Trent Oster

Trent Oster is the CEO of Beamdog, creator of the 80's Cartoon game Mythforce and the developers of the Enhanced Editions of beloved games such as Baldur's Gate, BGII, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Torment. Prior to Beamdog, Trent was a co-founder of Bioware, where he led the Bafta-winning Neverwinter Nights and served as senior leadership in Bioware from 6 employees to over 420 when he departed in 2009. 

Surviving Unsuccessful Projects

In game development, success is rarely one-dimensional. A project may miss certain goals commercial, critical, or otherwise while still delivering tremendous value in areas such as team building, technical growth, or platform expertise.

In this roundtable, join Trent Oster (Beamdog) to share perspectives and learnings on how teams have overcome rough challenges in any project development. Attendees will explore how studios can evaluate success more holistically, especially when traditional measures fall short. Participants will examine how internal learnings, culture development, and new capabilities can redefine an outcome that might otherwise be labeled a failure.