Interview with the Founders of YangYang Mobile
Channel: Hardware Sugar
Date: 2021-05-25

0:00 Start
0:48 Start of Audio
1:04 Introduction of Guests
1:18 How many are you in YangYang, and how did you start?
2:47 How long did you work for another studio before deciding to take the plunge?
3:12 End goal and YangYang name origin
4:02 How many people are under YangYang right now?
5:04 Are all the writers local?
6:00 How do you find people to hire?
7:12 In your experience, what's the most effective way to bootstrap your game? Which platform/method?
8:37 Do you take outsourcing work as a sideline while working on your games?
9:43 Would you like to ramp up or speed up production or is two years okay?
10:45 What were some of the things you learned after three games?
12:45 How did you put the voice acting team together?
14:57 Did you hire any local talent for voice acting?
16:01 Is the problem locally that voice acting is not professional yet?
16:50 Did you ever have to push back or decline an idea?
19:06 Did you ever experience a rush to release a game?
22:46 Did you draw the line with regards to nudity/mature content (for Love Esquire) because of an external thing or was it more of an internal thing?
25:03 How hard was it to get on Steam?
26:20 Love Esquire 18+ Mod talk
28:25 If you had unlimited budget, and no restrictions at all, what kind of game would you put out?
30:30 Do you usually give the writers free reign?
32:20 How hard is it to code or create games with Unity?
34:36 How is the local development scene?
39:54 What games do you usually play during your downtime?
41:28 Have you ever considered branching out?
44:05 How did you feel seeing Love Esquire on the Top Charts of Steam?
46:08 Has there been one negative review or comment that you'll never forget?
49:56 Was there any point where you just wanted to give up or start over?
51:23 If there's one game that you would recommend for a first time fan?
53:12 Is there a game among your portfolio that you would recommend for young adults?
53:47 Closing remarks
55:45 Suggestions for next game from chat

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Yangyang is a Filipino development studio with 3 titles available on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/developer/yangyangmobile

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