In Development

At M2 Animation, scaling cinematic production meant rethinking everything—from rendering pipelines to how directors interact with scenes. Benjamin Foo, CG Supervisor at M2, walks through the studio’s transition from a traditional Maya/Redshift workflow to a real-time, Unreal Engine-based pipeline. What started as a necessity—limited compute power and rising production demands—quickly became a crea...

In Kingdom Come: Deliverance II , quests aren’t isolated scripts—they’re a tightly connected web of story, state, dialogue, and world logic. Making that work at the scale of a 250‑person, six‑year production required tooling designed specifically for narrative complexity. Warhorse Studios Lead DevOps Programmer, Petr Nohejl breaks down Scout , Warhorse’s proprietary quest system . Originally built...

Recorded live at GDC 2026, Jase sat down with Tom Guillermin , Co‑Founder and CTO of Sandfall Interactive , to unpack how Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 grew from a bedroom prototype into an award‑winning global hit. Tom shares the technical and creative decisions that helped a 30‑person team move fast without breaking things. In this episode: Why Sandfall Interactive chose Perforce P4 + Unreal over...

Join us as Marios Michaelides, Engineering Director at Virtuos, reveals how co-developers are solving one of gaming's toughest challenges: performance optimization at scale. Whether you're shipping your first title or managing multiple AAA projects, Marios delivers actionable strategies for: Catching performance regressions before they spiral out of control Building automated asset validation pipe...

In Development brings you inside the technical realities of creating today's most ambitious digital experiences. Host Jase Lindgren delivers conversations with the problem-solvers who build, maintain, and optimize the tools, pipelines, and workflows powering games, media production, and realtime visualization. Each episode features in-depth discussions with technical directors, pipeline specialist...

Join us as Stephen Rodriguez, former Studio Infrastructure Engineer at Sharkmob, dives into the challenges of building a scalable and maintainable game technology foundation as the team grew. Whether you're starting a new studio or expanding your current operations, Stephen delivers actionable strategies for: Creating cost-effective infrastructure Leveraging valuable industry partnerships Establis...

Join Matthew Swanton, Virtual Production Unreal Engine Supervisor at PXO Clara, as he shares his journey from modding Grand Theft Auto as a teenager to operating LED stages for Star Trek: Discovery. Discover the technical challenges of achieving in-camera final pixels, the pipeline innovations that enable global collaboration, and the surprising lessons learned from managing version control on mul...

In this episode, Colin Walder, Engineering Director at CD PROJEKT RED, joins Jase Lindgren to delve into the intricate role of creating an immersive sound world for Cyberpunk 2077.  Colin and Jase dive into the technical and creative challenges of building immersive audio experiences in AAA games, including:  The evolving and complex toolsets and technologies used to design and integrate...

From working on Halo Infinite and Age of Empires II to leading real-time research at Oscar-winning VFX studio DNEG, then founding Shiftstorm Entertainment and serving as Director of Engineering at ICVR, Luis Placid spans many creative industries. Luis joins Jase Lindgren to unpack the evolution of creative pipelines, the convergence of gaming and media pipelines, challenges re-educating artists on...

In this episode, Sica von Medicus, CG Supervisor on Max & the Midknights at Nickelodeon, takes us behind the scenes of one of animation's most ambitious pipeline transformations. Sica and Jase explore the messy reality of innovation, including: The leap of faith that led a traditional TV animation team to bet everything on Unreal Engine, despite having little experience with real-time renderin...

In this episode, Stephen Post, Technical Director at VOID Interactive, joins Jase for a deep dive into the technical evolution of Ready or Not, the acclaimed tactical shooter game. Stephen discusses the complexities of expanding their fully remote, globally distributed studio—from a small team of 9 to more than 75—covering key challenges such as: The process of expanding their technology stack and...