#2. Outsourcing Without the Stigma

In this episode of The Allcorrect Gamedev Show, we chat with Brooke Van Dusen, founder of CDR External Development and author of Pixel Procurement. Brooke shares how his path from a Nintendo-filled childhood to Twitch’s golden days shaped his career, why he built CDR as a “full-stack outsourcing department” for studios, and how outsourcing still struggles with stigma in gamedev. We dive into his unforgettable story of bringing Snoop Dogg to a battle royale launch, his advice for young outsourcing studios and newcomers to the industry, and his vision of how AI, Roblox, and new business models will reshape games in the next decade. Timecodes: 00:01:00 – First Memories of Video Games 00:04:07 – Entering Games Through Twitch 00:05:56 – The “Golden Days” of Twitch 00:07:01 – Founding CDR External Development 00:09:55 – The “Uber of Outsourcing” (But Not Quite) 00:11:17 – How CDR Differs from Competitors 00:14:20 – The Critical Role of Networking 00:17:14 – The Outsourcing Stigma 00:21:02 – The Problem with Aggressive Sales 00:25:21 – Evaluating Studio Credibility 00:28:23 – Why Portfolios Beat Demos 00:31:15 – Advice for Young Outsourcing Studios 00:35:08 – The Risk of AI Content Flooding 00:38:25 – The Snoop Dogg Story 00:48:10 – The Future of the Game Industry Text version of this podcast episode: https://allcorrectgames.com/podcast/p... Want to be a guest? Join our next podcast episode: https://allcorrectgames.com/podcast/! If you are a game studio founder, producer, designer, artist, or composer and know what it takes to create incredible games and make money, we’d love to chat with you. Listen & subscribe: https://pods.link/allcorrect Listen on YouTube:    • #2. Outsourcing Without the Stigma, AI Flo...