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From afar it seems their strategy is "make cool shit." They published Untitled Goose Game for the Nintendo Switch, and years and years ago made some official li
by micromacrofoot 5y ago
From afar it seems their strategy is "make cool shit." They published Untitled Goose Game for the Nintendo Switch, and years and years ago made some official licensed shirts for the PS2 game Katamari Damacy. They really are all over the map and it's wonderful.
I imagine part of their physical location requirement is their expensive custom office (https://panic.com/blog/the-panic-office/ https://panic.com/blog/the-panic-office/)... but they do a lot of creative work and in my experience it's hard to brainstorm and do creative problem solving remotely (not impossible, but also not the same).
- AceJohnny2 5y agoNitpick: they didn't "make Firewatch". It was developed by Campo Santo (since acquihired by Valve), and published (in part) by Panic. But I was surprised to learn they are the ones who made Untitled Goose Game.
- toastercat 5y agoThey only published Goose Game. It was developed by an indie studio from Australia.
- AceJohnny2 5y agoYou're right, I misread the wikipedia page.
- micromacrofoot 5y agoYeah my mistake! Forgot about Campo Santo. Fixed. Thanks.
- lelandfe 5y agoThey did a lot of cool stuff around the periphery of Firewatch though, like building the ability to actually print the photos you take in game. Panic is such a cool company. https://panic.com/blog/firewatch-one-month-later/ https://panic.com/blog/firewatch-one-month-later/
- Wowfunhappy 5y ago> I imagine part of their physical location requirement is their expensive custom office. I'm broadly in favor of the power of in-person collaboration, but I'd like to point out that this is a terrible reason to do anything. Sunk cost fallacy and all that. Of course, Panic may have invested in an expensive custom office because they believe in its ability to enhance work.
- echelon 5y agoThanks, that's the answer I was after! (Sorry if I touched on a nerve, I was curious and a little bit skeptical.)