Cairn and Furi creator’s games are all so different that ‘there’s a chance our next game is an MMO match-3 about friendship,’ jokes creative director, Emeric Thoa
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The Game Bakers’ willingness to swing between radically different genres is a reminder that small teams can trade scale for intensity of fandom. For studios, the strategic fork is clear: build franchises and pipelines, or build a portfolio of sharp, risky bets for a smaller but durable audience.
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