Baumi Coming To Shanghai!
Recently, our company has had the delight of hiring a talented young fellow known in cyberspace simply as “Baumi”.
It’s been a hell of a road working with this chap! For those of you who don’t know him, he’s a pretty successful streamer and vlogger in the realms of DOTA2.
Check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/l34Um1
I can’t even begin to express the energy and passion he has for game design! Sometimes I can’t even keep up! The first time we spoke, we chatted for about 3 hours about the games industry and some awesome games that we both love. Mostly Guild Wars, Starcraft and suchlike. He also took me through his Angel arena game that he and a couple of buddies developed, which was pretty damn fun! Though I had bugger all idea what the hell I was doing (I’m not much of a MOBA player, I’m an old fart now, and these games passed me by!)
We are so lucky to be working with Baumi, his creativity and passion paired with his technical knowledge of game balance are second to none.
Currently, Baumi is working on our combat system. So his job is to make combat exciting, competitive and to make our players keep wanting more. He is designing some new ideas for ships, abilities, and weapons. He is also working on our upgrade system and linking that to resourcing in the game. Not an easy job! I feel kinda excited working with him because, to be honest, this is his first job working for a game studio, and he’s like a puppy dog! Full of fresh and awesome ideas and just doesn’t want to stop! Staying up till 3 am working till his eyes bleed (we all know gamedev ain't easy :P )
The great news is he’s heading over to Shanghai this month for shenanigans! Unfortunately, at this stage, Baumi can’t work with is full time in Shanghai due to commitments back home. I hope one day I can change his mind! Haha but he’s coming over to hang out with the team for a week, and we couldn’t be more stoked. Will be posting loads of pics and vids. Watch this space!
Here’s to Captain Baumi! Welcome aboard!