Build a Career That Lasts: Wellbeing from Day One
Crunch and burnout end games careers early — and they hit newcomers hardest, because no one's told them it isn't normal. This pack gives new developers the language, boundaries, and support habits to build a career that lasts, drawing on the IGDA's long-running quality-of-life work.
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Launch Your Games Career: Foundations for the Next Generation →- 01LESSON 1 · 5 MIN01LESSON 1·IGF-203-L1·5 MIN
Crunch Is Not a Rite of Passage
By the end, you'll be able to tell the difference between healthy intensity and the early slide into burnout.
Crunch Is Not a Rite of Passage
By the end, you'll be able to tell the difference between healthy intensity and the early slide into burnout.
- 02LESSON 2 · 5 MIN02LESSON 2·IGF-203-L2·5 MIN
Boundaries Are a Professional Skill
By the end, you'll be able to set one sustainable boundary and the exact sentence you'll use to hold it.
Boundaries Are a Professional Skill
By the end, you'll be able to set one sustainable boundary and the exact sentence you'll use to hold it.
- 03LESSON 3 · 5 MIN03LESSON 3·IGF-203-L3·5 MIN
Build Your Support System Before You Need It
By the end, you'll be able to name three people or communities you can turn to when work gets hard.
Build Your Support System Before You Need It
By the end, you'll be able to name three people or communities you can turn to when work gets hard.
↳CONCLUSION · 3 MIN↳CONCLUSION·ARTIFACT TASK·3 MINPersonal Sustainability Plan
Leave with a short plan that protects your energy, your boundaries, and your safety net.
Personal Sustainability Plan
Leave with a short plan that protects your energy, your boundaries, and your safety net.
Personal Sustainability Plan
Leave with a short plan that protects your energy, your boundaries, and your safety net.
Personal Sustainability Plan
Leave with a short plan that protects your energy, your boundaries, and your safety net.
Take the Build a Career That Lasts: Wellbeing from Day One quiz.
6 short questions + 1 written artifact. Passing earns 25 credits toward your Player Driven profile.