Today, we started our day by touring a game development outsourcing company called GlassEgg. Since GlassEgg was the company my group worked to research before this trip, I was very excited to tour their facilities. GlassEgg works to design 3-dimensional vehicles, buildings, environments, and characters for games, as well as 2-dimensional concept art for games. Learning about their work was very cool as someone who has played numerous games that GlassEgg has worked on, including Forza, Apex Legends, Fortnite, Spider-Man 2, and more. It was also very cool to see how a game development outsourcing company works. For those who don’t know, they work with the publishers of a game to design certain assets, and then they send them back, and it gets added to the game. Their work is based around the art design of different things, from making cars 99% accurate to developing skins for characters.

GlassEgg has been working on games for two decades now and continues to be more successful than ever, but why is that so? GlassEgg has a dedication to making their work environment extremely friendly and a great creative space. While walking around their office, every worker had headphones on listening to music while sitting back and just designing some aspect of a game. At face value, it definitely seemed like everyone was hard at work while still enjoying themselves. GlassEgg also includes a fun break room with foosball and a zen room where workers can nap and take free yoga classes after work. This creative, fun environment allows employees to give their work their all and enjoy themselves while they do it. GlassEgg often has to face extreme deadlines due to intense demand by the game production companies, but their ability to quickly and effectively design these games shows why they have succeeded for so long and why they will continue to in the future. However, one pressing issue that many video game companies are currently faced with is the use of AI. We were informed that GlassEgg believes that AI has no talent when compared to human artists, and they will never use AI unless it can assist their artists while also making those artists more money. This is a positive stance for a company in this industry, keeping the soul of the art in the games while also keeping a hundred people employed at GlassEgg alone. However, if more companies with less concern for their art begin to take advantage of AI GlassEgg might be forced to change, but for that we will have to wait and see.