How Telltale Went Broke

How a reliance on investment funding, a fruitless formula, and leaks to the press precipitated one catastrophic week in Telltale's 14-year history.

Reliance on investment funding: 3:30
The internal adoption of The Walking Dead's "formula:" 9:09
Leaks to the press: 12:45

Massive thanks to those who chose to reach out, and for them making so many great games over the years.

Music by the Raddest, Daddest, Ace Waters:

   / @amiewaters  

Productivity & "crunch time" studies:
https://wol.iza.org/uploads/articles/...
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral...
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.05789.pdf

BAFTA Awards interviews:    • Story Winner in 2013: The Walking Dead  
Spike Awards interviews:    • Видео  
The only damn footage I could find of the actual Spike awards speech:    • The Walking Dead: Wins Game Of The Year!  

That IGN interview where that hilarious Warren Spector quote comes from: https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/09/...