Coding and coexisting in the corral: How Octodad’s team manages living and working together
It’s the not-so-common ideal these days to graduate from college and immediately jump into a fulfilling role that uses one’s myriad of learned skills. Of course, there’s nothing terribly common about the Chicago-based indie developer Young Horses or the much-ballyhooed sequel they’re working on, Octodad: Dadliest Catch.
Octodad is a colorful series about an octopus posing as a suburban father and husband; successfully funded via Kickstarter in the summer of 2011. As for developer Young Horses themselves? Five of them live under one roof, previously in a single apartment and now with two across a mutual hallway, while three others commute into the workspace from elsewhere throughout the city and surrounding suburbs.
Between the team’s bevy of independent day jobs and contract work, they’re putting their spare hours into Octodad’s return. But the group also identifies the odd situation of having colleagues as roommates within a communal work studio they lovingly call the “corral,” mere steps from where they sleep. It’s a unique arrangement, which has come with its share of difficulties, but it’s one that members say is the only way they can imagine tackling the project.
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