Mental Health in Game Dev
Working in Game development comes with its own challenges resulting in mental problems which many of us might feel overwhelmed with or insecure about.
With the background of psychology this talk is intended to serve as a guide to shed light on some of the most common mental challenges and tips on how to deal with for example lack of motivation, concentration, work-life-balance, sleep, insecurities or failure.
Speaker Bio
Maggie is looking back at 5 years of experience where she worked with Indie studios as a producer in the Netherlands before relocating to Prague to join SCS Software as Map Designer for the Eurotruck Simulator 2 and eventually moving on to her main profession Game Design.
Her psychology degree gives her insights about how the industry affects the mental health of game developers. She is also leading an event planning organization to build a game developer community in Prague.