stackyFACTSSometimes million-dollar game ideas just organically spawn from employees aggressively refusing to do their actual assigned work.
Sometimes million-dollar game ideas just organically spawn from employees aggressively refusing to do their actual assigned work. While at Turtle Rock Studios, developers working on Counter-Strike: Source realized it was incredibly fun to arm themselves to the teeth and fight hordes of knife-wielding AI bots. They quickly pivoted the entire project from a generic military shooter into a frantic zombie survival game, proving procrastination is a valid business strategy.
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