Rachel Frick

Hybrid Times

Game Developers Sound off on Working from Home, Compensation, and Career

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80 Level Research

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Did the pandemic change the way game developers work?

A groundbreaking survey reveals how the pandemic and shifting work/life balance perceptions shape how game-industry creatives work, grow, and succeed. Read on to find out why employers, executives, and management must find new tactics to hire and retain their teams so vital to growing a successful gaming business.

80 Level Market Research tapped 800+ specialists in the game development industry about trends and changes they experienced over the past year and a half.

Distribution of respondents across the regions

Distribution of respondents' work specialization

Distribution of respondents by employment status

Work Style

50%

of the survey respondents prefer a hybrid work model

39%

want only to work remote (from home or elsewhere)

only 11%

would rather work in an office or team setting.

Career Plans

46%

changed jobs during the past two years

56%

want to develop their own game or have already started

Compensation Insights

40%

saw no compensation change during the pandemic.

25%

earned more during the pandemic

46%

prefer incentivized profit share (royalties or stocks) as compensation in addition to salary

Watch and listen

Watch and listen to Head of 80 Level Kirill Tokarev at GDC 2022
shares industry insights about the rising new work model

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