Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Happy people, great teams and sustainable processes make awesome games for players. In this talk, Regö presents the six principles of his sustainable game development process which was originally his MSc thesis and since have been applied, tested, refined and improved in the past 5 years.

The six principles are:

1. Build Trust & Facilitate Cooperation
2. Align Vision & Communicate Direction
3. Nourish Motivation & Protect Health
4. Create Structure & Make Work Visible
5. Drive Coordination & Facilitate Alignment
6. Adapt to Change & Embrace Growth