An actual serious studio? While we still had a single source of failure?
[May 11, 2026] [Bullet Hell Jam 7]
So in order to know where the team would broke with more and more people, i tried to recruit more people. I don't care about winning, i just want to broke this system otherwise my system would be too effective for the current team based on last project.
I WANT TO MAKE IT FALL.
Then yes, its almost broke, especially when new programmers tend to broke the repository with unexpected actions. But its regenerated so well, the new guy seems to do less mistake day by day. There is almost no problem, comms okay, no burnout, no chaos.
After that i realize i need a proper SOP to make sure a new member could adapt to the new work environment, since this problem came over and over within newbies because they do not had a guide and need to ask me every minute.
But there is one problem left, and its me.
If there is a bug, i came and fix.
Spagetti code issue? I fix it.
Optimization problem? I fix it.
IM ACTUALLY BEING A VILLAIN BY BECOME A HERO FOR MY TEAM GROWTH.
I do this to the point that my team probably thinks making game is really easy because they don't see my dirty hands. Almost all of them tries to ask me to walk into serious path, but the worse thing is, i am failed miserably to be a proper manager.
So then i announce a vacuum from game jam hunting for one week to think about that. Especially to finish the SOP and think:
"Will it be a good choice to build a studio where the team still depends on me so much?".
As i already make automated team before Slafurry Studios and i know how bad the Bus Factor = 1 is.