Co-op Studios (with Reese Valentine and Mackenzie Denker)

Starting an indie studio is hard, starting a worker-owned cooperative is harder. This week your nice hosts interview longtime friend of the show Reese Valentine and their fellow co-founder Mackenzie Denker, both of Amelore. It's co-ops 101, which happens to be exactly the info Stephen needs right now!Amelore Coop websiteAmelore on TwitterReese previously visited the clubhouse for one of our earliest episodes, in early 2017:Games Education Co-op StudiosIRLProductionThe 7 Cooperative Principles - The National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA InternationalMission Statements - Adam Schwartz, The Cooperative WayCo-ops in Spain’s Basque Region Soften Capitalism’s Rough Edges - Peter S. Goodman, The New York TimesEmbracing the Co-Op Studio Model in Indie Games - Scott Benson, Ted Anderson, Steve Filby, Ian Thomas, Bethany Hockenberry, GDCReese ValentineGuestCo-founder of Amelore co-op, a worker-owned game studio. Former President of the Game Design Club at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.External linkhttps://twitter.com/AReeseOfCakeMackenzie DenkerGuestCo-founder of Amelore co-op, a worker-owned game studio.External linkhttps://twitter.com/denker_m