🔽 click for Timestamps & Info TheMessyCoder (null) interviewing me on my career path, creative stress & crunch in general. He also tries out Shapes! 💖 Patreon ❱ https://www.patreon.com/acegikmo 🐦 Twitter ❱ https://twitter.com/FreyaHolmer 📺 Twitch ❱ https://www.twitch.tv/acegikmo 💬 Discord ❱ https://discord.gg/v5VWuga 🌸 Instagram ❱ https://instagram.com/freya_holmer 0:00:00 - Interview Start 0:01:51 - What is Shapes? 0:05:29 - Why is Shapes not already native? 0:08:33 - That Hologram looking thing on Twitter 0:09:52 - Why I'm not Good At Math™ 0:12:04 - What is Budget Cuts? 0:15:56 - Scope Creep & Project Planning 0:22:35 - My Game Project Plans 0:25:54 - TheMessyCoder trying out Shapes 0:50:40 - How much money did Budget Cuts make? 0:51:59 - Why did you leave Neat Corp? 0:56:38 - Burnout & Crunch Culture 1:05:46 - Toxic Workplace Culture 1:08:09 - Crunch Part 2 1:14:02 - Planning when working solo 1:15:31 - Why did Unity not buy Shader Forge? 1:24:00 - Why I stopped working on Shader Forge 1:25:57 - Messy's shapes-based pac-man game 1:26:49 - Are memes just a fad? 1:30:38 - Unreal, Unmechanical & How to get into Games 1:41:43 - Vector Graphics & Unity's Priorities 1:50:16 - Shapes in Unreal? 1:55:33 - Working Alone, Motivation & Luck 2:06:44 - Messys' Thoughts on Shapes / Interview End 2:12:06 - What's next, after Shapes? 2:14:02 - Freya's Book of Math 2:21:35 - Educating vs Sounding Smart 2:24:41 - YouTube AMA video