How hard is it to wrangle art assets and minions from multiple sites and time zones? What systems do you use to keep track of it all?asked by BaconofWar

That's an awesome question, because working with multiple studios: Frankfurt, U.K., U.S. ... two offices in the U.S.: ...[counts using fingers]

Yeah, Austin, Los Angeles.

... Austin and Los Angeles. Is a great challenge and you, it requires great organization.

It does. I personally keep the director up to date, which is very important. So everyone can recognize everybody else, we've got little pictures next to names. That kind of thing.

Yeah, then for art assets we use software called Perforce, and within Perforce it allows everybody to submit their art assess, art assets to the same location. And then we also use Shotgun software which allows us to keep track of all of our concepts and all of the theme backing, so on and so forth. Everyone has access to the same systems. It's not segregated whatsoever, including confluence. And that allows us to work as one studio, nation ...

Internationally. Yes. [laughs]

... internationally. Yeah, internationally.

Across time zones.

As far as wrangling each art asset, we have art managers and art leads and art directors in each studio. So you have your local art managers that manage each team locally. So we don't have to cross manage too much, because we are in different time zones.

Yeah. I mean, and as to that we do have global sync times that we try to stick to for meetings that are known throughout the studios.

Right. Yeah, totally. And you know it, nowadays with Skype and the internet and the ability to share data over online it's really not as hard as you think it would be. It's almost sometimes you could be, it could feel like you're working in the same studio.

Yeah.

As far as managing art assets. I mean, you know what's the difference if you're not, besides walking over to the person, what's the difference between being on one side of the building compared to the other side of the building or being on side of the building to another building in another country. There really is no difference to some degree other than the walking over and talking to them.

To some degree. Although I would love to ...

Besides the time difference.

I would love to, to walk over to someone in the U.K. office and just shake the back of the chair and say, "Hey! Look at me!"

Yes, yes.

That's, that's what I really want. I just want to be obnoxious. It's good times. [laughs and makes okay signs]

[laughs] Secretly fly you over there and you could shake everybody.

Like, I work here now. [laughs]

Yeah. Alright, so hopefully that answers your question.

Yeah.