Whose Game Is It, Anyway? How Community Relationships Shape Games - Lessons from Warframe

Explore how community relationships shape game development in this 57-minute GDC talk from 2018. Gain insights from Digital Extremes' Rebecca Ford as she delves into the Warframe team's strategies for collaborating with the community, making strategic decisions, and effectively managing feedback in a games-as-a-service model. Learn about the roadmap, infrastructure, and approaches to fair free-to-play mechanics. Discover the evolution of dev streams, clans, and major game updates. Examine the challenges faced in 2018, including misinformation, data mining, and managing diverse player communities. Understand the importance of player requests, toxicity management, and the cultural shift in development. Gain valuable lessons on fostering a successful games-as-a-service title through community engagement and strategic decision-making.