Blog of Rob Galanakis (@robgalanakis)

From one space MMO to another

By now it is common knowledge amongst those that know me that I am leaving BioWare Austin and Star Wars: The Old Republic for a job at CCP Iceland as a Lead Technical Artist working on EVE and their Core Technology Group.

This job change also entails a change of roles, from a senior role to a leadership role, which I’m psyched about.  I’m taking a position where I can do the things regarding culture and vision that were difficult or impossible to do at BioWare because of my role and the culture there:  the studio is too caste-based for my tastes and I was outside of the management and leadership castes, which limited my ability to change anything.

I’m also stoked to be working for a studio like CCP- the single thing that attracted me most to the job, and convinced me that an international move would be worth it, is the studio culture.

In the coming months, I hope to talk more about both studio and tech art team culture issues, and the higher-level pipeline design issues, that are my passion and, hopefully, a large part of my new job.

Also, I’ll be in Austin late June, if you want to see me before I leave for Iceland.

5 thoughts on “From one space MMO to another

  1. LoneWolf says:

    I’m glad that you’ll be able to deploy your vision from theory into practise now with that leadership role of yours :)

    Can’t wait to hear out more about the tech-art model etc !

    Good luck and have fun in iceland ^_^

    Best regards Yaz!

  2. Swat3d says:

    Change is great, we tend to fear change tho :).
    Go on Mr Galankis! I’m sure you are going to be a great lead.

  3. […] been thinking a lot about what I’m going to do with my new role at CCP.  I’ve been able to work under a number of people at BioWare and I’ve been able to […]

  4. Andy L says:

    Wow. Congrats on the new gig. Didn’t see that one coming. I’m sure you’ll be missed at BioWare but welcomed even more at CCP. Can you say “in house chef”? Good luck!

  5. I guess I whined so much you thought ‘this guy will never leave!’ ;) Thanks Andy, glad to count you amongst my readers and hope VV is treating you well.

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