Martijn van Zwieten

The year is 50% over, which is a perfect point to take stock and give you a short summary of what I’ve been doing.

Last week I did a talk at Nordic Games about all the small-but-important ways I’ve seen founders accidentally contribute to the death of their studio.

I’ve been working with a leader in a big studio.

Disagreements happen.

Every studio has a purpose – the thing they exist to do or the effect they wish to have in the world – even if it’s not written it down.… The post From Glorious Purpose to Just Cause appeared first on Martijn van Zwieten.

Leadership in a game studio isn’t just about shipping games or hitting milestones.

If you’re like most indies, your priorities are simple: finish the game first, everything else second.

Between Christmas and New Year’s, I sat down to review everything that happened in 2025.

I’ve been spending most of the holiday break so far just hanging out with my partner and our daughter–reading books, playing games and watching movies.

One of my favorite parts of The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge is his focus on systems thinking.