Packed Wednesday with 14 calendar events. Major external: Yannick Braat (Codename Red / Arcflame Frontiers) call at 9:30. Yesterday's 1:1 with Dave surfaced serious execution concerns — Zynga dropped retainer partly due to internal failures (abandoned AI question plan, Ashley's email tone). Ryan flagged as recurring problem. Today's Dave/Jason weekly and Staffing is Fine meeting will need to address these issues. Anders Howard call yesterday opened potential prototyping partnership post-May. Irena Pereira offered LGS Summit guest pass.
External call with Yannick Braat from Codename Red. Focus: explore what UXIF could do for "Arcflame Frontiers" project. Prep: Copper/LinkedIn for Yannick Braat, Codename Red.
Postmortem from yesterday's 1:1 with Dave. Key: Zynga dropped retainer partly due to execution failures, Ryan behavior, Aaron concerns. Discuss AI qualification playbook and team messaging. Dave will give Ryan direct feedback.
STAFFING SYNCStaffing is Fine at 2 PM — Riot TFT/Harrison/Stew updates▾
11-attendee internal meeting to discuss Riot TFT staffing changes, Harrison extension, and Stew departure planning.
STRATEGYSelling our Stuff meeting — pricing/positioning with Jon Kimmich▾
11:30 AM internal meeting with Jason, Ashley, Mike, and Jon Kimmich. Discuss pricing strategy and positioning for 2026 and beyond.
ACTIONFollow up on Irena's LGS Summit guest pass offer▾
Irena Pereira (from yesterday's 12:45 call) offered free guest pass to LGS Summit. Consider logistics and follow up if interested.
• Harry Young from publisher side in discussion with Ashley
• Irena is speaker at summit
• Haven may have found family-friendly publisher (Bluey, Frozen, MLP IPs)
• Publisher described Haven as "MOBA from perspective of WoW"
• Irena can provide free guest pass to LGS Summit
• Rich Vogel on attendee list
• Cameron Stewart from Scopely expected to attend
Action Items
• Jason to look into attending Gaming Summit
• Jason to connect with Harry Young
• Jason to schedule follow-up with Irena
• Jason to forward event PDF to Irena
Anders Howard and Jason Schklar @ UX is Fine
1:30 PM · External
External▾
Attendees
Jason (speaker), Anders Howard
Key Points
• UK market billing ~2/3 of US rates
• Epic approved internal Claude Code use
• UXIF competitive positioning = reputation + speed + team leveling
• Prototyping pipeline includes indie dev group building AI-first games
• Small pods + rapid revisions model
• Mid-tier publisher revival discussed ($5M+ budgets)
• Western salaries face downward adjustment
• Indonesia = 4th largest mobile games market
• Anders contracting with Creative Assembly through May
• Anders has Raleigh indie collective available
Action Items
• Anders to reach out about Snowprint
• Jason to follow up in May when Creative Assembly ends
• Jason to reach out for prototyping deals
1:1 with Dave
3:42 PM · Internal
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Attendees
Jason, Dave Inscore
Key Points
• Zynga dropped retainer — team may have been telling clients what they need vs delivering what asked
• Ashley's Zynga follow-up email tonally off
• Dave shared receipts from 6 chats confirming AI question plan was abandoned
• Failure to ask about AI policy = critical missed opportunity
• Ryan's behavior flagged as recurring problem
• Aaron raised as growing concern
• Proposed AI conversation playbook
• Zynga "pencils down" = cost-cutting move
Action Items
• Jason/Ashley align on AI qualification playbook
• Dave give Ryan direct feedback
• Jason arrange sync with Dave/Mike
• Jason speak with Ashley about email tone
Richard Goldsmith and Jason Schklar @ UX is Fine
4:00 PM · External
External▾
No summary notes available.
