Just before I received the $18,000 quote from the Ukranian's, I had posted to the Indie Game Dev Facebook Group I had already started engaging with. From all of my experience with hiring producers and videographers for my music career, I intuitively knew this would be an absolute goldmine for finding the perfect team.
And I was not disappointed.
Cham was either the first or second person I spoke to, and very quickly, after looking through his portfolio of games, knew that he was my speed. Luckily, he came with an artist friend, too, who had experience in game animation.
Cham and Jose are based in Jalisco, Mexico and there is a bit of a language barrier, but they offered me a rate that I could absolutely afford and I felt that they had just the amount of experience required to execute my game idea.
They weren't the most experienced by a long shot. They are in their mid-20s and while not completely inexperienced, they are definitely youngbloods. They are just starting out their careers and have a lot to learn. Just like me, though.
They agreed to work with me from 12-5 Monday to Friday. We began meeting daily via Skype, but we moved to Discord shortly after. Cham and Jose share their screens with me so I can both supervise and collaborate. Not to mention learn about the process.
This video of the game is the product of less than a month into our working together, and I am feeling very optimistic about what we can achieve before the year is up. While the language presents some challenges, persistence and patience pay off in the long run and I am finding we are working better together every day, if not every hour.
In future blogs, I will get into more of the details about what it's like working with Cham and Jose. The difficulties and the awesomeness of it all.
So far, it has been a really great experience. I'm not always the easiest person to work with. I lose my cool sometimes, but I try to be as inspiring and beneficial to them as I can. They are awesome team members and I'm really excited about what the future holds for Mobli because of them.
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