Today we’re talking with Dru Erridge, co-founder of Gamebreaking Studios.
Dru ended up walking down a path of a co-development studio, initially focused on multiplayer game tech, but the reasons he got there are quite unique. Co-founding with folks that he had built and shipped an indie game on the side of full-time jobs at larger studios, deciding to not take money and so doubling down on the skills at hand with a three engineer co-founding team, then viewing that as giving them a level of freedom to pursue their passion and diversify.
It’s been a journey full of lessons on mindset and motivation that I think can help many other folks think about what kind of founding journey they want to pursue — especially in the current market which limits where funds can come from. Let’s jump in.
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