📅 Wednesday, March 25, 2026
30 mins of Su (DNS)
7:30–7:55 AM · Internal
Type:Internal routine
30 mins Sprint (DNS)
8:00–8:25 AM · Internal
Type:Internal routine
Exec Time (DNS)
8:30–10:20 AM · Internal
Type:Internal work block
Pre-jam - Codename Red
9:15–9:30 AM · Internal
Attendees:Jason, Ashley
Yannick (Codename Red) / Jason (UX is Fine) — Arcflame Frontiers
9:30–10:00 AM · External
Explore what UXIF could do for "Arcflame Frontiers"
Attendee:Yannick BraatPrep:Copper/LinkedIn for Yannick Braat, Codename Red
Met on call yesterday. Discussed publisher opportunities including Haven project (MOBA perspective). Irena offered free guest pass to LGS Summit.
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LEAD — Anders Howard prototyping partnership post-May
Creative Assembly contract runs through May. Discussed indie prototyping pipeline, market dynamics. Anders has Raleigh indie collective available for projects.
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CRITICAL — Zynga dropped retainer due to execution failures
1:1 with Dave revealed serious issues: AI qualification plan abandoned, Ashley's email tone off, missed critical AI policy conversation. Ryan and Aaron performance concerns flagged.
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🔥 Deal Channels (13 active of 40 scanned · last 72h)
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#deal-jam-and-tea
Discord coordination and access
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#deal-ea-nhl-ux
Team members joining
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#deal-bungie-uxui
UX resource assignment for Marathon
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#deal-nexon-uxresearch
Logistics and meeting reminder
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#deal-epic-ux-ui
Team members joining
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#deal-codenamered-tbd
LOI strategy for startup partnership
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#deal-2k-horizon-rfp
Downloadable deck format discussion
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#deal-nintendo
Developer ID and Switch dev resources
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#deal-netflix
New mobile game opportunity (Best Guess Live) with UX/UI needs
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#deal-pokemon-tcglive
Post-staffing follow-up before contract expires
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#deal-riot-league-live
Contract signature authority for initial month
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#deal-riot-tft-unreal
Staffing question about upcoming departure
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#deal-mission42-ux
UI asset work request with portfolio examples
💼 Business Development (overdue follow-ups)
Check in with Rogers mid September
due 2025-10-09
DDM Follow Up
due 2025-10-09
Follow up from Gamescom
due 2025-10-09
Follow up w/ David Bisceglia
due 2025-10-09
Follow up with John
due 2025-10-09
Marcus Foon | New role at Google
due 2025-10-09
Send post Gamescom Follow Up
due 2025-10-09
Send post gamescom follow up
due 2025-10-09
⏰️ PHB Follow up: Testimonial
due 2025-10-09
Follow up on LinkedIn to Thomas
due 2025-10-15
Send Deck, Trailer, Youtube vids
due 2025-10-23
Need to ask about Paul Grimes at TCPi
due 2025-11-04
check in with Matt S
due 2025-11-05
Touch base - strategic
due 2025-11-11
Follow up w/ Look North
due 2025-12-09
Derek Rees - Follow up Post Gamescom
due 2026-01-20
Marcus - General Catchup
due 2026-02-03
Follow up w/ Ro
due 2026-02-23
Get Warm Intro to Tim Stuart
due 2026-02-25
Follow Up with Mark Day
due 2026-02-26
Intro Teresa to Ash
due 2026-02-26
Follow-up with Jay Minn (WotC)
due 2026-03-03
🤖 GDC & Ashley Tasks
Ashley: Follow up with Brendon
due 2026-02-27
Ashley: Meet with Matt (GDC Figma sandbox)
due 2026-02-27
Ashley: Reach out to Tyler (Pokémon)
due 2026-02-27
Ashley: Request Figma edit permissions
due 2026-02-27
Ashley: Send SAA contact the deck
due 2026-02-27
Jason/Ashley: Decide on XDS hotel block
due 2026-02-27 · id: 57822372
Jason: Discuss AI policy with Mike
due 2026-02-27 · id: 57822373
Jason: Send DICE follow-up emails
due 2026-02-27 · id: 57822367
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