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[EasterlyArt]

Hey everyone!

So I've been doing some research lately into studio spaces, and I wanted ask everyone some questions in regard to this. Let's assume your studio would be about the size of a two bedroom apartment, but set up as a creative space.

1) What kind of things would you have in your indie dev studio?
2) Would you be willing to rent out a space if it offered special accommodations?
3) What kind of accommodations would help you in developing your game?

I'll probably think of some more questions later, but let's start here.

[EasterlyArt]

Let me add another element.

What if this space also included an apartment you could live in? In other words, a studio building that also functions with apartments with everything you could ask for to develop your game.

[Daniel Pacheco]

Sounds really bad to live in the same place you work.

I´d love to set up a place like this:

https://www.google.es/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiMyq7vhf7dAhUB4YUKHRgMDZwQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZ2kv1p4AquI&psig=AOvVaw0RW_02TJxW-bzn2XGFvwkX&ust=153933550298324

Something like a garage is really cool.

[Devilkay]

Sounds really bad to live in the same place you work.

I´d love to set up a place like this:

https://www.google.es/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiMyq7vhf7dAhUB4YUKHRgMDZwQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZ2kv1p4AquI&psig=AOvVaw0RW_02TJxW-bzn2XGFvwkX&ust=153933550298324

Something like a garage is really cool.

hahahhahahha

[EasterlyArt]

Sounds really bad to live in the same place you work.

I´d love to set up a place like this:

https://www.google.es/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiMyq7vhf7dAhUB4YUKHRgMDZwQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZ2kv1p4AquI&psig=AOvVaw0RW_02TJxW-bzn2XGFvwkX&ust=153933550298324

Something like a garage is really cool.

In retrospect, I have to agree. Living where you work is more of a compromise for most as a means to save money and having a level of connivence. It's also, unfortunately, not something that can be moderated when trying to pick tenants for a creative living/studio space. Fair house laws apparently put a roadblock for that, but that just means that the space would need to be that much more beneficial in terms of having tools for people to utilize.

I asked a similar question to a lot of illustrators, and most of them end up working from home as well to save on money. It seems that having a studio eats up too much cost unless you have a team you work with, which then having a space to collaborate in that isn't your home is important. Though this still begs the question of what would be ideal for a dev friendly studio space?