it turned out that michael tuna was one |
| 277s | of my students and |
| 281s | i actually remembered him and i said i |
| 283s | had a lot of students so if i remembered |
| 285s | a student i knew they were really good |
| 287s | and |
| 288s | um very motivated actually when i first |
| 291s | interviewed i was a little hesitant |
| 292s | because um it was blunder and unreal and |
| 295s | i hadn't used unreal for a good time a |
| 298s | long time |
| 300s | and um blender was totally new but when |
| 302s | i started researching it and |
| 306s | and conversing with jesse |
| 308s | i was just blown away at what |
| 311s | the capability of a free software like |
| 315s | compared to the standards in our |
| 318s | industry so um i was just really |
| 320s | impressed and |
| 321s | since i've been here |
| 323s | it's just |
| 325s | amazing what we've done with it |
| 327s | like so far to build our whole pipeline |
| 329s | we had um some fun |
| 332s | side events like the chili cook-off |
| 336s | i participated as well as my son was |
| 338s | there |
| 339s | um |
| 341s | but i didn't get too far |
| 344s | i went to like a fourth level but it was |
| 346s | it was fun an informal way of getting a |
| 349s | note to know the team and |
| 351s | and just relaxing and seeing how daring |
| 354s | everybody is we have a life outside of |
| 356s | the work we work hard when we're there |
| 358s | but we also understand that that um |
| 361s | we need time to rejuvenate and be with |
| 363s | our families too |
| 365s | if we're not in person we're slacking |
| 367s | and we're just |
| 369s | always communicating and no matter how |
| 371s | busy we are we always have time to kind |
| 373s | of |
| 374s | crack a joke or something |
| 377s | we just we just have a good rapport um i |
| 380s | knew that from day one i feel like |
| 381s | everybody's always willing to learn and |
| 384s | willing to listen and |
| 385s | everybody just wants everyone to win |
| 388s | which is really great that's how it |
| 390s | should be everywhere |
| 400s | you |