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Neil Haldar

@neilsf.bsky.social

Videogame Guy at www.haldar.co. Prev: Sierra On-Line, GT Interactive, MGM Studios, Skyzone, GREE. Deep experience across PC, Consoles, Mobile, and especially in strategies for free-to-play, business development, and licensing.

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One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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23.04.2025 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30081    ๐Ÿ” 10799    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2095    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1705

Team and I are gutted, the next day three people are reassigned and the rest of the team is laid off. I swore to myself I'd get into Business Development and never let that happen to a good team again. So I did and I haven't.

29.12.2024 20:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Demo day turns into full portfolio review and all teams are cranking to show progress. My presentation is ready, showing milestone details and to-go work and budget remaining. I'm 10 mins into my preso and head of BD says - didn't you get my email? License was too expensive. Can't build the product.

29.12.2024 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was a Senior Producer at a former publisher -- they cranked up a dev team (eng-heavy) to "do the impossible" and ship a full AAA licensed sports title in 11 months multi-platform. First build review was 100 days from start, so the team cranked hard and agreed to some crunch to get the game to a...

29.12.2024 20:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

HELLO BACK AT YOU! I need pizza.

19.11.2024 01:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing

19.11.2024 00:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Seems like Bluesky is getting a fair number of game devs and game publishers, so here I am. Happy to have been here for awhile and see the growth!

18.11.2024 19:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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